Ralf Altrieth - Rien - XXL

This painting is part of a short series created in 2020, a period when dark tones become dominant.

Titled 'Rien', it is a unique work, directly from the artist's studio. Fully hand-painted in oil and acrylic on high-quality canvas, it is signed on the back and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. In very good condition.

The photos are taken in natural light, as faithfully as possible to the real colors. The staged visuals allow appreciation of the painting's dimensions and physical presence. The proportions are preserved.

With its monumental format of 178 x 149 cm, the painting exerts an intense, almost nocturnal presence. On a deep background made up of multiple layers of dark and vibrant colors, a figure appears, drawn with a clear and instinctive gesture.

The color overlays — blues, reds, greens and blacks — create a dense depth, pierced by bright fragments. At such scale, the work nearly behaves like an apparition: the figure seems to emerge from the darkness and immediately captures the eye.

From a distance, the composition imposes a strong and mysterious presence. Upon closer approach, the surface reveals a richness of gestures, transparencies and painterly traces that give the canvas a constant vibration.

Realized without a prior sketch, the composition is built in the gesture, through successive adjustments, until reaching a “rightness”: a balance between instinctive energy and mastered structure. This research gives the work a living energy and a declared presence.

German painter living in the south of France, trained from adolescence and then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Nürtingen (Germany) at the end of the 1980s, Ralf Altrieth has exhibited for over thirty years in France and Germany, notably at MAC Paris, the Théo de Seine gallery (Paris), and the Hartmut Beck gallery (Erlangen). His works are today in private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:
Tracked shipping. The painting is packed with the utmost care. To ensure optimal protection, the work is shipped rolled in a secure professional packaging. Margins are provided for easy stretching. The indicated dimensions correspond to the final format once the canvas is stretched.

Paintings offered simultaneously can be grouped so that you pay shipping costs only once (subject to sale calendar). If you are considering multiple acquisitions, it is recommended to wait for the closing of all auctions before payment to allow for a combined shipment.

NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:

2025
MAC Paris
Galerie LATELIER, Sète

2024
Galerie LATELIER, Sète

2023
L’espace d’art Chaillioux, Fresnes
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier

2020
​​Galerie N5, Montpellier

2019
Château d'Assas, Le Vigan
Exposition Les artistes nomades, Aubais

2018
A DESSIN 4, Sète
MAC Paris, Paris
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Sète

2017
Galerie La Salamandre, Nîmes
Galerie 75, Rouen
SMAC Festival, Toulon

2016
MAC Paris, Paris
Pop Up, Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Nîmes
Espace des Arts, Le Boulou

2015
L’Appart’ à Part, Nîmes
Galerie Plurielle, Sète

2014
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany

2013
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie L’Étang D’Art, Bages

2012
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur

2011
La Réserve, Orbec, with Gérard Délafosse
Laboratoire feadback, Saint Martin de la Lieue

2010
Galerie 175, Dozulé

2009
Galerie Au Quai Dock, Lisieux

2000
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany

1998
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany

1993
EWE, Freiburg, Germany