Is B33D#CB available for purchase?

B33D#CB is currently reserved. For inquiries about this work or similar available paintings, please contact the studio at bertermann.art/contact.

What are the dimensions and medium of B33D#CB?

B33D#CB (2024) measures 130 × 150 cm and was created in Oil on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is B33D#CB about?

B33D#CB is an abstract oil painting (130 × 150 cm) created in 2024 by Claus Bertermann. It belongs to the core of his systematic abstract output — a body of work built on the principle that painting is simultaneously an act of construction and an act of excavation, that the meaning of a canvas is never fully present until the artist has decided what to remove as well as what to keep. The palette knife in Bertermann's abstract practice is not a finishing tool — it is the tool of decisive intervention, the instrument that separates the painting that almost is from the painting that is. A wide, flexible steel blade drawn across a semi-cured oil surface removes the topmost layer of paint in a single committed stroke, exposing the accumulated color of previous sessions. The mark left by this action is double: a directional track across the surface, and a window into the painting's own history. B33D#CB carries this process at the scale of 130 × 150 cm — a horizontally oriented format that encourages extended lateral palette knife passes, sweeping the full width of the canvas in motions that require physical commitment across the entire arm span. At this scale, the decision to scrape is not a minor adjustment but a significant intervention, removing material from a broad zone and reshaping the chromatic balance of the entire surface. The work's title — like all titles in Bertermann's coded abstract series — resists narrative: it is a serial identifier, not a name. This resistance is itself meaningful, insisting that the painting be encountered on its own material terms rather than filtered through a biographical or literary story.

Is B33D#CB AI-generated?

No. B33D#CB is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Oil on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

B33D#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

B33D#CB (2024) — 130 × 150 cm | 51 × 59 in

Oil on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

B33D#CB, 2024 — detail 5 | Claus Bertermann

B33D#CB, 2024, 130 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

B33D#CB, 2024 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

B33D#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — B33D#CB (2024), 130 x 150 cm