Talk:Gerhard Richter

Preliminary Compilation for Bibliography
Blazwick, Iwona. Gerhard Richter Atlas, The Reader. London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2003.

Elger, Dietmar. "Dresden." In Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting, 3-6. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. KuNsT716 (talk) 19:30, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Nasgaard, Roald, Gerhard Richter, and Ill Chicago. Gerhard Richter Paintings. New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 1988.

Richter, Gerhard, and Dietmar Elger. Gerhard Richter: Writings 1961-2007. New York, NY: By D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2009.

Richter, Gerhard, and Anette Kruszynski. Gerhard Richter. Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag :, 2005. KuNsT716 (talk) 03:24, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Richter, Gerhard, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings and Interviews, 1962-1993. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1995.

Richter, Gerhard, and Hubertus Butin. Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965-2004: Catalogue Raisonné. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2004.

Richter, Gerhard, and Ju Harten. Gerhard Richter: Bilder 1962-1985. Köln: DuMont, 1986.

Schwarz, Dieter. Gerhard Richter: Dessins Et Aquarelles = Drawings & Watercolors : 1957-2008 : [exposition, Paris, Musée Du Louvre, 7 Juin-17 Septembre 2012]. Paris: Éd. Dilecta, 2012.

Storr, Robert. Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002.

KuNsT716 (talk) 19:01, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Great - he even has a catalogue raisonné! This is a great resource. Aolivex (talk) 17:03, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Untitled
The bit on Richter and minimalism needs some clarification. Blima3000 18:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Original research
Much of this reads as an essay. It will need some editing down. Freshacconci 19:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added an original research tag: I hope to return to this soon to do some copyedits. Freshacconci 19:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Because of my in-experience, I was unableto change the picture that is featured here as the example of Richter's new window in the Cologne Cathedral. One gets from this picture absolutely no sense of the real window. I have made a search online and have found many other great examples of the window and its colors. Could someone please change this picture so that thiss important work can be seen properly? Jbjorling —Preceding comment was added at 10:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

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what?
In the biography section there is this ...'after unification of both German states, the wall painting 'Joy of Life' (1956) was uncovered in two places in the stairway of the German Hygienic Museum, and after the millenium these two uncovered windows with a look at the 'Joy of Life' has been newly recovered."   Is that clear, because I can't make out what it means?Sayerslle (talk) 01:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Useful Link?
Draw your own conclusions... http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Gerhard_Richter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.76.205 (talk) 04:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Bad faith paragraph: Richter in the Spiegel did not urge people "to do something about" the Lüpertz
He asked a (rhetorical or not) question: warum beschwert sich da keiner (why do people not protest against awful art (with words only: beschweren is a written or verbal language act only.--Radh (talk) 11:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see how this is bad faith but rather it seems like a bad translation. I don't read or write German, so perhaps you could change this?  freshacconci  talk talk  15:31, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, I though bad faith because of the following sentences that link some neonazi attack on the Mozart thing directly to Richter's Spiegel essay.--Radh (talk) 15:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Response on your talk page.  freshacconci  talk talk  16:04, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Recognition
No reference for this entire section. W/out, it is all personal opinion.

Amy (talk) 04:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Fix the English
Here and there, this has some extremely awkward sentences to the point of incomprehensibility. Were they / was the entire article translated from German? Wants copyediting. Lisa Paul (talk) 19:54, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Knock yourself out. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Fair use photo examples
Can we add photo examples of his hallmark 'blur' photo paintings, and also his abstract painting works? Dforest (talk) 20:46, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Horst-schlaemma: "rev. POV edit"
In, User:OhayoWiki added two items to the article's infobox: Photography and Modern Art, that user's only edits so far. As Richter, an exponent of New European Painting and explicitly categorised as, doesn't seem to be covered by the description in the article Modern art (his significant works are later than 1970), I removed the label "Modern Art" as unsupported by the article. I retained photography but inserted a missing space, changed it to lower case, and unlinked it as WP:OVERLINK. I a number of other infelicities in the text: several instances of wrongly used hyphens, and a better wiki link. I also removed a list of 3 of Richter's works from the infobox denoted as his "notable works" because there's no justification to single out those 3 works, especially Acht Grau which is not even mentioned in the article. Then User:Horst-schlaemma reverted my edit wholesale with the edit summary: "rev. POV edit". I can't see how corrections of wrongly used hyphens or a correct link to the NPG in London can be called POV. As for movement and "Notable works": I don't think "Modern Art" is an appropriate descriptor for Richter's work or that the list of 3 works is justified. I suggest to restore my edit. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:03, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

I actually agree with you, I just changed the movement to New European Painting. Btu maybe we should restore your edit and then update the movement. I am new here and learning. --User:OhayoWiki — Preceding undated comment added 04:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Michael Bednarek, sorry, I think I had a fast shot at this one, as it looked to me like you've mostly taken out a list of works. I didn't check thoroughly enough, feel free to bring it back. Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 07:53, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Peer review for KuNsT716
Thus far, the added contribution about his enrollment in the Hitler Youth Group strengthens the article. More information about his early life and early career could greatly benefit this article as well. As for other areas which need strengthening, I would say that adding more information about his abstract works, color chart paintings, sculpture, drawings, commissions, or his window at the Cologne Cathedral would make the article stronger too since they are relatively short in comparison to the section about his photo-paintings and the "blur". Also, is there any information about his photography? In the second sentence of the introduction, it states that he has produced abstract paintings, photorealistic paintings, photographs, and glass works. Are photo-paintings and photographs synonymous? Or has he exhibited photographs before? Ags36 (talk) 22:35, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Organization
The main problem with this article is its organization. As is, it sprawls without any clear shape, despite the attempt to corral the material into thematic sections. For example the "relationships" section includes information about his relocation and what studio he occupied. The section on "early career" includes information on his teaching career, which was long and eminent, and ran at least until 1985. This makes the article difficult to follow, a difficulty which is only compounded by its length. Recommend giving each of the thematic subjects a clear chronological thrust, and severely trimming them to reflect Richter's major artistic achievements. Minor developments are already well-documented on his enormous personal website. Aolivex (talk) 17:46, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Use of quoted materials
This article is nicely sourced in some places; elsewhere, citations are missing. Several quotations are pulled from the artist's writing and interviews, but these are not sufficiently integrated into the text. The problem is mainly that they are introduced with phrases like, "The following are Richter's answers" and "following refer to quotations regarding photography" (wordy), which add nothing of substance and raise the question of the relevance of their inclusion. These are nice quotations to have and their full potential could be better exploited if they were integrated into the text, by being framed as contextualizing or clarifying. For example, "Richter's attitude towards photography does much to clarify/runs against the common assumption that/does little to account for/has confirmed..." etc. Aolivex (talk) 17:52, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

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