Ralf Altrieth - Cours de Tango - XXL

This painting belongs to the 2019 period, an expansive and gestural cycle marked by powerful color contrasts on bright backgrounds. Created on a deep, dark ground, it constitutes a rare exception in the artist's career.

Titled 'Tango Lesson', it is a unique work, directly from the artist's studio. Entirely hand-painted in acrylic on 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, reflecting as closely as possible the real hues. The lifestyle visuals allow appreciation of the painting's dimensions and physical presence. The proportions are preserved.

Made without a preliminary sketch, the composition is built in the gesture, through successive adjustments, until reaching a “rightness”: a balance between instinctive energy and controlled structure. This search gives the work an almost electric tension and an asserted presence.

With its large format of 150 x 130 cm, the painting makes a commanding presence. The broad, spontaneous gestures, full of vitality, combined with vivid colors that cut against the dark background, create a moving depth that transforms the surrounding space. The lines cross and collide in a swirling motion, giving the whole an intense dramatic energy, almost corporeal.

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

"Painting is something bigger than me. It allows me to go further, to see more. I now feel that by painting I create myself." (Ralf Altrieth)

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

The paintings offered simultaneously can be combined so you pay shipping fees only once (subject to the sale calendar). If you are considering multiple acquisitions, it is recommended to wait for the end of all auctions before paying, to allow for combined shipping.

NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:

2025 MAC Paris
LATELIER Gallery, Sète

2024
LATELIER Gallery, Sète

2023
Chaillioux Art Space, Fresnes
ARPAC, Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier

2020
N5 Gallery, Montpellier

2019
Château d'Assas, Le Vigan
Exhibition Nomad Artists, 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