Gerhard means "Strong Spearman" or just "Strong Spear". Or "Brave Spearman". Our little one has a stuffed owl with this name, and vows to have a son some day bearing the name, as he is "Rudiger", the Famous Spearman.
Gerhard Richter (b. 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.