Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic on heavy 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 with a matte and in situ are presentation suggestions.

DESCRIPTION:

A free, sensitive presence that is profoundly alive.

This original work 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 retains something immediate, which draws the eye for a long time without ever fully mastering it.

Direct, spontaneous lines dialog with more silent flat areas, creating a work that is both expressive and poetic. The colors, deliberately restrained and then suddenly pierced by livelier 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 do not look at only for their subject, but for the atmosphere they establish. Framed with a wide matte, it takes on an almost architectural dimension and immediately transforms the surrounding space.

On 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, which naturally finds its place in contemporary interiors sensitive to living, authentic art.

CRITIQUE:

"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all the artist’s works. They are peopled with narrative codes and fantastical tales. In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike chant... But the most astonishing thing manifested in these paintings is a contagious tenderness for the states of mind of human beings."
— 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 of 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 of figuration and abstraction. Trained in his teens with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Nürtingen in the late 1980s, his work stands out for rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. His works are today in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:

The work will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube to ensure secure transport.
It is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection of the work until it is handed to the recipient.