How much does Going Dutch cost?

Going Dutch (2026) is priced at $33,800 USD. The work is currently available for acquisition directly from the studio, through partner galleries, or via 1stDibs.

What are the dimensions and medium of Going Dutch?

Going Dutch (2026) measures 150 × 200 cm and was created in Acrylic and oil stick 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 Going Dutch about?

Going Dutch (2026) by Claus Bertermann is a large-format figurative painting — acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 150 × 200 cm, hand-painted, not AI-generated. The work presents a condition rather than a narrative: a young woman and a young man sit side by side on a red sofa at a small café table. Between them stands a single orange drink with two straws, and not a sip has been taken. She rests her chin on her arm and studies the viewer; he leans back, one arm stretched along the sofa, entirely at ease. The title opens a second layer. Going Dutch means splitting the bill, but the phrase also leads back to Dutch genre painting of the seventeenth century, where a man filling a glass and offering it to a woman was understood as a proposal. Here nobody pours and nobody offers: the glass stands exactly between them, one straw for each, equal shares from the start. The old tavern scene runs on new terms — the first sip is not taken but chosen, and the woman's look suggests that the choice is hers. For this work, part of his 2026 figurative series, Claus Bertermann separates the two operations that make the picture. The ground is painted first, in coarse, broad brushstrokes that keep the movement of the arm visible: the orange and ochre wall, the bright yellow light at the upper left, the red sofa and the blue and green masses of the clothing. The drawing comes afterwards and lies on top of that painted ground — the oil stick sets the woman's eyes, brows and red lips, the man's dark eyes and the line of his jaw, the contour of the cap, the rim of the table, the glass and the two straws. The drawn line keeps its independence from the field beneath it. Unlike his abstract works, nothing here is scraped back — the image is built forward: coarse painted ground below, decisive drawn contour above. The composition is horizontal and built around the small table at the lower centre. The woman fills the left half, leaning forward, her flame-red hair and pale face with rosy cheeks set against the warm wall; her jacket moves between emerald, cobalt and orange. The man fills the right half, leaning back, his face in lemon yellow under a red-violet cap, his open jacket in deep ultramarine against the cadmium red of the sofa. The dark teal table carries one orange glass whose two straws bend away from each other, one towards each of them. Anatomy and perspective are intentionally simplified and distorted, prioritising emotional presence over realism. All surface irregularities are intentional and integral to the artist's process. Signed in green oil stick at the lower right and on the back, Going Dutch reflects Claus Bertermann's ongoing exploration of presence and connection — a museum-scale painting about an old gesture with new terms, and the sip that has not been chosen yet.

Is Going Dutch AI-generated?

No. Going Dutch is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Acrylic and oil stick 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.

Going Dutch | Figurative Works

Going Dutch (2026) — 150 × 200 cm | 59 × 79 in

Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Hand-painted original — made by a human artist.

Going Dutch, 2026 — detail 17 | Claus Bertermann

Going Dutch, 2026, 150 × 200 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

Going Dutch, 2026 — detail 18 | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Going Dutch (2026), 150 x 200 cm