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![Print, Les Arènes, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206671_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Don José, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206666_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206660_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Carmen en contrebandière, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206619_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Micaela, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206615_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Picador, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Herons Mechanimal, Ardif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216404_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mercedes et Fraquita, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206679_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Place, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206674_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La taverne, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206672_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Place des Arènes, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206670_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dans la montagne, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206669_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Spectrum 2, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208962_1_grid.jpg)
Love Spectrum 2
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,317
![Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206668_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, lescamillo, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Flowers in a pot, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193705_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Arums, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199882_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Lucifer, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905607_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Lucifer
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900 €765
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Virgile, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905619_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Virgile
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
Sold
![Print, La géante, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905550_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Spectrum I, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208588_1_grid.jpg)
Love Spectrum I
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.8 inch
€9,317
![Print, Artist´s hand Mechanimal (AP), Ardif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198768_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Figure Éclatée, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1302846_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Figure Éclatée
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900 €765
![Painting, Upside Down, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200696_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Self Portrait of a Southern Man, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200695_1_grid.jpg)
Self Portrait of a Southern Man
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 72.9 x 59.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
€5,241
![Painting, Waiting for the Sun, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200689_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting for the Sun
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 72.9 x 59.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
€5,241
![Painting, Le cavalier 1, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197231_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La vierge et l'enfant, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197230_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soline, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Malibu 1, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197218_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Malibu 2, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Malibu 3, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197214_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Out of this World, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175414_1_grid.jpg)
Out of this World
David Paul Kay
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€14,000
![Print, Rooster, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1695306_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ombelles et Iris, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961277_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fender Tender, Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1136100_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Gérard Garouste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/819246_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homard, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469340_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Dante, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1302828_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Dante
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900 €765
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Angélo, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905652_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Angélo
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900 €765
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Damné ricanant, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1302849_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Damné ricanant
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900 €765
![Print, Crocus jaunes, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690743_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Enfer de Dante / Deux Damnés, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1302855_1_grid.jpg)
L'Enfer de Dante / Deux Damnés
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900
![Print, Le lapin, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745953_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'écuyère, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Behind the mask, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179072_1_grid.jpg)
Behind the mask
Grégoire Devin
Painting - 213.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 84 x 84 x 2 inch
€19,799
![Print, Or Kadmon-Bosco Zafferano 4/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687788_1_grid.jpg)
Or Kadmon-Bosco Zafferano 4/10
Tobia Ravà
Print - 55 x 70 x 3 cm Print - 21.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,830
![Sculpture, Sans titre, Bault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997047_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Les gardiens, Evelyne Postic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/383996_1_grid.jpg)
Les gardiens
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€1,650
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 6, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172528_1_grid.jpg)
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
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 5, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172520_1_grid.jpg)
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
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 4, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172519_1_grid.jpg)
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
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 3, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172518_1_grid.jpg)
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
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 2, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172517_1_grid.jpg)
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
€600
![Painting, Saint Maclou, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1427445_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paris, Le Sacré-Coeur, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151062_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inside Me, Fabien Verschaere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/422667_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mr Brain, Fabien Verschaere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/241180_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Everything Under The Sky (The Saved), Faile](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174182_1_grid.jpg)
Everything Under The Sky (The Saved)
Faile
Print - 48 x 32 x 0.05 cm Print - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,100
![Print, Crocus jaunes, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077371_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Guglie Celesti, 3/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1671843_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Diagonale Alchemica 6/10, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Diagonale Alchemica (Viola) PdA, Tobia Ravà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1297902_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By the river 01, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133385_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Carafe, coupe de fruits et assiette, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1259751_1_grid.jpg)
Carafe, coupe de fruits et assiette
Bernard Buffet
Print - 58.8 x 73 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.1 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,630
![Painting, Cry samourai, Julien Soone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148937_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le clocher de Sauzon, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924332_1_grid.jpg)
Le clocher de Sauzon
Bernard Buffet
Print - 56.5 x 76.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.2 x 30.1 x 0.1 inch
€2,900
![Painting, Refresh, David Paul Kay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vague, Artiste Ouvrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178997_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passion, Grégoire Devin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179139_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Brussels City Hall, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154060_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Moulin hollandais, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095950_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le jardin des pierres, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961271_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Pont des arts, Bernard Buffet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By the river 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133412_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By The River 07, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133409_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By the river 06, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By the river 04, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133400_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, By the river 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133397_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De la griffe et de l’ether 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133376_1_grid.jpg)
De la griffe et de l’ether 03
Benoît Singy
Painting - 213 x 69 cm Painting - 83.9 x 27.2 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 02, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133358_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 02
Benoît Singy
Painting - 64 x 54 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 inch
€900
![Painting, Gammes matinales avril 2023 - 10, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133355_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes matinales avril 2023 - 10
Benoît Singy
Painting - 99 x 54 cm Painting - 39 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes matinales Avril 2023 - 09, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133352_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes matinales Avril 2023 - 09
Benoît Singy
Painting - 84 x 54 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 08, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133349_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 08
Benoît Singy
Painting - 101 x 54 cm Painting - 39.8 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 07, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133346_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 07
Benoît Singy
Painting - 99 x 54 cm Painting - 39 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 06, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133343_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 06
Benoît Singy
Painting - 68 x 54 cm Painting - 26.8 x 21.3 inch
€900
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 05, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133340_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 05
Benoît Singy
Painting - 82 x 54 cm Painting - 32.3 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 04, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133337_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 04
Benoît Singy
Painting - 79 x 54 cm Painting - 31.1 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 03, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133334_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 03
Benoît Singy
Painting - 78 x 54 cm Painting - 30.7 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Gammes matinales Avril 2023 - 11, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 01, Benoît Singy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133328_1_grid.jpg)
Gammes Matinales Avril 2023 - 01
Benoît Singy
Painting - 87 x 54 cm Painting - 34.3 x 21.3 inch
€1,000
![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)
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.