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Daniel Richter

Daniel Richter’s vivid, figurative oil paintings draw from several seemingly disparate sources. Synthesizing the Romantic undertones of science fiction, Expressionism, and rock ‘n roll, Richter evokes a future filled with chaos, messianic transcendence, and socially rich communities. In his 2008 painting, Les Paul Dictatorship, an unnamed protagonist holding a guitar stands with one of his acolytes before a large, seemingly entranced crowd. The guitarist holds the instrument behind his back, leaning it on the ground, as he looks wistfully away from his audience. All of the scene’s figures glow as the scene melts and slides between Richter’s sometimes studious, sometimes liberal brush marks.


Richter’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the National Gallery of Canada, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Essl Museum in Vienna, Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, and the Saatchi Gallery.

Born 1962
Hometown Lutzenberg, Switzerland
Lives and Works Berlin and Hamburg, Germany and Vienna, Austria
Education
Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany, 1996
Representing Galleries

Saatchi Gallery, London, England

Articles

Daniel Richter on Art, Life & Everything In Between
Daniel Richter on Art, Life & Everything In Between

'When art fulfils its promise, it expands something within us, and offers some kind of truth,' says the German painter who began his career creating album cover art.

Susan and Michael Hort's Picks from FIAC 2016
Susan and Michael Hort's Picks from FIAC 2016

The wandering art patrons tell us about the works that got them excited at Paris's biggest art fair and surrounding environs.

Carole Server & Oliver Frankel's 2016 Basel Picks
Carole Server & Oliver Frankel's 2016 Basel Picks

Here are the works that caught the husband-and-wife collectors' practiced eyes at the Swiss fairs.

10 of the Best Artworks at FIAC 2014
10 of the Best Artworks at FIAC 2014

We wandered the aisles of Paris’s blue-chip contemporary-art fair in search of compelling artworks—and a sense of the atmosphere in the city in the wake of Paul McCarthy’s attack.

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