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Ralf Altrieth presents Here and there - XXXL, oil and acrylic on canvas, a unique original work measuring 205 × 260 cm, created in 2023 in France; signed and dated on the back by the artist, in excellent condition, with a certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth and sold directly from the artist.
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An explosion of free forms and vivid colors
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, matter is never decorative. It acts.
His practice is set in a constant tension between control and surrender. Impressions, 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 arises, 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 becoming fixed. The viewer is engaged, 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 essence. For behind this apparent mechanism there is a very particular sensibility — a kind of gentleness, sometimes even tenderness, that surfaces in the tensions of the material.
Each work functions like 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 terrain where something may come into being, 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 as an active surface — a space where the gaze moves, hesitates, returns. And where, ultimately, something happens.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2023
Thick professional-quality canvas
205 × 260 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE ET PRESSE:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childlike chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he forges a pristine world 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, pictorial and colorful, without turning color into a creed, funny without wanting to caricature, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short a language profoundly human."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must rebound, cling, detach; it is drawn in by the color, by the energy of the gesture, by strange 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 indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on its stretcher. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work 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 TranslateAn explosion of free forms and vivid colors
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, matter is never decorative. It acts.
His practice is set in a constant tension between control and surrender. Impressions, 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 arises, 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 becoming fixed. The viewer is engaged, 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 essence. For behind this apparent mechanism there is a very particular sensibility — a kind of gentleness, sometimes even tenderness, that surfaces in the tensions of the material.
Each work functions like 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 terrain where something may come into being, 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 as an active surface — a space where the gaze moves, hesitates, returns. And where, ultimately, something happens.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2023
Thick professional-quality canvas
205 × 260 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE ET PRESSE:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childlike chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he forges a pristine world 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, pictorial and colorful, without turning color into a creed, funny without wanting to caricature, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short a language profoundly human."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must rebound, cling, detach; it is drawn in by the color, by the energy of the gesture, by strange 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 indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on its stretcher. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work 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.
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Artist
Ralf Altrieth
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Here and there - XXXL
Technique
Acrylic painting, Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2023
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
205 cm
Width
260 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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