Browse here. In the 1960s, Richter donated one of his paintings, Uncle Rudi, to Lidice, a Czech town destroyed in 1942 by the Nazis, who also killed all its 173 male inhabitants.

Gerhard Richter, one of the world's top-selling living artists, launched his largest exhibit to date in Paris on Monday — a show spanning six decades of a diverse and storied career."Panorama," ...

This last fact is rammed home early by a painting, Onkel Rudi (Uncle Rudi), 1965, enlarged from a snapshot of Richter’s uncle grinning broadly, about to go to the front in his uniform.

Expect an array of Richter’s most acclaimed works, among them are “ Uncle Rudi ” (1965), “ Gudrun ” (1987), “ Woman Reading ” (1994) and “ Self Portrait ” (1996), alongside his ...

Next to this is Uncle Rudi (1965), a picture of his smiling uncle in military garb. Both men were Nazis. Richter himself was enrolled in the Hitler Youth.

This last fact is rammed home early by a painting, Onkel Rudi (Uncle Rudi), 1965, enlarged from a snapshot of Richter’s uncle grinning broadly, about to go to the front in his uniform.