Ralf Altrieth (1966) - Still hungry

'Still hungry', 2026

Acrylic on canvas, mixed media combining impression by pressing (decoupage) and textures achieved by dabbing

60 × 60 cm
Mounted on a solid wooden frame (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 in this way:

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

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

The image forms through superpositions, elements seem to float, respond to each other, intertwine, creating a living and open visual space.

The title is usually added afterward. 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 captures the eye and gradually reveals all its richness.

BIOGRAPHY :

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966) is a German-born painter and musician. Trained in adolescence with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Academy of Fine Arts Nürtingen 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 shipment with signature. The work will be packed with the utmost care in a rigid, custom-made packaging by the artist (protective board, bubble wrap, cardboard reinforcements, etc.) to ensure a secure transport.