Ralf Altrieth - Sonorité boisée - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth, Sonorité boisée - XXL, acrylic on canvas, 180 × 155 cm, 2021, original, hand-signed, excellent condition, produced in France and sold directly by the artist.
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Description from the seller
A silent dance of apparitions and metamorphoses.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to surge in a free, instinctive momentum. Then the eye lingers — and gradually discovers a more complex world, traversed by moving shapes, unexpected encounters, and surprising balances. Nothing is fixed. The work evolves ceaselessly according to distance, light, and the time spent before it.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, depths are suggested, without ever settling. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works settle durably in space. They settle through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick professionally graded canvas
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 ET PRESSE:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth's pictorial poems are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he conjures a world unscathed, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"His writing through gesture and color describes a world open to new voices and experiments never attempted. His paintings and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The indicated dimensions refer 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 silent dance of apparitions and metamorphoses.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to surge in a free, instinctive momentum. Then the eye lingers — and gradually discovers a more complex world, traversed by moving shapes, unexpected encounters, and surprising balances. Nothing is fixed. The work evolves ceaselessly according to distance, light, and the time spent before it.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, depths are suggested, without ever settling. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works settle durably in space. They settle through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick professionally graded canvas
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 ET PRESSE:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth's pictorial poems are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he conjures a world unscathed, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"His writing through gesture and color describes a world open to new voices and experiments never attempted. His paintings and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The indicated dimensions refer 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
Sonorité boisée - 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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