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Ralf Altrieth, an original mixed media on canvas titled Décidémentales 4 - XXL, 160 × 80 cm, signed by the artist, dated on the back, certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth, created in 2026, in excellent condition, France, sold directly by the artist.
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At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to burst forth in a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a lush universe where characters and improbable shapes appear to evolve with a freedom as deliberate as it is strikingly surprising. Nothing is fixed. Each detail participates in 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, sometimes disappear in favor of other presences. The gaze circulates without ever tiring, guided from one discovery to the next. Seeing becomes an active, playful, almost physical experience.
Beneath its apparent spontaneity, the work reveals a remarkable balance. The lines, colors, and rhythms interweave with a freedom that is perfectly mastered, giving rise to a scene where the imaginary seems to invent itself as it unfolds.
But beyond its immediate energy, this painting settles durably in space. Through its visual density. Through its discreet humor. And through this rare capacity to transform a wall into a territory of exploration, where every new look reveals a detail, a character, or a relationship previously overlooked.
TECHNIQUE:
Mixed media on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
160 × 80 cm
Original 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 forges a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"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 on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGES:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work once mounted on its stretcher. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy tensioning by your local framer.
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced tube, specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport. The work is entrusted to an express carrier offering home delivery, full tracking, and a signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection for the work until it is handed over to you in person.
Note: The display images are presentation suggestions created with AI based on photos of the actual work. The photos of the real object are authoritative (close-ups, full view, photo of the back). Tints may vary slightly depending on your screen's color profile.
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 discovers a lush universe where characters and improbable shapes appear to evolve with a freedom as deliberate as it is strikingly surprising. Nothing is fixed. Each detail participates in 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, sometimes disappear in favor of other presences. The gaze circulates without ever tiring, guided from one discovery to the next. Seeing becomes an active, playful, almost physical experience.
Beneath its apparent spontaneity, the work reveals a remarkable balance. The lines, colors, and rhythms interweave with a freedom that is perfectly mastered, giving rise to a scene where the imaginary seems to invent itself as it unfolds.
But beyond its immediate energy, this painting settles durably in space. Through its visual density. Through its discreet humor. And through this rare capacity to transform a wall into a territory of exploration, where every new look reveals a detail, a character, or a relationship previously overlooked.
TECHNIQUE:
Mixed media on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
160 × 80 cm
Original 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 forges a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
"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 on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGES:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work once mounted on its stretcher. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy tensioning by your local framer.
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced tube, specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport. The work is entrusted to an express carrier offering home delivery, full tracking, and a signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection for the work until it is handed over to you in person.
Note: The display images are presentation suggestions created with AI based on photos of the actual work. The photos of the real object are authoritative (close-ups, full view, photo of the back). Tints may vary slightly depending on your screen's color profile.
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
Décidémentales 4 - XXL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
160 cm
Width
80 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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