Ralf Altrieth - A contresens - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth’s original acrylic painting on canvas, “A contresens - XXL”, was made in 2026, is hand-signed and measures 87 × 160 cm.
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Description from the seller
At first glance, this painting seems to tell a world of its own: fantastical figures coexist in a free and whimsical composition, with an expressiveness that is almost immediately endearing.
Ralf Altrieth draws and paints here with great spontaneity. The shapes are deliberately simple, the outlines direct, the colors bold, as if the figures had been discovered rather than invented. Behind this apparent simplicity lies, however, a true sense of rhythm: the figures respond to each other, overlap, or seem to float around one another.
The imaginary figures give the whole a poetic, almost dreamlike dimension. There is something joyful and slightly offbeat in the composition, which leaves the viewer with great freedom of interpretation.
The work thus exudes a particularly warm presence. It attracts with its immediately recognizable colors, then holds the eye with its inventiveness and its small details. In a contemporary interior, they bring a free, playful, and poetic artistic note, never losing the singularity of Ralf Altrieth's gesture.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas
Thick, professional-quality canvas
87 × 160 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
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 childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation he conjures up 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 of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGINS:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins that will 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 providing home delivery, full tracking, and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection until handover.
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 work, photo of the back and profile). Tones may vary slightly depending on your screen 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, this painting seems to tell a world of its own: fantastical figures coexist in a free and whimsical composition, with an expressiveness that is almost immediately endearing.
Ralf Altrieth draws and paints here with great spontaneity. The shapes are deliberately simple, the outlines direct, the colors bold, as if the figures had been discovered rather than invented. Behind this apparent simplicity lies, however, a true sense of rhythm: the figures respond to each other, overlap, or seem to float around one another.
The imaginary figures give the whole a poetic, almost dreamlike dimension. There is something joyful and slightly offbeat in the composition, which leaves the viewer with great freedom of interpretation.
The work thus exudes a particularly warm presence. It attracts with its immediately recognizable colors, then holds the eye with its inventiveness and its small details. In a contemporary interior, they bring a free, playful, and poetic artistic note, never losing the singularity of Ralf Altrieth's gesture.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas
Thick, professional-quality canvas
87 × 160 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
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 childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation he conjures up 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 of the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGINS:
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins that will 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 providing home delivery, full tracking, and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection until handover.
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 work, photo of the back and profile). Tones may vary slightly depending on your screen 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
A contresens - XXL
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
87 cm
Width
160 cm
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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