How much does Tuesday cost?

Tuesday (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 Tuesday?

Tuesday (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 Tuesday about?

Tuesday (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 and a woman rest their heads against each other, so close that their outlines run into one another. He turns his eyes towards her; she looks straight out of the canvas at the viewer, calm and composed. Nothing is being celebrated — no wedding, no anniversary, no occasion — and that is the point of the title. Tuesday is named after Tiw, or Týr, the old Germanic god of oaths and promises, who placed his own hand in the mouth of a wolf as a pledge that he would keep his word. Big promises are made on special days in front of guests; they are kept on ordinary ones, when nobody is watching. The painting is a portrait of exactly such a day, and the woman's direct look makes the viewer its witness. 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 and white at the left, the broad emerald field at the right, the glowing red and orange mass below the two heads, the pale blue and pale yellow of the faces. The drawing comes afterwards and lies on top of that painted ground — the oil stick sets the eyes, brows, noses and red lips of both faces, the shock of yellow, orange and green hair, and the long blue lines that bind the two heads together. 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 on a diagonal: the man's head at the upper left leans down towards the woman's head at the centre right, and a single strong line of ultramarine runs from the top edge down between the two faces, belonging to both at once. His face is cool, in pale blue framed by electric blue line and a crown of yellow, orange and green hair; hers is warm, in pale yellow with deep brown-green eyes. Below them a mass of cadmium red and orange carries the couple, set against black at the left and emerald green at the right. 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 yellow oil stick at the lower right and on the back, Tuesday reflects Claus Bertermann's ongoing exploration of presence and connection — a museum-scale painting about the promises that are kept on the most ordinary day of the week.

Is Tuesday AI-generated?

No. Tuesday 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.

Tuesday | Figurative Works | Claus Bertermann

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

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

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

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