Gerhard Richter Life & Work

By Armin Zweite.

One of the world's most revered visual artists, Gerhard Richter embraces many concepts in his work and continually thwarts categorization.

In this expansive and authoritative overview, renowned art historian Armin Zweite leads readers through every phase of Richter's celebrated career from his early artistic education in East Germany to his later prolific output in West Germany, encompassing his black and white photo paintings; brilliantly conceived color charts and lush, inscrutable gray paintings; installations with glass and mirrors; landscapes, portraits, and still lifes; and his monumental abstract paintings, which broke records at auction. Also included are selections from Richter's larger-scale thematic works, such as Atlas, his ongoing collection of photographs and newspaper clippings, and October 18, 1977, a series of paintings commemorating the lives and deaths of members of a German left-wing terrorist group.

The beautiful plates feature exquisite reproductions of more than 250 of his most famous works, including Ten Large Color-Charts (1966), Annunciation after Titian (1973), Faust (1980), Skull with Candle (1983), Funeral (1988), Strip (2012), and Double Gray (2014). Throughout, Zweite's clear-eyed commentary offers an expert appraisal of the breadth of Richter's oeuvre.

This six-decade monograph of Richter's work is a visually stunning and articulate appreciation by one of the world's foremost experts on the artist and his life.

Hardcover, 480 pages, 2020. 413 color illustrations.

10 x 14.5 in.