Ralf Altrieth - Pays des merveilles - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth, Pays des merveilles - XXL, a unique mixed media acrylic work on canvas (155 x 80 cm), original edition, signed and dated on the back, created in 2026 in France and in excellent condition.
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Description from the seller
Through acrylic, decals and matter transfers, Ralf Altrieth conjures a world whose rules seem to belong only to him.
The bold colors and layers of material give the surface great richness. Black lines structure the forms while touches, traces and transfers reveal different strata of paint. The overall piece preserves a direct spontaneity, but also a real sense of rhythm and composition.
Between free figuration, instinctive drawing and graphic poetry, the work does not aim to tell a precise story. It opens a space where the imagination can circulate freely.
Through its energy, its colors and its distinctly singular character, the work brings an immediate presence to the space. It first attracts with its expressiveness, then holds the eye with the multitude of details that gradually reveal themselves.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic with decals and matter transfers on canvas
Thick professional-grade canvas
155 × 80 cm
Unique work, painted by hand
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth 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 gesture-and-color writing describes a world open to new voices and experiments 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
MARGINS:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a stretcher. The canvas includes extra white margins that will permit 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 a express carrier guaranteeing home delivery, with full tracking and required signature upon delivery, to ensure the best protection of the artwork until it is handed over personally.
Note: The lifestyle images are presentation suggestions created with AI based on photos of the actual work. The photos of the real object are the authoritative ones (close-ups, the whole work, photo of the back and side view). Colors 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 TranslateThrough acrylic, decals and matter transfers, Ralf Altrieth conjures a world whose rules seem to belong only to him.
The bold colors and layers of material give the surface great richness. Black lines structure the forms while touches, traces and transfers reveal different strata of paint. The overall piece preserves a direct spontaneity, but also a real sense of rhythm and composition.
Between free figuration, instinctive drawing and graphic poetry, the work does not aim to tell a precise story. It opens a space where the imagination can circulate freely.
Through its energy, its colors and its distinctly singular character, the work brings an immediate presence to the space. It first attracts with its expressiveness, then holds the eye with the multitude of details that gradually reveal themselves.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic with decals and matter transfers on canvas
Thick professional-grade canvas
155 × 80 cm
Unique work, painted by hand
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth 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 gesture-and-color writing describes a world open to new voices and experiments 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
MARGINS:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a stretcher. The canvas includes extra white margins that will permit 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 a express carrier guaranteeing home delivery, with full tracking and required signature upon delivery, to ensure the best protection of the artwork until it is handed over personally.
Note: The lifestyle images are presentation suggestions created with AI based on photos of the actual work. The photos of the real object are the authoritative ones (close-ups, the whole work, photo of the back and side view). Colors 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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Edition
Original
Artist
Ralf Altrieth
Title of artwork
Pays des merveilles - XXL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
155 cm
Width
80 cm
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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