How much does Rien ne va Plus cost?

Rien ne va Plus (2026) is priced at $52 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 Rien ne va Plus?

Rien ne va Plus (2026) measures 160 × 310 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 Rien ne va Plus about?

Rien ne va Plus (2026) by Claus Bertermann is a large-format figurative painting — acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 160 × 310 cm, hand-painted, not AI-generated. The work captures the last suspended second at a roulette table — the croupier's call of "rien ne va plus", no more bets, with the ball already running and the wheel about to decide. Five players ring the table, each in a hat from a different part of the world; at the right edge one man flings his final chips onto the field past the call, while the player beside him catches his arm to hold him back from a total loss. Rather than telling a story, the painting fixes a condition: the instant in which chance, greed and restraint are all visible at once. For his figurative work, Claus Bertermann builds the image forward rather than scraping it back. Broad, gestural fields of acrylic are laid down fast and loose, and the figures, wheel and objects are then drawn directly over the bright ground in white oil stick. The contour lines keep their independence from the painted surface — they sit on top of it, cutting through the colour rather than conforming to it. This separation of assertive drawing from raw painterly field sets structure against exposure, and every surface irregularity is intentional and integral to the artist's process. The composition centres on a roulette wheel painted in concentric bands of red, orange, cobalt and teal, with a green betting grid and scattered chips above it. Two deadpan trays sit at the table's edge — two coins marked with the Bitcoin symbol at the lower left, a single pink fish at the lower right — while an orange lattice, like a net thrown over the grey-green wall, closes off the space behind the players. Colour is pushed past description into pure sensation: hot pink, acid green, cobalt and flame-orange. Perspective and anatomy are intentionally distorted, prioritising emotional weight over realism. Signed by the artist on the front and back, Rien ne va Plus turns a night at the tables into a modern morality painting — a museum-scale figurative work that balances high-key expressive force with a quietly literary subject: the single held arm that decides another person's ruin is not worth watching.

Is Rien ne va Plus AI-generated?

No. Rien ne va Plus 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.

Rien ne va Plus | Figurative Works

Rien ne va Plus (2026) — 160 × 310 cm | 63 × 122 in

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

Rien ne va Plus, 2026 — detail 14 | Claus Bertermann

Rien ne va Plus, 2026, 160 × 310 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

Rien ne va Plus, 2026 — detail 13 | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — Rien ne va Plus (2026), 160 x 310 cm