Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932)
KERZE, 1988
Offset printing

Never limiting himself stylistically, or in subject matter, Gerhard Richter's work has become known as "characteristically contradictory." He has painted abstractly and realistically, expressively and romantically, and has used as subject matter landscapes, figures, found photographs, and house paint samples. In KERZE (Candle), the artist's romantic side emerges as he deals with issues of transience and instability. Richter has had major retrospectives in the Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Tate Gallery, London.