Editing Gerhard Richter (section)

{{Short description|German visual artist (born 1932)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Gerhard Richter
| image         = Gerhard Richter, Prague (2017).jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Richter in 2017
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1932|2|9|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Dresden]], Germany
| field         = Painting
| training      = [[Dresden Art Academy]], [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]]
| movement      = [[abstract art]], [[photo realism]], [[conceptual art]], [[capitalist realism]]
| works         = 
| patrons       = 
| website       = {{URL|www.gerhard-richter.com}}
}}

'''Gerhard Richter''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈʁɪçtɐ|lang}}; born 9 February 1932<ref name="grcom" />) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced [[Abstract art|abstract]] as well as [[photorealistic]] paintings, photographs and [[Glass art|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.<ref>{{Cite interview |date=2014-10-16 |title=Meet the world's most expensive painter |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/world/gerhard-richter-most-expensive-painter/index.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |work=CNN |language=en |subject= Gerhard Richter}}</ref>

Richter has been called the "greatest living painter",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farago |first=Jason |date=2020-03-05 |title=The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/arts/design/gerhard-richter-review-met-breuer.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "the world's most important artist"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-04 |title=Gerhard Richter: The world's most important artist |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/gerhard-richter-the-worlds-most-important-artist-696ng6mjptb |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=The Sunday Times |language=en}}</ref> and the "Picasso of the 21st century".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Gerhard Richter at 90 |date= 2022-09-02 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/artist-gerhard-richter-at-90/a-60694533 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=en |last=Dege | first=Stefan }}</ref>