Ralf Altrieth (1966) - Still hungry

'Still hungry', 2026

Acrylic on canvas, mixed media combining pressure imprints (decoupage) and textures obtained by stamping

60 × 60 cm
Mounted on a wooden stretcher (pine), lovely 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 of the artist’s works. They are populated by 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 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 forms through superpositions, the elements seem to float, respond to each other, interweave, creating a living and open visual space.

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

An expressive work that immediately captures the eye and gradually reveals its full richness.

BIOGRAPHY :

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