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Gerhard Richter creating a ‘Squeegee Painting’

This is pure poetry

Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden, Saxony, and grew up in Reichenau, Lower Silesia, and in Waltersdorf (Zittauer Gebirge) in the Upper Lusatian countryside. He left school after tenth grade and apprenticed as an advertising and stage-set painter, before studying at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1950 his application for a place at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Dresden University of Visual Arts) was rejected. He finally began his studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1951. His teachers were Karl von Appen, Ulrich Lohmar and Will Grohmann.

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My Olympia!

This movie was inspired by Manet’s Olympia (which is in the Muse d’Orsay, Paris)….more

The audio track is by This Window and features Veronica Henry on vocals (Veronica Hery is a best selling author). Originally released by M4tr Productions in 1989 on This Window’s second album “Jude The Obscure” and subsequently re-released in 2007 (CD and download) on the album “The Obscure Jude”(M4tr.com).