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![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133316_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 04, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133313_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 07, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133310_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 06, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133307_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 06
Benoît Singy
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 05, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133304_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 05
Benoît Singy
Painting - 76 x 50 cm Painting - 29.9 x 19.7 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133301_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Mai 2022 - 01, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133298_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 07, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 04, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133226_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Arc et La Main 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Projection 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133160_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Projection 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133157_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Projection 01, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133145_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lamp, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1274955_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dans la Montagne - Charles Sorlier, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595628_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Print, L'Onda ghematrica 1/3, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1590555_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Les grands gunneras, Bruno Mallart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154971_1_grid.jpg)
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
€9,000
![Print, Picador et Cigarière, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148366_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tête de Torero (Rehaussée), Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178367_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de Torero (Rehaussée)
Bernard Buffet
Print - 74 x 54 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€4,500
![Painting, Mona Lisa VIII, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172559_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frida, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172529_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The New Reality, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160296_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La révolution Française (Tuileries), Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162931_1_grid.jpg)
La révolution Française (Tuileries)
Bernard Buffet
Print - 65 x 107 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
€7,500
![Print, La cafetière rouge, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148363_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Village de Marines, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123292_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les trapézistes, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122110_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Radici dell'Albero della Vita 6/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1906980_1_grid.jpg)
Radici dell'Albero della Vita 6/10
Tobia Ravà
Print - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
![Print, Bosco Rosso Mazal Tov 1/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766547_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bosco del Fondamento 2/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687845_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Foresta Arcobaleno 2/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559790_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Modern Living, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/355885_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre (1), Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1624248_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Petit creux, Madame](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1026393_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salon des cent d'après Mucha, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437183_1_grid.jpg)
Salon des cent d'après Mucha
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
![Sculpture, All is Full of Love, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581621_1_grid.jpg)
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
€4,076
![Painting, Letter Dancers 200, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463292_1_grid.jpg)
Letter Dancers 200
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Painting - 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€6,000
![Print, L'avalée des non dits, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/300748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spirit has no name, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/283921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plage de Saint-Cast, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182513_1_grid.jpg)
Plage de Saint-Cast
Bernard Buffet
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€180,000
![Print, Anagramme, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975222_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Poulpes Tantriques, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281536_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Interprétation du Cycle de Reproduction et du Flux Migratoire, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276811_1_grid.jpg)
Interprétation du Cycle de Reproduction et du Flux Migratoire
Samuel Favarica
Print - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
![Print, Fugu, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276808_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hanafuda, Samuel Favarica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276793_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, N°1312 - from the collection Neveshteh, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252089_1_grid.jpg)
N°1312 - from the collection Neveshteh
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Print - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
![Print, N° 1311 - from the collection Neveshteh, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252080_1_grid.jpg)
N° 1311 - from the collection Neveshteh
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Print - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Butterfly, Fabien Verschaere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1153221_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre 5, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815891_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ice Queen, Swoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769007_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Owls, Swoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1229907_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Japon, Evelyne Postic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rising, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946454_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The right one, happens everyday, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1344888_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Tête #1627, Geneviève Seillé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/614808_1_grid.jpg)
Tête #1627
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 85.5 x 62 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.7 x 24.4 x 2 inch
€3,200
![Painting, Drôle de Guigue, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/277537_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Grand Canal de Venice (The Grand Canal, Venice ), Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2103843_1_grid.jpg)
Le Grand Canal de Venice (The Grand Canal, Venice )
Bernard Buffet
Print - 90.5 x 111.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 35.6 x 43.9 x 0.2 inch
€4,890
![Painting, Curiosity of Saltinbanks, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249590_1_grid.jpg)
Curiosity of Saltinbanks
Manitoba
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,800
![Print, N°1302 - How much " Geran " ?, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1246068_1_grid.jpg)
N°1302 - How much " Geran " ?
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Print - 60 x 180 x 5 cm Print - 23.6 x 70.9 x 2 inch
€5,000
![Print, Fantaisie, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217217_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Don quixote et le duegne barbue, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160362_1_grid.jpg)
Don quixote et le duegne barbue
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€3,800
![Painting, A black cloud, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095930_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le temps et les maux, Madame](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997521_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stay a man but leave the people comfortable, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096059_1_grid.jpg)
Stay a man but leave the people comfortable
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Enough, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096053_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 71, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tied, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, People, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096026_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Your eyes are a black hole, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096020_1_grid.jpg)
Your eyes are a black hole
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, The presence of your eyes, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1096017_1_grid.jpg)
The presence of your eyes
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, The green and the dry, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 55, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095918_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, An opportunity is not a coincidence, but rather a possibility, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095891_1_grid.jpg)
An opportunity is not a coincidence, but rather a possibility
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Untitled 48, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1095855_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, It needs a movement II, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089879_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The situation is perfect, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089876_1_grid.jpg)
The situation is perfect
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Take care of your brother, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089873_1_grid.jpg)
Take care of your brother
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Its very chill and so, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089870_1_grid.jpg)
Its very chill and so
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€1,002
![Painting, It needs a movement, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089867_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fields of Reed, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089864_1_grid.jpg)
Fields of Reed
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 x 0 inch
€885
![Painting, Burn in hell, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seems good, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sarcasm on Sufism, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Between 4 walls, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089828_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whisper, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, He is good, but the people around him are fuckers, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089789_1_grid.jpg)
He is good, but the people around him are fuckers
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Alive we went to our last resting place, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089786_1_grid.jpg)
Alive we went to our last resting place
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€885
![Painting, Using speakers – they hid the truth, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089783_1_grid.jpg)
Using speakers – they hid the truth
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€1,002
![Painting, Has been urinating since the last century, the statue of the public square, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089780_1_grid.jpg)
Has been urinating since the last century, the statue of the public square
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 inch
€1,002
![Painting, I am the fugitive whose country is pursuing and the stranger II, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064715_1_grid.jpg)
I am the fugitive whose country is pursuing and the stranger II
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
€990
![Painting, I am the fugitive whose country is pursuing and the stranger, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064709_1_grid.jpg)
I am the fugitive whose country is pursuing and the stranger
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
€990
![Painting, The language of speech was disrupted, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064691_1_grid.jpg)
The language of speech was disrupted
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
€920
![Painting, Untitled 17, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, They are all looking, Abdulrahman Naanseh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1064664_1_grid.jpg)
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.