Betty By Gerhard Richter

Betty By Gerhard Richter. Gerhard Richter’s Betty a photo on Flickriver About the Work 'Betty' is one of the best-known subjects in Gerhard Richter's oeuvre The first thing we think about Gerhard Richter's Betty is: what an interesting photo! And then, we look again, get a little closer, and realize, it is in fact a painting! The confusion about the technique is an essential part of why Betty is a contemporary masterpiece.

Gerhard Richter based this painting on a 1978 photograph of his 11-year-old daughter About the Work 'Betty' is one of the best-known subjects in Gerhard Richter's oeuvre

Gerhard Richter Betty (1977) Teaching Resources

Gerhard Richter - Betty, 1977 The contrast between her vermillion sweater and overexposed, white skin evokes too many mythologies to count—Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, even Lilith It encourages them to ponder the nature of existence and. Betty by Gerhard Richter is one of the finest works of art he created as a painter

Gerhard Richter, Betty YouTube. Betty is a portrait of sorts, painted from a photograph of the artist's daughter posed, like Ingres' The Bather at Valpinçon, 1808, so that she is looking away from the viewer Richter has pronounced her under-eyes with a cobalt glaze, simultaneously.

Gerhard Richter Betty. Gerhard Richter - Betty, 1977 The contrast between her vermillion sweater and overexposed, white skin evokes too many mythologies to count—Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, even Lilith It encourages them to ponder the nature of existence and.