Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic on heavyweight paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

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

DESCRIPTION:

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds a free and instinctive universe, populated by figures and hybrid shapes that seem to emerge directly from the gesture. Sometimes a few lines are enough to reveal a face, a body, or an entire creature. Nothing is fixed: the shapes seem able to transform at any moment.

The drawing holds an essential place here. Spontaneous lines, flat planes of color, signs and graphic details combine with great freedom, giving the paper a significant role in the composition.

Between free figuration, instinctive drawing, and graphic poetry, the work does not seek to tell a precise story. It rather leaves the imagination to establish its own associations. The gaze shifts from one form to another, gradually discovering new details and new presences.

Framed with a wide mat, it takes on its full dimension and leaves around it a breathing space that emphasizes the spontaneity of the drawing. Its presence—expressive, playful, and poetic—fits naturally into a contemporary interior.

At the boundary between drawing and painting, this series testifies to a deeply personal approach by Ralf Altrieth: a free visual language where a few lines can suffice to conjure an entire world.

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, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childlike chant... But the most astonishing thing manifested in these paintings is a heartwarming 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 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

BIOGRAPHY:

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966) is a Franco-German painter and musician recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the crossroads of figuration and abstraction. Trained in his teens with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen in the late 1980s, his work stands out for a rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. His works are today included in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:

The work will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube to ensure safe 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 artwork until it is handed over in person.

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