{"id":2056,"date":"2024-02-26T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T05:54:00","slug":"gerhard-richter-mural-in-germany-will-be-partially-uncovered-for-the-first-time-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/gerhard-richter-mural-in-germany-will-be-partially-uncovered-for-the-first-time-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerhard Richter Mural in Germany Will Be Partially Uncovered for the First Time in Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">In 1956 a young\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_gerhard-richter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"gerhard-richter\">Gerhard Richter<\/a>\u00a0painted a mural of more than 645 square feet in the stairwell foyer of the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The mural was painted over 23 years later, in 1979.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Soon, sections of the mural will be uncovered and made visible to the public for the first time in decades. They will be shown at the museum this year as part of a special exhibition there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Museum visitors will be able to see restorer Albrecht K\u00f6rber remove the white paint covering Richter\u2019s mural starting March 9. \u201cThe public might interpret the ongoing\u00a0restoration\u00a0work as a metaphor for the process of uncovering layers of history and giving new perspectives on a chapter of East German history,\u201d the museum\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the<em>\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Born in Dresden in 1932, Richter was only 24 years old when he created the\u00a0<em>Lebensfreude<\/em>\u00a0(Joy of Life) mural for his thesis at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">Dresden Academy of Fine Arts<\/a>. The work shows groups of cheerful and festive figures engaged in everyday and leisure activities, such as dancing, going to a beach, or sitting in a park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">The German Hygiene Museum initially asked Richter if it could expose and display the painting in 1994, but the artist said no, with the reasoning that \u201cthe mural is not one of the artworks most worth keeping in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">When the museum asked again in 2022, Richter said yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">It\u2019s worth noting that Richter has carefully controlled which paintings count as those authored by him. In his online catalogue, the first work is\u00a0<em>Tisch<\/em>\u00a0(Table), from 1961, a full five years after this mural was made. Richter also destroyed most of his earlier works in 1960 in a fire at the D\u00fcsseldorf Art Academy after he fled\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_east-germany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\" data-tag=\"east-germany\">East Germany<\/a>. This was part of the reason why East German heritage authorities decided to paint over the mural in 1979, according to the\u00a0<em>Art Newspaper.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">The mural\u2019s restoration and public display is a joint project between the German Hygiene Museum and the W\u00fcstenrot Foundation in cooperation with the Dresden University of Fine Arts, which is advising the project. The project\u2019s educational measures are supported through a grant from the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1956 a young\u00a0Gerhard Richter\u00a0painted a mural of more than 645 square feet in the stairwell foyer of the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. The mural was painted over 23 years later, in 1979. Soon, sections of the mural will be uncovered and made visible to the public for the first time in decades. 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