Gerhard
Richter
The Early Life of Gerhard Richter Dresden, Germany, 1932. The setting is the Hospital Dresden-Neustadt. Gerhard Richter enters a world defined by the tightening grip of National Socialism. His father, Horst Richter, navigates the academic rigor of the Technische Hochschule in Dresden as a student …
A portrait built from Gerhard Richter's own colours
Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.