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Matt Niebuhr is an artist living and working in West Branch, Iowa.

.../miscellaneous - is a personal journal, self educational in nature, containing notes and images that inspire me, or that I wish to learn more about - as such, it includes works by other people as noted with full acknowledgment and credit to authors and sources where possible.

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Johannes Vermeer
Woman Reading a Letter
c. 1662 - 1663.

Gerhard Richter
Reader
1994
72 cm x 102 cm
Oil on canvas
Catalogue Raisonné: 804

m-moen:

Gerhard Richter in the studio (by GerhardRichterVideos)


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tmaction:

No Drones from Louise Lawler’s Gerhard Richter 2010/2011

New Yorker Photo Booth: Louise Lawler is a photographer known for her portraits of other artists’ work, in which she gives special attention to all the connecting tissue that holds and frames it: walls, floors, hallways, storage units, workers’ hands. As its title suggests, her latest book, “Louise Lawler and/or Gerhard Richter,” published by Schirmer/Mosel, is devoted to photographs taken over the past twenty years of art by Gerhard Richter—including photographs of Lawler’s own photographs of Gerhard Richter pieces (who himself uses photographs and other forms of media in his paintings). The result is a playful exchange among artwork and artist, photograph and painting, and all the trappings that surround them. 


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afonderreel:

Gerhard Richter

Six Photos. May 2 – 7 1989

love it… stumbling around in the dark…

mattniebuhrdrawings:

Saw this yesterday, an amazing film - a glimpse into the world of Richter’s making…

matt-niebuhr:

Portlander’s take note:

Gerhard Richter - Painting

Film Showing:

Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3 PM (Whitsell Auditorium) - Portland Art Museum / 35th Portland International Film Festival

http://www.gerhardrichterpainting.com/

Time is short. 


Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.

art [technique, craft] is long,
life is short,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.

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GERHARD RICHTER, KÖLN - COURTESY GERHARD- RICHTER-ARCHIV DRESDEN
“There was the painting of a warship that had been hit by a torpedo. It was shown in 1964, in the first gallery show of a painter who was still unknown at the time. It looked serious and dramatic, with the calm water in the distance, the inconspicuous silhouette of the ship and, underneath it all, a gigantic explosion. But then it disappeared.” via

destroyed

GERHARD RICHTER, KÖLN - COURTESY GERHARD- RICHTER-ARCHIV DRESDEN

“There was the painting of a warship that had been hit by a torpedo. It was shown in 1964, in the first gallery show of a painter who was still unknown at the time. It looked serious and dramatic, with the calm water in the distance, the inconspicuous silhouette of the ship and, underneath it all, a gigantic explosion. But then it disappeared.” via

Gerhard RichterShadow PictureSchattenbild196850 cm X 55 cmOil on canvasCatalogue Raisonné: 209-2

Gerhard Richter
Shadow Picture
Schattenbild
1968
50 cm X 55 cm
Oil on canvas
Catalogue Raisonné: 209-2

GERHARD RICHTER
MÄDCHEN IM LIEGESTUHL 
(GIRL IN DECKCHAIR)
signed on the reverse and titled on the stretcher 
oil on canvas 60 by 95cm.; 23 5⁄8 by 37 3⁄8 in.
Catalogue Raisonné: 36

Additional works from the THE DUERCKHEIM COLLECTION

GERHARD RICHTER MÄDCHEN IM LIEGESTUHL (GIRL IN DECKCHAIR) signed on the reverse and titled on the stretcher oil on canvas 60 by 95cm.; 23 5⁄8 by 37 3⁄8 in. Catalogue Raisonné: 36

Additional works from the THE DUERCKHEIM COLLECTION

Gerhard RichterMan on the PhoneTelefonierender1965 (??)70 cm X 130 cmOil on canvas
Catalogue Raisonné: 62
Exhibition (1964)  - It’s odd that the date on the painting is after the exhibition…?
New Realists: Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerd Richter Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, GermanyNovember 20, 1964 – December 30, 1964
Sotheby’s - Sale:  The Duerckheim Collection ( article via NYT) - 29 / 30 June 2011
See also via Artdaily.org

Gerhard Richter

Man on the Phone
Telefonierender
1965 (??)
70 cm X 130 cm
Oil on canvas

Catalogue Raisonné: 62

    Exhibition (1964)  - It’s odd that the date on the painting is after the exhibition…?

    New Realists: Konrad Lueg, Sigmar Polke, Gerd Richter
    Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, Germany
    November 20, 1964 – December 30, 1964

    Sotheby’s - Sale:  The Duerckheim Collection ( article via NYT) - 29 / 30 June 2011

    See also via Artdaily.org