''Gerhard Richter Painting'' is a 2011 German documentary film about the artist

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German ...

. It was directed by

Corinna Belz Corinna Belz is a German documentary filmmaker. She is known for the films '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011), '' Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late'' (2016) and '' Inside the Uffizi'' (2021). Life and career Corinna Belz studied philos ...

. It received the

German Film Award for Best Documentary Film The German Film Award for Best Documentary Film () is the award given to the best feature-length cinema documentary produced with majoritarian German funding. The current category was introduced in 2000, although numerous similar categories were ...

Synopsis

The film follows the contemporary artist

. It focuses on his creative process as he develops and completes a new piece.

Release

The film was released in Germany on 8 September 2011.

Reception

Racher Salz of ''

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'' said the film shows rather than tells and called Richter "an excellent subject, serious and purposeful but also unexpectedly good-natured". Alissa Simon of ''

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'' called the film "a gorgeously rendered work of art". ''Gerhard Richter Painting'' received the

at the .

References

External links

Official website
* * {{Gerhard Richter 2011 documentary films German documentary films 2010s German-language films Gerhard Richter Documentary films about painters Films directed by Corinna Belz Films produced by Thomas Kufus

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