Daniel Richter

Daniel Richter studied at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Training under Werner Büttner is recorded. Christian Awe is recorded as having studied under Daniel Richter. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract art and figurative art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. Residence is recorded at Eutin. Employment is recorded with Berlin University of the Arts and Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Work by Daniel Richter is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Canada, Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

• Name — Daniel Richter • Born — 18 December 1962 • Birthplace — Eutin, West Germany • Spouse — Hanna Putz (2020) • Website — daniel-richter.com • Education — Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg • Known for — Painting, sculpture

Daniel Richter was born in 1962 in Eutin, West Germany. Richter attended Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg from 1991 to 1995. Between 1992 and 1996 he studied with Werner Büttner, one of the protagonists, along with Martin Kippenberger, of the revival of expressive trends in painting during the 1980s, and worked as assistant to Albert Oehlen. Between 2004 and 2006 he served as Professor for Painting at the Universität der Künste, Berlin. Since 2006, he has been Professor of Fine Arts at Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna. Richter's early work was abstract and colorful, described as, "psychedelic – somewhere between graffiti and intricate ornamentation". Since 2002, he has painted large-scale scenes filled with figures, often inspired by reproductions from newspapers or history books. He was previously married to theatre director Angela Richter, together they have a son. In 2019, he founded the publishing Company PAMPAM Publishing with his current wife, Viennese photographer Hanna Putz.

Working for the Salzburg Festival, Richter created the stage design for two stages: for Bluebeard's Castle (2008) and for Lulu (2010). In 2010, Richter designed a series of stage sets for the Salzburg Opera's production of Lulu in conjunction with his solo museum exhibition at the Rupertinum Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria.

Daniel Richter is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Classed in the genre figurative art. Classed in the genre abstract art. Recorded as artist, painter, actor, draftsperson and teacher.