Ralf Altrieth (1966) - Still hungry

'Still hungry', 2026

Acrylic on canvas, mixed technique combining pressure impressions (decoupage) and textures obtained by stamping

60 × 60 cm
Mounted on a solid wood stretcher (pine), beautiful patina. Thickness: 2,5 cm

Signed, dated and titled on the back by the artist

The edges are painted white, allowing immediate hanging without a frame, for a contemporary presentation.

Sold by Recodier Art, France
Certificate of authenticity signed by the artist

DESCRIPTION :

The museum director and art historian Dr. Friedhelm Häring describes the pictorial universe of Ralf Altrieth as follows:

"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all the works of this artist. They are populated with narrative codes and fantastic tales. In this sense, the painterly poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike song... But the most astonishing thing that manifests in these canvases is a communicative tenderness for the states of mind of the human being."

In his paintings, Ralf Altrieth lets the forms emerge and transform as the gesture flows, in a free and spontaneous movement. The figures often appear fleetingly, as if hesitating between being and disappearing.

The image is formed by superposition, the elements seem to float, respond to each other, interlace, creating a living and open visual space.

The title is usually added afterwards. It is meant to suggest a clue, a narrative dimension, poetic or sometimes simply humorous, never locking the image into a single interpretation.

An expressive work that immediately catches the eye and gradually reveals all its richness.

BIOGRAPHY :

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966) is a German-born painter and musician. Trained in adolescence by painter Georg Schaible and then at the Nürtingen Academy of Fine Arts in the late 1980s, he has exhibited in France and Germany, notably at Galerie Hartmut Beck (Erlangen), MAC Paris and Galerie Théo de Seine (Paris). He lives and works today in the south of France.

SHIPPING :

Tracked shipping with signature on delivery. The artwork will be packaged with the utmost care in a rigid, bespoke crate made by the artist (protective board, bubble wrap, cardboard reinforcements, etc.) to ensure safe transport.