Gerhard Richter is one of my favourite painters, and I believe one of the best painters of recent times. This web site is packed with information about the painter and his paintings (just a few of which are shown in thumbnails are above... you can find many more paintings here: Gerhard Richter » Art » Paintings including the luminescent "Lesende", which I believe you can see at the SF MOMA (and if you can, you should):
Someone once compared this painting to Vermeer's work. What's amazing about Richter is he can paint that way, and then paint brilliant abstract paintings, like this one:
Richter can paint anything. And he does it well. I highly recommend this site.
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