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Ralf Altrieth’s unique 2018 mixed media on canvas artwork It' OK - XXL (150 × 120 cm), signed by the artist and dated on the back, in excellent condition, produced in France as an original edition with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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A touch of sweetness, even tenderness, glimmers beneath the energy of matter.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free, almost instinctive gesture. But very quickly, something else imposes itself: an underlying organization, an internal logic that goes beyond mere spontaneity. 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 derives 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.
Ralf Altrieth’s works do not seek to seduce through spectacle or visible virtuosity. They establish themselves differently. Through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, 2018
Thick professional-grade canvas
150 × 120 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, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation he summons an untouched world made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"(...) His gesture- and color-driven writing describes a world open to new voices and experiments never attempted. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator at Château d’Assas
"There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own, pictorial and colorful language, without making color a creed, funny without being caricatural, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short, a deeply human language."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must bounce, cling, detach; it is caught by color, by the energy of the gesture, by the strange cohabitations, the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, a proponent of improvisation."
— Stéphane Cerri, journalist
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to guarantee safe transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes extra white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work to their local framer.
EXPOSITIONS notables:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Montpellier
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d’Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Galerie U, Baiersbronn (Germany)
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
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 TranslateA touch of sweetness, even tenderness, glimmers beneath the energy of matter.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free, almost instinctive gesture. But very quickly, something else imposes itself: an underlying organization, an internal logic that goes beyond mere spontaneity. 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 derives 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.
Ralf Altrieth’s works do not seek to seduce through spectacle or visible virtuosity. They establish themselves differently. Through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, 2018
Thick professional-grade canvas
150 × 120 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, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation he summons an untouched world made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"(...) His gesture- and color-driven writing describes a world open to new voices and experiments never attempted. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator at Château d’Assas
"There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own, pictorial and colorful language, without making color a creed, funny without being caricatural, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short, a deeply human language."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must bounce, cling, detach; it is caught by color, by the energy of the gesture, by the strange cohabitations, the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, a proponent of improvisation."
— Stéphane Cerri, journalist
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to guarantee safe transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes extra white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work to their local framer.
EXPOSITIONS notables:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Montpellier
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d’Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Galerie U, Baiersbronn (Germany)
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
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
It' OK - XXL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2018
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
150 cm
Width
120 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2010-2020
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