1932
Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden on 9th February
1948-1951
Apprenticeship as a stage-set painter
1951-1953
Works in advertising and as a stage-set painter until he is accepted to the Kunstakademie Dresden
1952-1956
Studies at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Dresden
1961-1964
Flees to West Germany Studies at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Karl Otto Götz
1967
Guest lecturer at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg Junger Westen Kunstpreis, Recklinghausen
1971–1993
Professor at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1972
Represents the Federal Republic of Germany at the Venice Biennal with his series “48 Portraits”
1975-1995
Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1978
Visiting professorship at the College of Art in Halifax, Canada
1981
Arnold Bode price, Kassel
1985
Oskar Kokoschka price
1988
Visiting professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt
1994/5
Wolf Preis, Wolf Foundation, Israel
1997
Praemium Imperiale Award, Japan
2005
Foundation of the Gerhard Richter Archive in Dresden
2007
Design of stained-glass windows for the south fassade of the Cologne Cathedral
2018
European Culture Award "Taurus" for his artistic Oeuvre