Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic on heavyweight paper, ivory-toned
75 x 105 cm

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

Images with mats and in situ are presentation suggestions.

DESCRIPTION:

A free, perceptive and deeply living presence.

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds an instinctive universe where fractured figures, drifting gazes and animal shapes seem to appear and then disappear into the material. Between softness and graphic tension, the composition retains something immediate, drawing the eye for a long time without ever fully grasping it.

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

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

At the border between free figuration, instinctive drawing and plastic writing, this work testifies to a deeply personal approach, without easy decorative effects. A singular, inhabited piece, naturally finding its place in contemporary interiors that are sensitive to living and authentic art.

CRITIQUE:

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

"His gesture- and color-based writing describes a world open to new voices and 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, on the border between figuration and abstraction. Trained in adolescence with painter Georg Schaible, then at the Nürtingen Academy of Fine Arts in the late 1980s, his work is distinguished by rare pictorial energy and a highly sensitive language. His works are today present in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING :

The work will be shipped rolled in a solid tube to ensure secure transport.
It is entrusted to an express carrier delivering to home with full tracking and signature required, to guarantee the best protection of the artwork until handover.