Richter, Gerhard (1932-...), is a leading German artist known for his paintings based on photographs. Richter experiments in a broad variety of styles. He insists that he has no specific style, objective, or system in his art. However, he is probably best known for his works based on photographic images, especially images of commonplace subjects, such as family snapshots and newspaper photos. In these realistic scenes, Richter often intentionally blurs the outlines of his subject, as shown in his Kitchen Chair (1965). Such pictures reflect the conflict and contradictions Richter sees between photography, realistic painting, and abstract painting.