How much does Orbit cost?

Orbit (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 Orbit?

Orbit (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.

Orbit (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 man in a dark blue suit holds a woman in a deep dance dip at night. She leans back so far that her lilac and white hair streams up into a dark sky full of stars, her face calm, while his gaze stays focused on the turn. The twist of the picture: in this one moment the two dancers become their own solar system. She lets herself fall completely because she knows he will hold her, and he is the centre she circles; even the sun has joined the dance as a glowing orange disc on the left. Night above, fire below, and two people in orbit around each other. 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 dark night sky, the sweeping band of deep blue across the middle, the man's blue suit and the blazing field of orange, yellow and red that fills the lower half. The drawing comes afterwards and lies on top of that painted ground — the oil stick sets the two faces, the woman's flowing hair, the stars, the circle of the sun and the many loose lines of pink, green, white and blue that trace her dress and the movement of their legs. 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 built on a strong diagonal: the man stands at the upper centre, the woman's body sweeps from his arms down to the lower right, where his dark blue shoe anchors the dance, while her hair flows out to the upper right into the sky. The palette sets night blue, cobalt and lilac against orange, golden yellow, vermilion and pink. Her hair is painted in the same blue and lilac as the night, so that she seems to become part of the sky. 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, Orbit reflects Claus Bertermann's ongoing exploration of movement, trust and the human figure — a museum-scale painting of two people who, for one turn of the dance, become the centre of their own universe.

Is Orbit AI-generated?

No. Orbit 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.

Orbit | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

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

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

Orbit, 2026 — detail 15 | Claus Bertermann

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

Orbit, 2026 — detail 11 | Claus Bertermann

Orbit | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Orbit (2026), 150 x 200 cm