Ralf Altrieth - Cours de Tango - XXL

This painting belongs to the 2019 period, an expansive and gestural cycle marked by powerful color contrasts on luminous backgrounds. Created on a deep, dark background, it constitutes a rare exception in the artist's career.

Titled 'Cours de Tango', it is a unique work, directly from the artist's studio. Entirely hand-painted in acrylic on canvas, it is signed on the back and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Very good condition.

The photos are taken in natural light, respecting as much as possible the rendering of the real tones. The staged visuals allow one to appreciate the dimensions and the physical presence of the painting. The proportions are respected.

Created without a preliminary sketch, the composition builds up in the gesture, through successive adjustments, until an 'accuracy' is reached: a balance between instinctive energy and controlled structure. This search gives the work an almost electric tension and an asserted presence.

With its large format of 150 x 130 cm, the painting imposes a presence. The broad, spontaneous gestures, full of vitality, combined with vivid colors that cut against the dark background, create a moving depth that transforms the surrounding space. The lines cross and clash in a swirling motion, giving the whole an intense dramatic energy and an almost bodily presence.

German painter living in the south of France, trained from adolescence and then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Nürtingen (Germany) in the late 1980s, Ralf Altrieth has been exhibiting for over thirty years in France and Germany, notably at MAC Paris, the gallery Théo de Seine (Paris), and the gallery Hartmut Beck (Erlangen). His works are today part of private collections around the world.

"The painting is something bigger than me. It allows me to go further, to see more. I now find that when I paint I create myself." (Ralf Altrieth)

SHIPPING:
Tracked shipment. The painting is packed with the greatest care. To ensure optimal protection, the work is sent rolled in professional, secure packaging. Margins are provided for easy mounting on a frame. The indicated dimensions correspond to the final size once the canvas is stretched.

The paintings offered simultaneously can be grouped so that you pay shipping costs only once (subject to the sale calendar). If you plan multiple acquisitions, it is recommended to wait for the closure of all auctions before payment, to allow for a combined shipment.

NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:

2025
MAC Paris
Galerie LATELIER, Sète

2024
Galerie LATELIER, Sète

2023
L’espace d’art Chaillioux, Fresnes
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie Le Lieu Multiple, Montpellier

2020
Galerie N5, Montpellier

2019
Château d'Assas, Le Vigan
Exposition Les artistes nomades, Aubais

2018
A DESSIN 4, Sète
MAC Paris, Paris
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Sète

2017
Galerie La Salamandre, Nîmes
Galerie 75, Rouen
SMAC Festival, Toulon

2016
MAC Paris, Paris
Pop Up, Notre-Dame de la Rouvière
Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Nîmes
Espace des Arts, Le Boulou

2015
L’Appart’ à Part, Nîmes
Galerie Plurielle, Sète

2014
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Alemanha

2013
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie L’Étang D’Art, Bages

2012
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur

2011
La Réserve, Orbec, avec Gérard Délafosse
Laboratoire feadback, Saint Martin de la Lieue

2010
Galerie 175, Dozulé

2009
Galerie Au Quai Dock, Lisieux

2000
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Alemanha

1998
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Alemanha

1993
​EWE, Freiburg, Alemanha