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Gerhard Richter

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Gerhard Richter (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʁɪçtɐ]; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction, with him being the most expensive living painter at one time. Richter has been called the "greatest living painter", "the world's most important artist" and the "Picasso of the 21st century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Richter is the 189th most popular painter (up from 202nd in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Germany (up from 532nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Painter.

Gerhard Richter is most famous for his abstract paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gerhard Richter ranks 189 out of 2,023. Before him are Ivan Shishkin, Bernardo Bellotto, Franz Stuck, Chaim Soutine, Suzanne Valadon, and Quentin Matsys. After him are Angelica Kauffman, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Hans von Aachen, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, and Aristide Maillol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gerhard Richter ranks 30. Before him are Raisa Gorbacheva, Tiny Tim, Dian Fossey, Sirikit, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, and Benigno Aquino Jr.. After him are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Víctor Jara, Khaled al-Asaad, Melvin Schwartz, and Camilo Cienfuegos.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Richter ranks 500 out of 7,253. Before him are Roman Herzog (1934), Paul Hausser (1880), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Oliver Kahn (1969), John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687), and Rudolf Dassler (1898). After him are Dieter Bohlen (1954), Georg von Küchler (1881), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Heinrich Brüning (1885), and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Gerhard Richter ranks 15. Before him are Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), Otto Dix (1891), Anselm Kiefer (1945), and Franz Stuck (1863). After him are Hans von Aachen (1552), Hans Baldung (1484), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Gabriele Münter (1877), and George Grosz (1893).

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