Gerhard Reichert

Gerhard Richter was born to Horst and Hildegard Richter in Dresden on February 9, 1932, they had married the previous year, Gerhard was their first child, a daughter, Gisela, arriving in 1936 Horst Richter, with whom Gerhard did not have a close relationship , was a teacher at a secondary school in Dresden.1 Hildegard was a bookseller and, like his father, a talented pianist. She was passionate about literature, and passed on her enthusiasm and knowledge to the young Gerhard. They were, in many ways, an average middle-class family. In an interview with Robert Storr Richter describes his early family life as "simple, orderly and structured - mother playing the piano and father earning money".