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Original unique acrylic on canvas by Ralf Altrieth, titled Enfant éternel - XXL, dated 2021, 180 × 155 cm, signed on the back and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, in excellent condition, from France and sold directly by the artist.
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A free, joyful and spontaneous vitality.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free gesture, almost instinctive. But very quickly, something else asserts 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 draws its strength.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, different levels of depth 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 capacity to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick canvas, professional quality
180 × 155 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish song. 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
"His writing by gesture and color 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
"There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own language, vivid and colorful, without turning color into a creed, humorous without aiming to caricature, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short a deeply human language."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must rebound, cling, detach itself; it is caught by the color, by the energy of the gesture, by the strange cohabitations, by the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, an improvisation enthusiast."
— Stéphane Cerri, culture 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 a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work to their local framer.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
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 free, joyful and spontaneous vitality.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a free gesture, almost instinctive. But very quickly, something else asserts 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 draws its strength.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, different levels of depth 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 capacity to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick canvas, professional quality
180 × 155 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish song. 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
"His writing by gesture and color 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
"There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own language, vivid and colorful, without turning color into a creed, humorous without aiming to caricature, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short a deeply human language."
— Bernard Pignero, writer
"The eye must rebound, cling, detach itself; it is caught by the color, by the energy of the gesture, by the strange cohabitations, by the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, an improvisation enthusiast."
— Stéphane Cerri, culture 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 a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work to their local framer.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
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
Enfant éternel - XXL
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2021
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
180 cm
Width
155 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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