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Daniel Richter (born 1962) is a German artist. He is based in Berlin, and was previously active in Hamburg. He is known for large-scale oil paintings.
Daniel Richter’s work subverts the genre of epic historical painting. Often working from media images, his large-scale paintings reconstitute current events as timeless fables, spinning the anxiety of contemporary zeitgeist into overwhelming tableaux of allegorical fantasy.
Daniel Richter is a German artist known for his large-scale paintings inspired by mass media and contemporary culture as seen in his painting Lonely Old Slogan (2006). View Daniel Richter’s 634 artworks on artnet.
The German artist Daniel Richter first came to prominence in the 1990s when he transitioned into fine art from the world of music, where he began his career designing posters and record sleeves for bands.
Daniel Richter is one of the foremost German artists of his generation, whose practice has evolved over time to encompass notable stylistic turns. Richter’s paintings synthesize art history, mass media, politics, sex, and contemporary culture into ever-changing pictorial worlds.
Daniel Richter . Nacimiento: 18 de diciembre de 1962; Eutin, Germany ; Nacionalidad: German; Movimiento: Neoexpresionismo, Nueva Pintura Europea; Escuela/grupo: New Leipzig School; Campo: pintura; Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Richter
Conveying current events with an anarchic and energetic punk rock approach, Daniel Richter uses almost-fluorescent colors and variegated brushstrokes to depict figures in situations of rebellion—scenes that are both exciting and surreal.
