Lovers in the Forest poster by Gerhard Richter

This totally stunning poster features Gerhard Richter's Lovers in the Forest. The poster was produced in 1995 for  Israel Museum's Fall exhibition of that year.

Originally painted in 1966, Lovers in the Forest exemplifies Richter's ability to blend photorealism with abstraction, creating a captivating and multifaceted piece. The intimate scene of two figures in a woodland setting is rendered with Richter's characteristic blend of realism and subtle abstraction. The painting captures the delicate interplay of light and shadow, highlighting the natural beauty of the environment and the tender moment shared by the lovers. All the while the trees quietly whisper all the questions that Richter wants us to ask. 

Approximate dimensions: Paper Size: 26.75 x 28.25 inches ( 68 x 72 cm )
Image Size: 22.5 x 26.75 inches ( 57 x 68 cm )

Please hang away from direct sunlight to prevent fading. We send posters rolled in tubes. 

The Kunstmuseum Basel offers this insight:

"Richter trained as a painter at the Dresden Academy of Art in East Germany. In 1961, shortly before the Berlin Wall was erected, he moved to Düsseldorf and enrolled at the art academy there. His artistic environment was suddenly no longer defined by the dogmas of socialist realism but by Fluxus artists’ political happenings and actions, in particular by the extended concept of art that was being promulgated by Joseph Beuys. Against this backdrop, Richter began to take an interest in the question of how painting, with its age-old history, and despite all critique, might be continued in the present: how does one paint after the "death" of painting?

Already in the early 1960s Richter had used found image material, especially photographs and reproductions from newspapers and magazines, as models for his paintings... Image blur is an important element deployed by Richter to bring out the abstract qualities of the realistic motif."

Richter's art grapples with so many issues that have taken over life in the  20th and early 21st centuries: fusing photography with painting, he brings another world into being where it feels as if everything is just beyond reach.