Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic on heavy paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm (with white margins), 70 x 100 cm (without margins: see note below)

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

NOTE:
The display visuals are IA visualizations based on photographs of the real object. The photos of the real object are authoritative.

DESCRIPTION:
A free, sensitive, and deeply alive presence.
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 in the material. Between gentleness and graphic tension, the composition retains something immediate, which attracts the eye for a long time without ever fully grasping it.
Direct, spontaneous lines dialog with quieter flat areas, creating a work that is both expressive and poetic. The colors, deliberately restrained then suddenly crossed by more vivid accents, give the paper a very particular vibration, subtle yet intensely present in an interior.
The work possesses that rare quality of pieces that you don’t look at only for their subject but for the atmosphere they establish. Framed with a wide mat, it takes on an almost architectural dimension and immediately transforms the space around it.
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 that naturally finds its place in contemporary interiors receptive to living and authentic art.

CRITIQUE:
"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all of the artist’s works. They are populated with narrative codes and fantastical tales. In this sense, the painterly poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike chant... But the most astonishing thing that manifests 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 by gesture and color 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

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, 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 today in numerous private collections around the world.

NOTE:
The outer margins of the paper show some marks related to the removal of masking tape. They are normal and limited to the unpainted areas. They will be hidden by the mat if you choose this method, or can be removed by trimming the work from 75 × 105 cm to 70 × 100 cm. Your local framer can take care of it.

SHIPPING:
The work will be shipped rolled in a solid 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 over in person.