Robert richter visual artist biography

I was born in Milwaukee over half-a-century ago in the year of the horse. I started painting in earnest when I was eight years old.

Born in Milwaukee, Robert Richter has been painting from the age of 8.

Born in Milwaukee, Robert Richter has been painting from the age of 8.

Robert Richter is a contemporary artist recognized for his distinctive blend of abstract and representational styles.

I was born in Milwaukee over half-a-century ago in the year of the horse.

Robert Richter ( - ) was active/lived in Germany.

Born in Görlitz in , and since pursued creative work in Dresden: my name is Robert Richter, and I'm a year-old trained Graphic Artist.

My parents saw that it might be nice for me to take some art lessons. I spent Saturdays in those days drawing Superman and Batman (Batwoman too, Ha!) from comic books. My formative brain was stamped with the creedo that one cannot make a decent painting without making a decent drawing.

To this day it is a self-imposed limitation (?) that opens my world.

The artist, Robert Ludwic Richter, born in Austria in , was a contemporary of Egon Schiele, one of Austria's most famous turn of the Century painters.

Later I would graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and then off to New York City with a Fine Art degree. I painted store front windows, speak easy murals for gangsters, lithographs from aluminum plates for actors, wood paintings for funk musicians, stage sets for theatre, T-shirts, costumes, curtains, wall hangings, furniture, floors- I painted everything, literally.

Years later in a distant city, I received a Masters degree in Contemplative Buddhist Studies. I draw and pa