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![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 06, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133232_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 01, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133214_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Visions victoire, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1344891_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mademoiselle Colombine, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122161_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le lucane, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/812778_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le pot de géranium, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007390_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Don Quichotte et les moulins à vent, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413813_1_grid.jpg)
Don Quichotte et les moulins à vent
Bernard Buffet
Print - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre #998, Geneviève Seillé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/614790_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre #998
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 81 x 71 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.9 x 28 x 2 inch
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![Painting, Sans titre, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084764_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nemours, Le château et les bords du Loing, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140476_1_grid.jpg)
Nemours, Le château et les bords du Loing
Bernard Buffet
Print - 92 x 136 x 2 cm Print - 36.2 x 53.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Escalad'âmes, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/283903_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête dans la forêt, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885231_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre 2, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815867_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kangoo Hybride, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084527_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marianne, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166374_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Skate gravure laser, Julien Soone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148933_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La courbe, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/192910_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les engendrements de Pentagruel, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les choses sous le chapeau, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084737_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hollywood nights, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285038_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Modern Living, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873684_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loves Me, Loves Me Not..., Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543460_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effigie, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614600_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Clown Violoncelliste, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145288_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Iris et fleurs rouges, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1394250_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 16, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468887_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled 16
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
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![Print, La rascasse, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559163_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Guerrier, Julien Soone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350342_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bouquet de jonquilles, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160357_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série Pin Up N°1, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/424185_1_grid.jpg)
Série Pin Up N°1
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Farsi one, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/149053_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bouquet au fond vert, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/440118_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Eye of the Tiger Mechanimal, Ardif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975258_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, N°626 - Pin Up collection, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/424623_1_grid.jpg)
N°626 - Pin Up collection
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Photography - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Print, Le Port de Saint-Tropez, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932084_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Voltaire obscur, Bruno Mallart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696390_1_grid.jpg)
Voltaire obscur
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Print, Harley-Davidson, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pégase et Bellérophon, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281530_1_grid.jpg)
Pégase et Bellérophon
Samuel Favarica
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, La Fin est Proche, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281524_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Improvisation 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133274_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Un Clown, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1100376_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Poulpe Magenta, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/282334_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Poulpe Or, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281641_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entre les Mailles du Filet Pélagique, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281518_1_grid.jpg)
Entre les Mailles du Filet Pélagique
Samuel Favarica
Painting - 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Alecto, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281515_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, 1590 Coccodrillo Traghetto Amore, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118717_1_grid.jpg)
1590 Coccodrillo Traghetto Amore
Tobia Ravà
Sculpture - 24 x 85 x 34 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 33.5 x 13.4 inch
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![Painting, Céphalophore II, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wide Open, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581423_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, This picture, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581417_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Céphalophore I, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life goes on baby, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580685_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ferrari in Progress, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580616_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari in Progress
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Hell Pearl, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1557057_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La jongleuse et l'otarie, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680282_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Un Clown, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680276_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Pipo, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Artist´s Hand Mechanatomy (ice), Ardif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536246_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Safed 4/5, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687467_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La forêt vierge au rocher, Bruno Mallart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122510_1_grid.jpg)
La forêt vierge au rocher
Bruno Mallart
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Print, Hommage à Grunewald, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/194731_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Croquis 19, Marie Christine Palombit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/504827_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Œuvre originale de Bernard Buffet, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993291_1_grid.jpg)
Œuvre originale de Bernard Buffet
Bernard Buffet
Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
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![Print, Le Clown Jojo, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680264_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'apiculteur et les Indiens, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/73408_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ferrari, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/124543_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, New York to Chicago - A Ride through Mexico, Adele Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/228283_1_grid.jpg)
New York to Chicago - A Ride through Mexico
Adele Moreau
Sculpture - 41 x 35.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 14 x 3.1 inch
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![Painting, N°857 - Silver&brown composition, Ali Reza Saadatmand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/744267_1_grid.jpg)
N°857 - Silver&brown composition
Ali Reza Saadatmand
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, N°A57 - Pink&Yellow composition, Ali Reza Saadatmand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/744255_1_grid.jpg)
N°A57 - Pink&Yellow composition
Ali Reza Saadatmand
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, N°A56 - Yellow&Blue composition, Ali Reza Saadatmand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/744234_1_grid.jpg)
N°A56 - Yellow&Blue composition
Ali Reza Saadatmand
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Print, Sans titre bleu, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997029_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fumeroles, Evelyne Postic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/383993_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Dualité, Evelyne Postic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/383918_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Bondons, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084611_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cabane dans les marécages, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084596_1_grid.jpg)
La cabane dans les marécages
Bault
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Crocodiles, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ramen Miso, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marché aux fossiles, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Termitière II, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885204_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mont Saint Clair 2050, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Veilleur, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/885165_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La serre du Jardin des plantes, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/697170_1_grid.jpg)
La serre du Jardin des plantes
Bault
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Cosmographie organique, Marie Christine Palombit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371126_1_grid.jpg)
Cosmographie organique
Marie Christine Palombit
Painting - 145 x 156 x 1.5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 61.4 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Allongée Fluo, Marie Christine Palombit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371111_1_grid.jpg)
Allongée Fluo
Marie Christine Palombit
Painting - 80 x 200 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Ecole Primaire, Sane2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680064_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, N°630 - Pin Up collection, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/424632_1_grid.jpg)
N°630 - Pin Up collection
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Photography - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Untitled, Sane2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/193258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Harmony, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Élancée, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L+O+V+E, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At First Sight, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759257_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The element of freedom, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755321_1_grid.jpg)
The element of freedom
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 149.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 59 x 1.5 inch
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![Painting, Life in technicolor, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755318_1_grid.jpg)
Life in technicolor
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
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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.