Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic painting on heavyweight paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth

Images shown mounted with a passe-partout are presentation suggestions.

DESCRIPTION:

A free, sensitive presence that is deeply vibrant.

This original artwork on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds an instinctive universe where fragmented figures, drifting gazes, and animal shapes seem to appear and then disappear into the material. Between gentleness and graphic tension, the composition preserves something immediate that draws the eye for a long time without ever fully grasping it.

Direct and spontaneous lines dialogue with larger silent fields, creating a work that is both expressive and poetic. The colors, deliberately restrained and then suddenly pierced by brighter accents, give the paper a very particular vibration, subtle yet intensely present in an interior space.

The work possesses that rare quality of pieces that you look at not only for their subject but for the atmosphere they establish. Framed with a wide passe-partout, it takes on an almost architectural dimension and immediately transforms the surrounding space.

At the border between free figuration, instinctive drawing, and plastic writing, this work bears witness to a deeply personal approach, without easy decorative effect. A singular, inhabited piece that naturally finds its place in contemporary interiors that are sensitive to living and authentic art.

CRITIQUE:

"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all of this artist’s works. They are inhabited by narrative codes and fantastic tales. In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish chant... But the most astonishing thing manifested in these paintings is a communicative tenderness for the states of mind of the human being."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, museum director and art historian

"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

BIOGRAPHY:

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966) is a Franco-German painter and musician recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the boundary between figuration and abstraction. Trained in his teens with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen in the late 1980s, his work stands out for its rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. His works are now in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:

Tracked shipping with in-person delivery. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube to ensure secure transport.