Is The Triumphantess available for purchase?

The Triumphantess has been sold. Other works by Claus Bertermann are available at bertermann.art/works.

What are the dimensions and medium of The Triumphantess?

The Triumphantess (2024) measures 150 × 150 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 The Triumphantess about?

The Triumphantess is a figurative painting by Claus Bertermann whose title invents a new word. "Triumphant" is standard English; "triumphantess" — a feminized form — is Bertermann's coinage. The linguistic act is deliberate: in the long history of triumph imagery (the Roman triumphal procession, the triumphal arch, the triumphator on his chariot), the figure of the victor is almost exclusively male. Bertermann's title corrects this without apology, simply by naming the female winner and demanding a word for her. The word sounds awkward precisely because it is new — because English lacks an established feminine form for the state of triumph. "Victress" exists; "conqueress" barely. "Triumphantess" is Bertermann insisting on a vacancy in the language and filling it by force of will. Within the figurative series, The Triumphantess occupies the position of the figure at the moment of winning — the opposite of figures like The Unnamables, who are invisible, or The Censor, who exercises negative power. The triumphantess has achieved something, and the painting documents the moment of that achievement. Technically, the work follows the series vocabulary: flat roller-applied background, oil-stick figure. The flatness of the background refuses to supply the scale of triumph (no stadium, no crowd, no arch); the single gestural figure carries the entire emotional and political weight of the title.

Is The Triumphantess AI-generated?

No. The Triumphantess 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.

The Triumphantess | Figurative Works

CLAUS BERTERMANN — The Triumphantess (2024), 150 x 150 cm

150 × 150 cm — 59 × 59 in

The Triumphantess, 2024 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

The Triumphantess, 2024, 150 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

The Triumphantess | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann