Ralf Altrieth - The night has a thousand eyes - XL
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Ralf Altrieth presents an original, hand-signed acrylic on canvas titled “The night has a thousand eyes - XL”, 95 × 110 cm, dated 2025, in excellent condition and sold directly by the artist from France with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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A joyful profusion where every gaze tells a story.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to spring from a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a world more complex, traversed by moving forms, unexpected encounters, and surprising equilibria. Nothing is fixed. The work continually evolves depending on 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, never fixed. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works settle permanently into space. They establish themselves by their density. By their presence. And by this rare capacity to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2025
Thick, professional-quality canvas
95 × 110 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 childlike 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
"His gesture- and color-driven writing describes a world open to new voices and to experiments never attempted. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected with great care in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the artwork once 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., 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 joyful profusion where every gaze tells a story.
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to spring from a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a world more complex, traversed by moving forms, unexpected encounters, and surprising equilibria. Nothing is fixed. The work continually evolves depending on 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, never fixed. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works settle permanently into space. They establish themselves by their density. By their presence. And by this rare capacity to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2025
Thick, professional-quality canvas
95 × 110 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 childlike 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
"His gesture- and color-driven writing describes a world open to new voices and to experiments never attempted. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
EXPÉDITION:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected with great care in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the artwork once 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., 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
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
The night has a thousand eyes - XL
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
95 cm
Width
110 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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