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Reflections – Untitled VII
David Paul Kay
Sculpture - 38.1 x 22.8 x 22.8 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9 x 9 inch
£2,666 £2,266
Untitled 1
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533 £453
Behind the mask
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 213.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 84 x 84 x 2 inch
£16,918
Les grands gunneras
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£7,998
Bastide en Provence
Bernard Buffet
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£87,094
Ref. 1015 - Liberté, version bleue
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
£2,666
Batte samourai baseball
Julien Soone
Sculpture - 80 x 6 x 10 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 2.4 x 3.9 inch
£1,689
Lips collection
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
A nap in the embers
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 200 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£9,106
Le jardin des délires, la terre
Bruno Mallart
Print - 129 x 98 x 3 cm Print - 50.8 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch
£5,332
Tête tatouée
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 91 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.8 x 18.1 inch
£2,844
Cosmo Podos
Marie Christine Palombit
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,777
Homes Without Hands
Adele Moreau
Sculpture - 40.5 x 45 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15.9 x 17.7 x 3.1 inch
£890
Le Cavalier Lumière et Ténèbre ADAM & EVE Horse Rider Light and Darkness 2019
Marko Zoric
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,777
Jack Danieel
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
£1,777
Little Batman revisité
Fabien Verschaere
Sculpture - 23 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch
£1,066
Composition
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.9 inch
£527 £475
1590 Coccodrillo Traghetto Amore
Tobia Ravà
Sculpture - 24 x 85 x 34 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 33.5 x 13.4 inch
£32,527
Sans titre
Gérard Garouste
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 58 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22.8 inch
£12,442
Sans titre
Charles Djerry
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 20.1 inch
£1,244
Sans titre
Fabien Verschaere
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch
£604
Ora Kuat Kok Utekku
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 13.8 inch
£924
Au pied de la lettre
Bruno Mallart
Sculpture - 43 x 27 x 7 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 10.6 x 2.8 inch
£3,110
La danseuse au bras coupé
Evelyne Postic
Photography - 29 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
£533
A17 - Green&Red composition
Ali Reza Saadatmand
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,555
Suite Rimbaud 2
Gabor Breznay
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
£400
Out of this World
David Paul Kay
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£12,442 £10,576
Le Toréador Escamillo (Grand format)
Bernard Buffet
Print - 100 x 65 x 0.3 cm Print - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
£6,665
Untitled 6
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533
Untitled 5
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533
Untitled 4
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533
Untitled 3
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533
Untitled 2
David Paul Kay
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch
£533
Tête de Torero (Rehaussée)
Bernard Buffet
Print - 74 x 54 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
£3,999
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.