Ralf Altrieth - Une raison de plus - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth — Une raison de plus - XXL, acrylic on canvas, 155 × 140 cm, original edition, created in 2022 in France, hand-signed with the date on the back and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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Description from the seller
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to surge forth in a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a more complex world, traversed by moving forms, unexpected encounters, and unanticipated equilibria. Nothing is fixed. The work evolves endlessly with 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 eye is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth’s works settle durably into space. They settle in through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
155 × 140 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 painterly poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike chant. From the crucible of improvisation he conjures a world intact, 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 to experiences 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
EMBALLAGE:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (160 to 220 cm depending on the work), specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work once mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins allowing easy stretching by your local framer.
EXPÉDITION:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to ensure the best protection of the work until it is handed over in person.
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 TranslateAt first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to surge forth in a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a more complex world, traversed by moving forms, unexpected encounters, and unanticipated equilibria. Nothing is fixed. The work evolves endlessly with 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 eye is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth’s works settle durably into space. They settle in through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
155 × 140 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 painterly poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike chant. From the crucible of improvisation he conjures a world intact, 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 to experiences 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
EMBALLAGE:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (160 to 220 cm depending on the work), specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work once mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins allowing easy stretching by your local framer.
EXPÉDITION:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to ensure the best protection of the work until it is handed over in person.
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
Une raison de plus - XXL
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2022
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
155 cm
Width
140 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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