Ralf Altrieth - Comment dire autrement - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth presents Comment dire autrement - XXL, an original, hand-signed oil, aerosol and pastel on canvas from 2022, measuring 185 × 195 cm.
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Description from the seller
At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to burst forth in a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually uncovers a more complex world, traversed by shifting forms, unexpected encounters, and unforeseen balances. Nothing is fixed. The work constantly evolves 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 quite defined. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works establish themselves durably in space. They settle in through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
NOTE:
The visuals showing the set-up are AI visualizations based on photographs of the real object. The photos of the real object are authoritative.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil, spray, and oil pastel on canvas, fixative Sennelier Hc10
Professional-grade canvas
185 × 195 cm
Unique work, painted by hand
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the inner edge of the canvas by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childlike 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 gestural and color writing describes a world open to new voices and experiences never attempted. His canvases and works on paper show that painting remains a major expression on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
PACKAGING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (180 to 220 cm depending on the work), specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport.
The indicated dimensions refer to the work once mounted on a frame. The canvas includes extra white margins to facilitate tensioning by your framer locally.
SHIPPING:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier ensuring home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection of the work up to handover to the recipient.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
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 in a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually uncovers a more complex world, traversed by shifting forms, unexpected encounters, and unforeseen balances. Nothing is fixed. The work constantly evolves 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 quite defined. The gaze is engaged, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.
But beyond their immediate energy, Ralf Altrieth's works establish themselves durably in space. They settle in through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they take place.
NOTE:
The visuals showing the set-up are AI visualizations based on photographs of the real object. The photos of the real object are authoritative.
TECHNIQUE:
Oil, spray, and oil pastel on canvas, fixative Sennelier Hc10
Professional-grade canvas
185 × 195 cm
Unique work, painted by hand
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the inner edge of the canvas by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childlike 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 gestural and color writing describes a world open to new voices and experiences never attempted. His canvases and works on paper show that painting remains a major expression on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
PACKAGING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (180 to 220 cm depending on the work), specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport.
The indicated dimensions refer to the work once mounted on a frame. The canvas includes extra white margins to facilitate tensioning by your framer locally.
SHIPPING:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier ensuring home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection of the work up to handover to the recipient.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
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
Comment dire autrement - XXL
Technique
Oil painting, Pastel, Spray paint
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2022
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
185 cm
Width
195 cm
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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