VIENNA.- The German artist Gerhard Richter is a superstar in the international art world. His extensive and highly influential body of work ranges from quasi-photorealistic paintings to abstract compositions in brilliant colors. Today, through May 10, 2009, the Albertina presents over 80 oil paintings, around 80 watercolors and a selection of drawings in a major retrospective covering the many different phases of Richter’s career between 1963 and 2007.

The works are largely drawn from three important private collections in Germany: the Frieder Burda, Böckmann and Ströher collections. Included in the show exclusively during its run at the Albertina are works from an Austrian private collection. Most of the exhibited watercolors are on loan from the Winterthur Art Museum, Switzerland. Other watercolours and drawings have been lent by the artist himself.

The exhibition comes to the Albertina after previously having been on view at the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, and the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh. After the Albertina it will travel to the Küppersmühle Museum of Modern Art in Duisburg, Germany. Only the Albertina is presenting a large number of Richter’s works on paper, which have not been shown on this scale in nearly a decade.

Exhibition Catalogue An exhibition catalogue, published in German and English by Hatje Cantz Verlag (EUR 34.90), will be available in bookstores and in the Albertina Museum Shop, and can be ordered from the Albertina website [www.albertina.at].