Is MQQ1#CB available for purchase?

MQQ1#CB has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of MQQ1#CB?

MQQ1#CB (2022) measures 180 × 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 MQQ1#CB about?

MQQ1#CB is a portrait-format abstract oil painting (180 × 150 cm) created in 2022 by Claus Bertermann. The portrait orientation — height exceeding width — gives the work an upward register that the eye reads as ascent or stacked vertical section rather than expanse. The composition is built around horizontal stratification compressed into the vertical format. The upper register holds cool ultramarine and sky-blue cut through with bands of crimson and emerald where the knife has cut down to warmer underpainting. The middle of the canvas opens into a dense emerald-green band crossed by white scrapes. The lower register releases into yellow-gold and ochre — the warmest event in the picture — held in place by descending green and crimson palette-knife passes. The whole composition reads as a near-vertical section: sky compressed onto warm earth, with the middle stratum holding the chromatic argument between them. The alphanumeric title (MQQ1#CB) is Bertermann's serial notation for his abstract works. The serial-number adjacency to MQQ2#CB marks the two as siblings in a 2022 sub-cycle exploring stratified vertical compositions. MQQ1#CB belongs to a 2022 cycle in which Bertermann allowed certain portrait-format works to operate as near-vertical sections through compressed atmospheres — sky, horizon, and ground held in a single tight format.

Is MQQ1#CB AI-generated?

No. MQQ1#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.

MQQ1#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

MQQ1#CB (2022) — 180 × 150 cm | 71 × 59 in

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

MQQ1#CB, 2022, 180 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

MQQ1#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — MQQ1#CB (2022), 180 x 150 cm