Painter
Gerhard Richter
German painter who has worked in photorealism and pure abstraction at the same time, and the most expensive living European artist. Born in Dresden.
Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction, with him being the most expensive living painter at one time.
- Born
- 1932-02-09, Dresden, GermanyA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-02-09, Dresden, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 19°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 21°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 6°52′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 26°04′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 17°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 17°24′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 28°23′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 16°18′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 7°04′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°29′ | Retrograde |
Gerhard Richter is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gerhard Richter was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.