How much does No Halo cost?

No Halo (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 No Halo?

No Halo (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 No Halo about?

No Halo (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 racing driver of the early 1960s sits at the left of the canvas beside his low sports-racing car, number 8, and looks straight out of the picture. The title refers to the halo, the titanium bar that has protected the heads of open-wheel racing drivers since 2018 — in his era there was nothing between the driver and the sky. It also refers to the older halo of painting, the golden disc that marks a saint. The picture withholds both: no halo on the car, no halo on the man. The only golden light in the painting, a broad cloud of ochre and olive-yellow in the black night, hangs over the car rather than over its driver, and the number 8 on the white roundel is pushed so far to the right edge that the car seems about to leave the picture while the man stays behind. 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 black night and its ochre glow, the turquoise shirt, the cobalt, ultramarine and vermilion masses of the car body and the orange ground beneath it. The drawing comes afterwards and lies on top of that painted ground — the oil stick sets the driver's face and green eyes, the dense web of orange, yellow and blue lines over his shirt, the hand drawn in bright green, the spoked wheel, the headlight, the windscreen and the black 8 outlined in yellow. The drawn line does not conform to the field beneath it; it cuts across it and keeps its independence. Unlike his abstract works, nothing here is scraped back — the image is built forward: coarse painted ground below, decisive drawn contour above. The composition divides the canvas between figure and machine: the driver occupies the left third, turned towards the viewer and shown from the thighs up, while the car fills the centre and right, its long bonnet running diagonally down towards the lower right corner. The face is pale mint and turquoise with pink passages on the cheeks, dark blue brows and green eyes; the same green appears only once more, in the drawn hand resting in his lap. The car is cobalt and ultramarine with broad vermilion and orange passages, a black windscreen and cockpit with red and pink contours, an orange and yellow spoked wheel and a round pale blue and orange headlight. The background is a deep black night with the ochre glow above the car, framed by cobalt and turquoise brushwork at the upper corners. Anatomy and perspective are intentionally simplified and distorted, prioritising emotional weight over realism. All surface irregularities are intentional and integral to the artist's process. Signed by the artist on the front and back, No Halo reflects Claus Bertermann's ongoing exploration of exposure, courage and the human figure — a museum-scale portrait of the quiet minute after the race, and of a man who had no protection except his own skill.

Is No Halo AI-generated?

No. No Halo 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.

No Halo | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

No Halo (2026) — 150 × 200 cm | 59 × 79 in

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

No Halo, 2026 — detail 13 | Claus Bertermann

No Halo, 2026, 150 × 200 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

No Halo, 2026 — detail 11 | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — No Halo (2026), 150 x 200 cm