350 - RICHTER, DANIEL

RICHTER, DANIEL 1962 Eutin Title: Untitled. Date: 2011. Technique: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm. Inscription: Signed and dated on the upper reverse: Daniel Richter 2011. Provenance: - Private collection, Berlin (directly from the artist) - Daniel Richter is one of the most influential German painters of his generation - Characteristic work exploring the tension between figuration and abstraction - High-contrast interplay of a transparent color base and bright, opaque color lines. Daniel Richter is one of the most influential German painters of his generation. Before turning to fine art, he was active in the punk and music scenes, designing posters and album covers. From 1992 to 1996, he studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts under Werner Büttner and subsequently worked as an assistant to Albert Oehlen. In the mid-1990s, Richter made a name for himself with vividly colored, abstract-ornamental paintings. Around 2000, he turned to a more figurative style of painting in which art history, mass media, and pop culture intersect with sociopolitical themes. Beginning in 2015, he once again simplified his visual language: contours dissolve, narrative elements recede, and the brush is replaced by other tools. The interplay between figuration and abstraction characterizes his work. The painting from 2011 presented here also oscillates between these two poles and appears to be a reflection on painting itself. The grayish-purple background is applied thinly and translucently; broad, smudged streaks of paint give it an almost veil-like effect. Standing out against this on the right is a white, rectangular area positioned at an angle within the pictorial space, reminiscent of a canvas. A network of opaque lines in red, orange, green, blue, and pink intersects it. They run horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, crossing and overlapping one another, and seem to bounce off or be reflected by the white surface. This creates an interplay of movement and space, transparency, and opaque color. The work was created during a phase in which Richter, following the strongly figurative paintings of the 2000s, brought abstract elements more prominently back into the foreground. The interplay of lines evokes associations with rays of light, projections, or spatial constructions, as well as with colors and compositions finding their way onto the canvas. The painting continues Richter’s exploration of the boundary between figuration and abstraction and poses the question, “What is painting?” Estimated shipping costs for this lot: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport must be arranged through a shipping company following consultation after the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros over a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Daniel Richter #Abstraction #Figurative Painting #Germany #Contemporary Art #2010s #Painting #Contemporary Art. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price toward this fee.