Ghostly Calligraphies
Though calligraphy is the art of writing, that art is measured by the interpretation of the beholder. Using the tools of a writer, whether that be the brush, ink, paint or pen the artist can create a connection between symbol and gesture. Unsurprisingly, calligraphy finds a home in the Abstract Expressionism movement that followed the end of World War II. The likes of Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Franz Kline sought to create deeper connections with the self and express what was reserved for the interior in a much more honest way. But that interior may be filled with an interest in the fantastic, plagued by grief or consumed by miserabilism. Though Kline is the artist from the movement of Abstract Expressionism most associated with the use of calligraphy, Bernard Buffet, featured here on Artsper, also began to convey the personality of his interior by 1947 – after war had ended. The Parisian-born Buffet tried to save money and used very little paint on his canvases. Therefore there was little variety in color, and mostly grey, black and green tones are seen in his portraits. The grey faces, wrinkled foreheads, thinning hair and contracted hands took on a crucified, ghostly appearance. Whilst the likes of Bruno Mallart modernizes his version of ghostly calligraphies by merging it with digital techniques.
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Treboul, le port à marée basse
Bernard Buffet
Print - 94.5 x 144 x 1 cm Print - 37.2 x 56.7 x 0.4 inch
€7,200
All is Full of Love
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 18.9 x 11.4 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
€3,943
A day at the beach
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,012
I Hit The Jackpot
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 40.1 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 15.8 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
€3,943
Dans la Montagne - Charles Sorlier
Bernard Buffet
Print - 55 x 72 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
L'Eglise San Giorgio à Venise
Bernard Buffet
Print - 43 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 16.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,000
Ash Blood & Fire
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€6,759
Big Mickey revisité
Fabien Verschaere
Sculpture - 33 x 19 x 13 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.5 x 5.1 inch
€2,000
Little Mickey revisité
Fabien Verschaere
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 11 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 inch
€1,200
Big Batman revisité
Fabien Verschaere
Sculpture - 35 x 15 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch
€2,000
Love Spectrum 2
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,012
L'incinérateur d'Ivry sur Seine
Bault
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
My Two Favorites Heroes are Dead
Fabien Verschaere
Print - 70 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€250
Sunset Over the Kingdom
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 180.3 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 71 x 71 x 2 inch
€16,334
Use your illusion I
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 149.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 59 x 1.8 inch
€13,518
Sans titre
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 39.4 inch
€4,500
Sans titre
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 136 x 123 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.5 x 48.4 inch
€4,900
The red river
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 117 x 96 cm Fine Art Drawings - 46.1 x 37.8 inch
€4,300
Wonderful Life
Grégoire Devin
Sculpture - 18.9 x 11.4 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
€3,943
Love Spectrum I
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,012
