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"Gerhard Richter"
The South Bank Show episode
Episode no.Series 26
Episode 10
Directed byGerald Fox
Featured musicJohn Quinn
Editing by
Original air date2 February 2003 (2003-02-02)
Running time51 minutes

"Gerhard Richter" is an art documentary episode which was broadcast on 2 February 2003, based on the life of a German visual artist Gerhard Richter[1] on The South Bank Show. The documentary was a production of LWT for the ITV series.[2][failed verification] It was directed and produced by Gerald Fox, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, and featured Gerhard Richter.[3][4]

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Richter talks about how he grew up in East Germany where he attended Dresden's art school[5][failed verification][6][failed verification] and escaped to the other side just before the Berlin Wall was built[7][failed verification][8][failed verification] in this documentary. His entire artistic career is told in the documentary "Gerhardt Richter" made around the time of his enormously successful American retrospective at MOMA and SFMOMA[9][failed verification][10][failed verification] entitled "40 Years of Paintings."[11][failed verification] The movie follows the artist at his house in Cologne, where he is undergoing a period of reflection and preparation before moving on to another series of paintings.[12][failed verification][13][failed verification]

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  1. ^ "Artist Gerhard Richter at 90". The Indian Express. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ Saltz, Rachel (2012-03-13). "An Artist at Work, Looking and Judging". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  3. ^ "Gerhard Richter (2003)". BFI. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  4. ^ "Richter, Gerhard". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  5. ^ "Gerhard Richter: Germany's First Pop Artist". TheCollector. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  6. ^ "Gerhard Richter | Interview". Gagosian Quarterly. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  7. ^ "Gerhard Richter's Biography". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  8. ^ "The Dark Revelations of Gerhard Richter". The New Yorker. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  9. ^ "Life and Work of Gerhard Richter, Abstract and Photorealistic Artist". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  10. ^ NY, CHIPS. "Gerhard Richter Painting | official film site". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  11. ^ "Gerhard Richter Paintings, Bio, Ideas". The Art Story. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  12. ^ "Early Years » Biography » Gerhard Richter". gerhard-richter.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  13. ^ "Gerhard Richter: Biography, Art, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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