# Gerhard Richter

> He moves between blur and razor focus, abstraction and photorealism, refusing to settle. The market has called him the most expensive living painter; critics have tried calling him the greatest. Richter keeps working.

*German visual artist (b. 1932)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gerhard-richter

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1932-02-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1932 in Germany, Gerhard Richter built a practice that refuses a single style: photorealistic paintings sit beside abstractions, photographs beside glass pieces. The range itself became the signature. His work began commanding record prices at auction, and for a time he held the title of most expensive living painter. Critics reached for comparisons - "Picasso of the 21st century," "the world's most important artist" - labels he neither courted nor deflected. He remains, at over ninety, one of contemporary Germany's most significant visual artists, still producing in a career that has spanned more than six decades.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 18.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #47

## Platforms
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/momat.pr (@momat.pr)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1416772/ (@nm1416772)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.gerhard-richter.com/

## Topics
#Artists, #Artist, #Painting, #Art, #Photography, #Germany, #Europe, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2018** - European Cultural Award
- **2004** - Arts and Culture Prize of German Catholics
- **2003** - Honorary Citizen of Cologne
- **2000** - State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
- **1997** - Praemium Imperiale
- **1982** - Arnold-Bode-Preis
- **1932** - Born

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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dbf519bb-b073-4127-9ae3-479765676e5a)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2139924)

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