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Ralf Altrieth, Tout ou rien - XXL, oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 160 × 185 cm, 2022, original unique work, signed and dated on the back by the artist with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist, in excellent condition, made in France and sold directly by the artist.
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At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free, almost instinctive gesture. But very quickly, something else asserts itself: an underlying organization, an internal logic that goes beyond mere spontaneity. For him, the material is never decorative. It acts.
His practice is framed by a constant tension between control and surrender. Imprints, pressures, superpositions: the gesture is often indirect, as if the image refused to be entirely decided in advance. What appears is not illustrated — it is revealed. A form emerges, then transforms, then hesitates. And it is precisely in this in-between that the work gains its strength.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, presences are suggested, without ever settling. The gaze is invited, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
One could speak of a pictorial language built from processes: repetition, variation, controlled accidents. But reducing this work to a method would miss the essential. For behind this apparent mechanism lies a very particular sensitivity — a kind of gentleness, sometimes even tenderness, that surfaces in the tensions of the material.
Each work functions as a field of possibilities. Nothing is imposed, everything is offered. It is a painting that does not immediately reveal its answers, but opens up spaces.
In Ralf Altrieth’s career, this approach occupies a singular place: it marks a moment when painting ceases to represent and becomes a place of appearance. A ground where something can occur, without being fully controlled.
His works do not seek to seduce through spectacle or visible virtuosity. They establish themselves differently. By their density. By their presence. And by this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
More than an image, each piece acts like an active surface — a space where the gaze circulates, hesitates, returns. And where, ultimately, something happens.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 2022
Thick professional-grade canvas
160 × 185 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
“In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he brings forth a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses.”
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
“There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own language, rich in imagery and color, without making color a creed, funny without being caricatural, joyful without idealism, energetic without being loud, in short a profoundly human language.”
— Bernard Pignero, writer
“The eye must bounce, cling, detach; it is captured by color, by the energy of the gesture, by odd cohabitations, by the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, an improvisation enthusiast.”
— Stéphane Cerri, journalist
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The stated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this task to their local framer.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS, 1993 - 2026:
MAC Paris
Galerie LATELIER, Sète
L’espace d’art Chaillioux, Fresnes
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d’Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Sète
Galerie La Salamandre, Nîmes
Galerie 75, Rouen
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Pop Up, Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Nîmes
Espace des Arts, Le Boulou
Galerie Plurielle, Sète
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie L’Étang D’Art, Bages
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
Galerie 175, Dozulé
Galerie Au Quai Dock, Lisieux
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany
EWE, Freiburg, Germany
Seller's Story
Ralf Altrieth is a Franco-German painter, recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the border between figuration and abstraction.
His work, nourished by more than thirty years of creation between painting and music, is distinguished by a rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. Trained in his teens with the painter Georg Schaible, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen at the end of the 1980s, his works are today in numerous private collections around the world. Shown in many galleries and European art venues, he lives and works today in the south of France.
Translated by Google TranslateAt first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free, almost instinctive gesture. But very quickly, something else asserts itself: an underlying organization, an internal logic that goes beyond mere spontaneity. For him, the material is never decorative. It acts.
His practice is framed by a constant tension between control and surrender. Imprints, pressures, superpositions: the gesture is often indirect, as if the image refused to be entirely decided in advance. What appears is not illustrated — it is revealed. A form emerges, then transforms, then hesitates. And it is precisely in this in-between that the work gains its strength.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, presences are suggested, without ever settling. The gaze is invited, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
One could speak of a pictorial language built from processes: repetition, variation, controlled accidents. But reducing this work to a method would miss the essential. For behind this apparent mechanism lies a very particular sensitivity — a kind of gentleness, sometimes even tenderness, that surfaces in the tensions of the material.
Each work functions as a field of possibilities. Nothing is imposed, everything is offered. It is a painting that does not immediately reveal its answers, but opens up spaces.
In Ralf Altrieth’s career, this approach occupies a singular place: it marks a moment when painting ceases to represent and becomes a place of appearance. A ground where something can occur, without being fully controlled.
His works do not seek to seduce through spectacle or visible virtuosity. They establish themselves differently. By their density. By their presence. And by this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
More than an image, each piece acts like an active surface — a space where the gaze circulates, hesitates, returns. And where, ultimately, something happens.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 2022
Thick professional-grade canvas
160 × 185 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
“In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he brings forth a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses.”
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
“There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own language, rich in imagery and color, without making color a creed, funny without being caricatural, joyful without idealism, energetic without being loud, in short a profoundly human language.”
— Bernard Pignero, writer
“The eye must bounce, cling, detach; it is captured by color, by the energy of the gesture, by odd cohabitations, by the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, an improvisation enthusiast.”
— Stéphane Cerri, journalist
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The stated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this task to their local framer.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS, 1993 - 2026:
MAC Paris
Galerie LATELIER, Sète
L’espace d’art Chaillioux, Fresnes
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d’Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Sète
Galerie La Salamandre, Nîmes
Galerie 75, Rouen
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Pop Up, Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Nîmes
Espace des Arts, Le Boulou
Galerie Plurielle, Sète
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie L’Étang D’Art, Bages
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
Galerie 175, Dozulé
Galerie Au Quai Dock, Lisieux
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany
EWE, Freiburg, Germany
Seller's Story
Ralf Altrieth is a Franco-German painter, recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the border between figuration and abstraction.
His work, nourished by more than thirty years of creation between painting and music, is distinguished by a rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. Trained in his teens with the painter Georg Schaible, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen at the end of the 1980s, his works are today in numerous private collections around the world. Shown in many galleries and European art venues, he lives and works today in the south of France.
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Artist
Ralf Altrieth
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Tout ou rien - XXL
Technique
Acrylic painting, Oil painting, Pastel
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2022
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Multicolour
Height
160 cm
Width
185 cm
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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