Dreamlike Characters
It must be so liberating to depict a world that may not exist, or elevate a side to life often ignored and forgotten. To dream is to escape reality – imagine being able to recreate this escapism. In a way, artists who have taken their visions, dreams and even nightmares and dared to chronicle them in their work possess the ability to portray escapism. From Pablo Picasso's depictions of those dreaming to Marc Chagall depicting his own dreams, dreams in art is not a modern concept. Such an exploration has revealed both the fantastic and the dark, the divine and the prophetic whilst attempt to recreate the indescribable. What cannot be described may be too painful to depict, thus the beauty in escapism was conveyed by the likes of Chagall in The Dream (1939) when living through the beginning of World War II. To paint color that only exists in your mind paired with optimism or nostalgia (or indeed doubt), is no mean feat. In Artsper's own collection of works, Irina Bast depicts beauty with paint whilst Minas Halaj uses her floral-clad portraits of dreamlike figures to question the concept of beauty as a double-edged sword. Both highlight that dreams, their dreamlike characters and the light and color they omit are quintessentially of the artists beautiful mind… for us to then to find meaning.
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Spring 2025
Prasert Chongudomsab (Pop Ako)
Painting - 150 x 150 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 inch
€2,950
Brooklyn Bridge - New York
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€160
Sa façon de se soulever...
Didier Delamonica
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€3,950
Au feu de la joie
Didier Delamonica
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€3,550
I took a seat in the café
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€185
Ambiance fleur d’oranger
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€95
Who’s that girl?
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€185
Tribute to Josephine
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€249
In her emerald green dress
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€215
My new character
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€160
Une marche en Adélie
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,860
NYC
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€160
Enforsed silence
Victoria Kagalovska
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Forest road in rain
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€263
Le désert des blés
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,060
Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
Agnès Robin
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 inch
€2,427
La gardienne de mon coeur
Agnès Robin
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 10.2 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 inch
€1,718
Snowman with a flashlight
Elena Lukina
Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
€400
Snowman and bullfinches
Elena Lukina
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€450
Light the Christmas Tree!
Elena Lukina
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€450
Illuminated Elegance
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22 x 0 inch
€215
Red carnations
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€95
My Julietta Roses
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€95
Octobre rose
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€125
Jolie fille
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€185