Is 4FCB#CB available for purchase?

4FCB#CB has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of 4FCB#CB?

4FCB#CB (2024) measures 150 × 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 4FCB#CB about?

4FCB#CB is a square-format abstract oil painting (150 × 150 cm) completed in 2024 by Claus Bertermann. The square is a format Bertermann returns to periodically as a deliberate formal constraint — a shape that refuses hierarchy, with no natural top or bottom, with no implied direction of gaze. The painting is among the most chromatically aggressive in Bertermann's 2024 cycle. The field is dominated by saturated vermilion, hot magenta, and orange — colors that push toward the eye rather than settling into the canvas. Black-violet and deep umber drags intrude as structural counter-marks, dividing the warm chromatic mass into petal-like sections that radiate from a slightly off-center core. Glimpses of chartreuse-yellow and teal appear at the lower edge, where the palette knife has cut down to cooler buried layers. The composition reads almost botanical — though Bertermann's serial notation forbids any such reading as anything other than coincidence. The alphanumeric title (4FCB#CB) is Bertermann's serial notation for his abstract works. The code refuses narrative anchoring; even when a composition reads as petal-like or flame-like, the painting is not about flowers or fire. It is about the material event of the surface and the chromatic decisions that compose it. 4FCB#CB belongs to a 2024 cycle in which Bertermann let his palette open to its widest chromatic range in years.

Is 4FCB#CB AI-generated?

No. 4FCB#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.

4FCB#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

4FCB#CB (2024) — 150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in

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

4FCB#CB, 2024, 150 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — 4FCB#CB (2024), 150 x 150 cm