Ralf Altrieth - Nobody told me - XL

Acrylic painting with sgraffito on strong paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

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

Images in situ with matte board are presentation suggestions.

DESCRIPTION:

A free, sensitive and deeply living presence.

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds an instinctive universe where fragmented figures, drifting gazes and animal shapes seem to appear and then disappear into the material. Between gentleness and graphic tension, the composition preserves something immediate, which attracts the eye for a long time without ever allowing itself to be fully grasped.

Direct and spontaneous lines dialogue with quieter flat areas, creating a work that is both expressive and poetic. The colors, intentionally restrained and then suddenly pierced by livelier accents, give the paper a very particular vibration, subtle yet intensely present in an interior.

The work possesses that rare quality of pieces that you don’t look at solely for their subject, but for the atmosphere they establish. Framed with a wide passe-partout, it takes on an almost architectural dimension and immediately transforms the space around it.

On the border between free figuration, instinctive drawing and plastical writing, this work bears witness to a deeply personal approach, without easy decorative effect. A singular, inhabited piece, which finds its natural place in contemporary interiors sensitive to living and authentic art.

CRITIQUE:

"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all the works of this artist. They are populated with narrative codes and fantastical tales. In this sense, the pictorial poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childish chant... But the most astonishing thing manifested in these paintings is a communicative tenderness for the states of mind of the human being."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, museum director and art historian

"His handwriting by gesture and color describes a world open to new voices and to 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

BIOGRAPHY :

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

SHIPPING :

Express shipment with tracking against signature. The work will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube to ensure secure transport.