Artist profile
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter is a seminal German visual artist whose work spans photorealistic paintings based on photographs, large-scale gestural abstractions, and spatial glass installations, critically assessing the history and medium of painting.
Ranking metrics
Cofactor
215.65
Credential score
7962.0
Reference 80×100cm
$267,400
Credentials
- Nationality
- German
- Museum exhibitions
- 300
- Solo exhibitions
- 200
- Group exhibitions
- 600
- Museum collections
- Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Kunstmuseum Basel, Art Institute of Chicago
- Gallery representation
- Marian Goodman Gallery, David Zwirner
- Private collections
- 600
- Press
- 4000
- Scholarly articles
- 500
- Books
- 80
- Auction record
- $46,300,000
Last updated 2026-08-08.
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Identity
Nationality
German
Birth / death years
1932
Mediums
painting, photography, glass sculpture, drawing
Prices
Auction record
$46,300,000
Representation
Gallery representation
Marian Goodman Gallery, David Zwirner
Museum collections
Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Kunstmuseum Basel, Art Institute of Chicago
Private collections
600
Exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
300
Solo exhibitions
200
Group exhibitions
600
Bibliography
Books
80
Press
4000
Scholarly articles
500