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Ralf Altrieth’s original 2026 mixed media painting Décidémentales 5 - XXL on canvas (80 × 160 cm) from France, signed on the back, in excellent condition, with a certificate of authenticity.
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At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to burst forth with a free, instinctive impulse. Then the eye lingers—and gradually discovers a flourishing universe where characters, creatures, and improbable forms seem to evolve with a freedom as resolute as it is surprisingly striking. Nothing is fixed. Every detail contributes to a living composition that reveals itself progressively with distance, light, and the time spent before it.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Silhouettes appear, transform, and sometimes disappear in favor of other presences. The gaze circulates endlessly, guided from one discovery to the next. Seeing becomes an active, playful, almost physical experience.
Under its apparent spontaneity, the work reveals a remarkable balance. The lines, colors, and rhythms intertwine with a freedom perfectly mastered, giving rise to a scene in which the imaginary seems to invent itself as it unfolds.
But beyond its immediate energy, this painting settles durably into the space. Through its visual density. Through its understated humor. And through this rare ability to transform a wall into a territory of exploration, where every new glance reveals a detail, a character, or a relationship that had previously gone unnoticed.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic, oil, and transfer prints on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
80 × 160 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 brings forth a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"His gesture- and color-led writing describes a world open to new voices and experiences 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
EMBALLAGE:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (120 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 tensioning by your local framer.
EXPÉDITION:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and a signature on delivery, to ensure the best protection of the artwork 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 burst forth with a free, instinctive impulse. Then the eye lingers—and gradually discovers a flourishing universe where characters, creatures, and improbable forms seem to evolve with a freedom as resolute as it is surprisingly striking. Nothing is fixed. Every detail contributes to a living composition that reveals itself progressively with distance, light, and the time spent before it.
In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Silhouettes appear, transform, and sometimes disappear in favor of other presences. The gaze circulates endlessly, guided from one discovery to the next. Seeing becomes an active, playful, almost physical experience.
Under its apparent spontaneity, the work reveals a remarkable balance. The lines, colors, and rhythms intertwine with a freedom perfectly mastered, giving rise to a scene in which the imaginary seems to invent itself as it unfolds.
But beyond its immediate energy, this painting settles durably into the space. Through its visual density. Through its understated humor. And through this rare ability to transform a wall into a territory of exploration, where every new glance reveals a detail, a character, or a relationship that had previously gone unnoticed.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic, oil, and transfer prints on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
80 × 160 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 brings forth a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"His gesture- and color-led writing describes a world open to new voices and experiences 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
EMBALLAGE:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (120 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 tensioning by your local framer.
EXPÉDITION:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and a signature on delivery, to ensure the best protection of the artwork 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
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Décidémentales 5 - XXL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
80 cm
Width
160 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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