Ralf Altrieth - Enfant éternel - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth, Enfant éternel - XXL, an acrylic on canvas (180 × 155 cm) created in 2021, Original edition, signed and dated on the back, in excellent condition, originating from France.
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Description from the seller
A playful and mischievous painting, transforming every idea into a playground.
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. 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, 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 settle in another way. By their density. By their presence. And by this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick professional-quality canvas
180 × 155 cm
Original, hand-painted work
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childish song. From the furnace of improvisation, he conjures 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 opened to new voices and 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
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 playful and mischievous painting, transforming every idea into a playground.
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. 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, 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 settle in another way. By their density. By their presence. And by this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Thick professional-quality canvas
180 × 155 cm
Original, hand-painted work
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childish song. From the furnace of improvisation, he conjures 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 opened to new voices and 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
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
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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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