Gerhard Richter

Work

Exhibitions

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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

  1. 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

  1. 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