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Gerhard Richter ( German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ] ; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist . Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. In October 2012, Richter's Abstraktes Bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at $34 million (£21 million). [1] This was exceeded in May 2013 when his 1968 piece Domplatz, Mailand (Cathedral square, Milan) was sold for $37.1 million (£24.4 million) in New York. [2] This was further exceeded in February 2015 when his painting Abstraktes Bild sold for $44.52 million (£30.4 million) in London at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Sale. [3] more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Richter   https://www.gerhard-richter.com/en/art/paintings/abstracts/abstracts-19901994-31/abstract- View work at: https://www.gerhard-richter.com/en/art/paintings/abstracts/abstracts-19901994-31/abstract-painting-6773/?&categoryid=31&p=1&sp=32 ...

Picasso and his Blue Period might have been  dark emotional roller coaster ride for the famous Pablo Picasso but who knows. Pablo Picasso's Blue Period - 1901 to 1904. The Blue Period of Picasso is the period between 1900 and 1904, when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue -green, only occasionally warmed by other colors. more can be found at: https://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-period.jsp Image found at: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.pablopicasso.org/images/paintings/the-blindmans-meal.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-period.jsp&h=654&w=650&tbnid=_bMApr1TpBDlVM:&q=picasso+and+blue+period&tbnh=160&tbnw=159&usg=AFrqEzcAUtUr8lEn6eIohoR_3P8UHDo-7w&vet=12ahUKEwjcq8DWiujcAhUpHDQIHUBGCqsQ9QEwAHoECAwQBg..i&docid=wExw7Cjk2F5BGM&client=firefox-b-1-ab&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcq8DWiujcAhUpHDQIHUBGCqsQ9QEwAHoECAwQBg#h=654&imgdii=R_I8ZOl_eMLrKM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=...