Andreas Ruethi- Field

Andreas Rüthi (born 1951, Lucerne, Switzerland) has lived and worked in rural Monmouthshire, Wales, since the early 1980s. Primarily an oil painter, he is celebrated for luminous still-lifes and interior scenes in which humble objects—tin mugs, plastic toys, patterned lino—are cropped tight against flat, decorative grounds, blurring the line between realist observation and abstract colour‐field painting. His meticulously worked surfaces and cinematic lighting echo both Dutch Golden Age precedent and Pop vernacular. Rüthi’s canvases have been shown at Flowers Gallery, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and Oriel Mostyn, and are held by the National Museum Wales, the Government Art Collection, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and the Contemporary Art Society, alongside corporate and private holdings across Europe. He received a Welsh Arts Council Major Award in 2002 and was shortlisted for the Jerwood Painting Prize in 2006. Though secondary-market appearances are occasional, works sold through Bonhams and regional auction houses typically meet or exceed estimates, while steady gallery placements ensure a measured, liquid market for new pieces.