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Gerhard Richter — Italienische Landschaft (Italian Landscape)
Gerhard Richter

Italienische Landschaft (Italian Landscape)

1966

A sweeping Italian landscape rendered in Richter's signature photo-painterly style, where lush rolling hills and verdant scenery are simultaneously vivid and elusive. The image appears to emerge from a soft blur, as though glimpsed through a moving window or a fading memory, blending photographic realism with painterly abstraction. Richter's masterful manipulation of focus and depth transforms an ordinary scenic view into a meditation on perception, representation, and the nature of seeing itself.

Medium
oil on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 17, 2018

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Gerhard Richter, Italienische Landschaft (Italian Landscape), 1966

A sweeping Italian landscape rendered in Richter's signature photo-painterly style, where lush rolling hills and verdant scenery are simultaneously vivid and elusive. The image appears to emerge from a soft blur, as though glimpsed through a moving window or a fading memory, blending photographic realism with painterly abstraction. Richter's masterful manipulation of focus and depth transforms an ordinary scenic view into a meditation on perception, representation, and the nature of seeing itself.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1966
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Blurred Aesthetic, German Artist, 20th Century, Contemplative Mood, Renowned Artist, Male Artist, Italian Scenery, Photorealism, Landscape, Muted Tones, Oil on Canvas

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Sebastián Naranjo, Art Institute of Chicago, Brittany Laques, Kyle Stewart, Alex Capecelatro