Flowers (Blumen)

1991

A retrospective at the Tate Gallery

In 1991 the Tate Gallery in London holds a retrospective of Richter, following the travelling retrospective at Düsseldorf’s Kunsthalle in 1986.

13 juni 1992 – 20 september 1992

Exhibition: Documenta IX

1993

The retrospective “Malerei 1962–1993”, curated by Kasper König

In 1993 a major touring retrospective, “Gerhard Richter: Malerei 1962–1993”, curated by Kasper König, with a three-volume catalogue edited by Benjamin Buchloh, presents 130 works made over thirty years; the exhibition was to entirely reinvent Richter’s career.

1995

Third marriage: Sabine Moritz

In 1995 Richter marries Sabine Moritz, whose portrait “Lesende” (Reader) he painted in 1994; with her he has two sons and a daughter.