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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, and also photographs and glass pieces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Richter has received more than 1,517,934 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Gerhard Richter is the 169th most popular painter (down from 123rd in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Germany (down from 260th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Painter.

Gerhard Richter is most famous for his abstract paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Gerhard Richter ranks 169 out of 1,421. Before him are Giulio Romano, Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, Édouard-Henri Avril, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Maurice de Vlaminck. After him are Carl Larsson, Gerda Wegener, Gustave Caillebotte, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gerhard Richter ranks 25. Before him are Dian Fossey, Sylvia Plath, Fernando Botero, Víctor Jara, Pat Morita, and Raisa Gorbacheva. After him are Miriam Makeba, Camilo Cienfuegos, Michel Legrand, Anthony Perkins, François Englert, and Carlos Saura.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Richter ranks 426 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Krebs (1898), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Hans Fritzsche (1900), and Ernst Abbe (1840). After him are Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Johann Georg Faust (1480), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), and Roland Freisler (1893).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Gerhard Richter ranks 12. Before him are Matthias Grünewald (1480), Hans Memling (1435), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Franz Marc (1880), and Otto Dix (1891). After him are Emil Nolde (1867), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Hans Baldung (1484), George Grosz (1893), Franz Stuck (1863), and Hans von Aachen (1552).

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