Günter Richter (painter)

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Günter Richter (born May 7, 1933 in Meißen ) is a German painter and graphic artist .

Career

Günter Richter completed an apprenticeship as a bossier at the State Porcelain Manufactory in Meißen from 1949 to 1953 . From 1953 to 1958 he studied with Emil Koch and Bernhard Heisig at the Leipzig College of Graphics and Book Art . After graduating, he worked as a freelancer in Leipzig.

In 1972 Richter was one of the co-founders of the artist group "Leipziger Grafikbörse", which he directed from 1976 to 1982. From 1989 to 1992 he worked as a teacher in the youth studio of the Lindenau Museum Altenburg . From 1990 he was a lecturer at the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig. Richter lives and works in Leipzig .

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Richter's main themes are urban landscapes and architecture from the turn of the 20th century. Another focus is on wood as something that has grown, died and thrown away in the cycle of growth and decay. In his early work, Richter consciously uses the tradition of the New Objectivity of the Leipzig School in the graphically linear rendering of his world of objects , but also incorporates formal elements of surrealism , and later also of photorealism to condense the image message. In his later work his style becomes more spontaneous. His artistic work belongs to the second generation of the Leipzig School.

Honors

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1974: Leipzig, Galerie am Sachsenplatz (with Hans Theo Richter and Werner Hennig)
  • 1976: Leipzig, Club of Intelligence
  • 1976: Berlin, Galerie Arkade
  • 1982: Leipzig, Galerie am Sachsenplatz (paintings and drawings from 1968–1983)
  • 1990: Hannover, Kunstverein (paintings and drawings)
  • 2018: Leipzig, Galerie Irrgang ("Günther Richter - Pictures and Drawings")

publication

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Nora Schwabe: Günter Richter . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 445.
  2. ↑ Graphics lovers | Online shop for graphics | Views, maps, printmaking, drawing & watercolor. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Judge, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen