Gerhard Richter is one of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. His multifaceted work is dedicated to the great subject of painting itself. While he was studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1961–1963), he was already exploring photography: “[T]he fascination of a photo lies not in a fancy composition, but rather in what it says, in its information.” [1] He initially painted motifs that were “smooth” and “as similar as possible to photography.” [2] He increasingly deepened his investigations into this medium. His photo prints smeared with color testify to this, as does the “Halifax-Block” (1978) of 128 photos of a single abstract sketch in oils. It is a meticulous exploration of the painterly surface. Richter questions connections between style and content in art through paintings, drawings, prints, photos, and sculptures. Figurative subjects such as intimate (family) portraits, landscapes, or political series exist naturally alongside his colorful, gestural abstractions and concrete color-field analyses.
“That is a pointless demand and claim: ‘make the invisible visible’ […]. We can imply the invisible, that is, presuppose its existence with relative certainty, but we can only depict a likeness which represents the invisible, not the invisible itself.” [3] Richter's artistic freedom, his basic attitude of not establishing himself in art, is often justified by the fact that he escaped from Dresden to Dusseldorf in 1961. In doing this, he not only abruptly changed his political environment but also his artistic one. He understands “painting as action, as the search for the reality of today”. [4]
Gerhard Richter’s works, which can be counted among the most expensive of any living artist, are found in numerous international museums and important private collections. Richter has taken part in the documenta eight times, and from 1971 to 1993, he was a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 2007, he designed a window for the south transept of Cologne Cathedral. He has received many prizes over the course of his artistic career, among others the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Honorary Citizenship of the City of Cologne, and in 2018 the European Culture Prize Taurus.
[1] Richter, Gerhard: Text, 3rd edition. Frankfurt a.M./ Leipzig 1996, p. 18.
[2] ibid. p. 19.
[3] ibid. p. 7.
[4] See: Exhibition catalogue. Gerhard Richter. Übersicht, Stuttgart 2000, p. 6 ff.
Vita
1932
Gerhard Richter is born on 9th February in Dresden
(lives and works in Cologne)
1952—1957
Studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden
1961—1963
Studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Karl Otto Götz)
1967
Artist prize “Junger Westen” of the City of Recklinghausen
1971—1993
Professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1981
Arnold Bode Prize, Kassel
1985
Oskar Kokoschka Prize, Vienna
1988
Kaiserring of the City of Goslar
1995
Wolf Prize for the arts, Jerusalem
1997
Premium Imperial Prize, Tokyo
1998
Wexner Prize, Columbus, Ohio
2000
Prize of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2001
Doctoris honoris causa of the catholic university Louvain-la-Neuve
Selected Solo Shows
2023
Gerhard Richter – David Zwirner, New York
Gerhard Richter – GRAU, Kunstparterre, Munich
Übermalte Fotografien – Albertinum, Dresden
2022
Aquarelle 1977 – 1997 – Schönewald Fine Arts, Düsseldorf
Künstlerbücher – Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
‘Mood’ – Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
Portraits. Glas. Abstraktionen – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Sammlungspräsentation zum 90. Geburtstag von Gerhard Richter – Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Gerhard Richter – The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2021
Truth in Semblance – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
4900 Colours – Espace Louis Vuitton Séoul, Séoul
Reflections on Painting – Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Landscape – Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
Achromatic – Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Cage Paintings – Gagosian Gallery, New York
Abstract – Espace Louis Vuitton Osaka, Osaka
2020
100 Selbstbildnisse (100 Self-Portraits) – Beim Stadthaus | Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur
Painting After All – Met Breuer, New York
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Gerhard Richter: The Birkenau Paintings – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
New Drawings 2017 - 2020 – Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Landscape – Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
Gerd Richter 1961/62 – Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Cage Paintings – Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
in 'Atelier Liebermann': Gerhard Richter. Atlas-Overview 1:2 – Stiftung Brandenburgertor, Berlin
2019
Editionen, Entwürfe, Briefe, Materialien – Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Overpainted Photographs – Gagosian Gallery, London
Seascapes – Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
"PATH" – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
2018
Selbstbildnisse 1993 – Gerhard Richter at Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, Dresden
Frühe Bilder – Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
Abstraction – Museum Barberini, Potsdam
2017
Neue Bilder – Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Albertinum, Dresden
Kanarische Landschaften – Edition Block, Berlin
Die Editionen – Folkwang Museum, Essen
Über Malen–Frühe Bilder – Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn; SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Gerhard Richter – Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Gerhard Richter – National Gallery, Prague
2016
Paintings and Drawings – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Birkenau – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Selected Editions – Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf
14 Panes of Glass for Toyoshima – Toyoshima
2015
Painting – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
Color Charts – Dominique Levy Gallery, London
Artist Rooms – Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth
Inkjet print – Dresden Gallery, Dresden
Small Dimensions – Galerie Schwarzer, Düsseldorf
Overpainted Photographs – Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles
Neupräsentation im Albertinum – Galerie Neue Meister Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden
Editions – Galerie Son, Berlin
2014
Gerhard Richter From Elbe to November. Works on Paper from the Collection – Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Ausschnitt. Werke aus der Sammlung Böckmann – Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, London
Grau & 180 Farben für Johannes Cladders – Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Gerhard Richter – Fondation Beyeler, Riehen
Abstract Illusion – Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
Die Kunst im Plural – K20 Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf
Streifen und Glas – Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
2013
Atlas Mikromega – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
Tapestries – Gagosian Gallery, London
Abstrakte Bilder – Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf
Edizioni 1965–2012 – Fondazione Sandretto, Turin
Gerhard Richter – Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba
2012
New Strip Paintings and 8 Glass Panels – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
Gerhard Richter – Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Panorama – Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Gerhard Richter – Anima Gallery, The Pearl
Gerhard Richter – Beirut Art Center, Beirut
Seven Works – Portland Art Museum, Portland
October 18, 1977 (1988) – Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Editions – me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin
Panorama – Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Das Prinzip der Serialität in Malerei und Grafik – Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin
Atlas – Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden
Gerhard Richter – Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden, Dresden
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
Panorama – Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
2011
Glas und Pattern 2010–2011 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Panorama – Tate Modern, London
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
Sinbad – FLAG Art Foundation, New York City
Bilder einer Epoche – Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg
2010
Elbe – Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Gerhard Richter – CAM Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba
ARTIST ROOMS. Epoch. Gerhard Richter – New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
Lines which do not exist – The Drawing Center, New York City
Sinopsis – MNAD Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Buenos Aires
Übersicht / Sinopsis – MNAV Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
Gerhard Richter – CCCS Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Florence
New Overpainted Photographs – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
2009
Sinopsis – MAVI Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Farbfelder. Von der Musterkarte zum Domfenster – Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin
Modern Times – MIMA Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough
Painted Photographs – Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Bilder aus privaten Sammlungen – MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Gerhard Richter – Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble
Abstrakte Bilder – Haus der Kunst, Munich
Gerhard Richter Portraits – NPG National Portrait Gallery, London
Übermalte Fotografien. photographies peintes – Centre de la photographie, Geneva
Retrospektive – Albertina, Vienna
2008
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Leu, Munich
Übermalte Fotografien – Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Abstrakte Bilder – Museum Ludwig, Cologne
4900 Colours. Version II – Serpentine Gallery, London
Prints of Gerhard Richter – Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
Gerhard Richter – Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
Paintings 1963–2007 – NAMOC National Art Museum of China, Beijing
48 Portraits – DE PONT museum of contemporary art, Tilburg
Survey – CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Gemalte Fotografien – Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
Bilder aus privaten Sammlungen – Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
2007
retrospektivni pregled – Gallery of Fine Arts / Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek
Survey – Umjetnicki paviljon / Art Pavilion Zagreb, Zagreb
Zufall. 4900 Farben und Entwürfe zum Kölner Domfenster – Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Gerhard Richter – Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Gerhard Richter – Art Gallery of Uzbekistan, Taschkent
Gerhard Richter – Gallery Shilla, Daegu
30 years of editions – Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin
2006
Gerhard Richter – Weserburg / Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Terminus, Munich
Porträts – Museumsberg Flensburg, Flensburg
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
2005
Survey – LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Paintings 2001–2005 – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
Gerhard Richter – Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba
Gerhard Richter – Maximilian Krips Galerie, Cologne
Gerhard Richter – Cuxhavener Kunstverein, Cuxhaven
Arbeiten auf Papier, Editionen – Mike Karstens, Münster
2.5.89–7.5.89 Sechs Fotos – Corkin Gallery, Toronto
Gerhard Richter – Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Painting as Mirror – 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
printed! – Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Overpainted Photographs – Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
27 artworks – Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Gerhard Richter – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
Printed! – Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen
Gerhard Richter – BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice
- Oktober 1977 – Galerie Neue Meister, Albertinum, Dresden
Gerhard Richter – ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
Printed! – Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf
Gerhard Richter – K20 Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf
Gerhard Richter – The Brno House of Arts, Brno
Works on Paper, Photographs, Editions – Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City
2004
Gerhard Richter – Galéria mesta Bratislavy, Bratislava
Printed! – Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Atlas – Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
A Survey – Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
landscape – Zwirner & Wirth, New York City
A private collection – MNAC Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
Two Sculptures for a Room by Palermo – Peter Freeman, Inc., New York City
Gerhard Richter – CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Málaga
2003
Atlas – Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Forty Years of Painting – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Works on Paper and selected Paintings – Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City
2002
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
Eight Gray – Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Forty Years of Painting – SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
RICHTER 858 – SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Survey – Wellington City Gallery, Wellington
Forty Years of Painting – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Firenze (2000) – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Survey – RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Works on Paper – Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin
Forty Years of Painting – MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Paintings from the 1980s – Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City
2001
Survey – National Art Gallery Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
New Paintings 1996–2001 – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Survey – Silpakorn University Art Center, Bangkok
ATLAS – Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
Gerhard Richter – ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj
Atlas - Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba
Paintings – Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen
Edition 1969–1998 – Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen
Survey – Listasafn Islands, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
An Empty Space – Akira Ikeda, New York, New York City
2000
Selected Prints 1966–1988 – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Übersicht (Editionen 1967–2000) – Krypta 182 Kunstverein Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach
Gerhard Richter – Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York City
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Gerhard Richter. October 18, 1977 – MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Survey – ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Abstract Paintings – Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City
Drawings and watercolors 1964–1999 – DE PONT museum of contemporary art, Tilburg
Aquarelle. Watercolors 1964–1997 – Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld; Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden
Early paintings – Zwirner & Wirth, New York City
Gerhard Richter in Dallas Collections - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
1999
Gerhard Richter – Kunst aus NRW, Aachen
Gerhard Richter – Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
The Complete Editions – Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
Gerhard Richter. Aquarelle. Watercolors 1964–1997 – Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Gerhard Richter. 855/1-64. Schwarz, Rot, Gold – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Gerhard Richter. Atlas – MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
Editionen – Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Düsseldorf
Gerhard Richter – 20.21 Galerie Edition Kunsthandel GmbH, Essen
Gerhard Richter. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Editionen aus Eigenbesitz – Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Gerhard Richter. The Art of the Impossible. Paintings 1964–1998 – Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
1998
Der Atlas und seine Bilder – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
Watercolors, Drawings and Photographs – David Nolan Gallery, New York City
Degrees of Stillness. Photographien aus der Sammlung Manfred Heiting – SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
Landscapes – Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
New Paintings – Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
Gerhard Richter – Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
Paintings 1972–1996 – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Gerhard Richter – Neue Galerie Dachau, Dachau
Ein Saal und ein Kabinett für die Sammlung – Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Gerhard Richter – Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
1997
Multiples, 1965–97 – Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
66 Drawings Halifax – Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
Fuji – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
1996
Abstract Paintings – Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Two Sculptures for a Room by Palermo – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
100 Pictures – Carré d’art-Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes
Paintings – MUSEION Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bolzano
Strategies of Distance – The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
Editions 1965–1995 – Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden
1995
Editions 1965–1993 – Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Selected Works 1963–1987 – Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City
Paintings 1964–1994 – Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Gerhard Richter – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Gerhard Richter – Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
Painting in the Nineties – Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
1994
Retrospective – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Gerhard Richter und die Romantik – Kunstverein Ruhr e.V., Essen
Gerhard Richter – Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Prints & Multiples 1966–1993 – David Zwirner, New York City
Grafik und Auflagenbilder – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
1993
Editions – Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
Malerei 1962–1993 – Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Paintings and Works on Paper – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Editionen 1965–1993 – Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Retrospective – MAM/ARC Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Helga Matura – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
20 Paintings from 1965–1991 – NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Helga Matura – Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie
Gerhard Richter – Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
1992
Watercolors, Photographs and Drawings – David Nolan Gallery, New York City
Helga Matura – Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
Helga Matura – Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. Catharines
Gerhard Richter – Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Works on Paper – Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
1991
Works on Paper – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Gerhard Richter – Tate Britain, London
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris
Paintings, Sculpture and Mirrors – Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
October 18, 1977 – ICA Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston
1990
Gerhard Richter – Regen Projects, Los Angeles
October 18, 1977 – Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City
Atlas der Fotos, Collagen and Skizzen – Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Gerhard Richter – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
October 18, 1977 – Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis
1989
Gerhard Richter – Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Works on Paper – David Nolan Gallery, New York City
1988–89 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Horizons – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Monotypes, Oil on Paper – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
October 18, 1977 – ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London
Atlas der Fotos, Collagen and Skizzen – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
Gerhard Richter – Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens
- Oktober 1977 – Portikus, Frankfurt
Paintings – SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
October 18, 1977 – Museen Haus Lange / Haus Esters, Krefeld
1988
Paintings – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Recipient of the Goslar Emperor's Ring 1988. Paintings from Two Decades – Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar
Paintings – MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago
1968–1988 – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Multiples and Complete Prints – David Nolan Gallery, New York City
Paintings – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris
The London Paintings – Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
Nine Paintings, 1982–1987 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
1987
Works on Paper – Gallery Karsten Schubert, London
Matrix 95. Gerhard Richter – The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
Paintings – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Paintings – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
1986
Bilder 1962–1985 – MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Abstract Paintings 1978–1984 – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Gerhard Richter – Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens
Gerhard Richter – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
Gerhard Richter – Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City
Watercolours – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
1984
Gerhard Richter – Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Etienne
1983
Gerhard Richter – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
1982
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
128 Details of a Picture (Halifax 1978) – Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
Abstract Paintings 1976–1981 – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
Abstrakte Bilder 1976–1981 – Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim
Gerhard Richter – PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Abstrakte Bilder 1976–1981 – Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
1981
Watercolours and Drawings – Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
1980
Zwei gelbe Striche – Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
Gerhard Richter – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
1979
Paintings and Prints. 1962–1978. Part I – Galerie Bernd Lutze, Friedrichshafen
Abstract Paintings – Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1978
Schilderijen / Paintings – Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
New Paintings – Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City
1977
Gerhard Richter – Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Gerhard Richter – Centre Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
1976
Atlas der Fotos, Collagen und Skizzen – Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld; Museen Haus Lange / Haus Esters, Krefeld
Peintures 1962–1975 – BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
1975
Paintings from 1962–1974 – Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
Grey Pictures – Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
1974
Graue Bilder – Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Gerhard Richter – Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Four Paintings from 1973 – Galerie René Block, Berlin
1973
Annunciation after Titian – Galleria la Bertesca, Milan
Park Piece – Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Atlas der Fotos und Skizzen (Informationen 5) – Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
Gerhard Richter – Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich
48 Porträts – Galerie nächst St. Stephan; Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Gerhard Richter – Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne
1972
Gerhard Richter – Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
1971
180 Colours – Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Graphik – Galerie Erhard Klein, Bad Münstereifel
Arbeiten 1962 bis 1971 – K20 Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1970
Graphik 1965–1970 – Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
Gerhard Richter – Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
1969
Cities – Galerie René Block, Berlin
Gerhard Richter – Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
1968
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Rolf Ricke, Kassel
1967
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Wide White Space, Antwerp
Neue Bilder – Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich
1966
Gerhard Richter – Galerie René Block, Berlin
Farbtafeln – Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1964
Bilder des Kapitalistischen Realismus – Galerie René Block, Berlin
Gerhard Richter – Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
Fotobilder, Portraits und Familien – Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich