Laurent Anastay Ponsolle - Mélancholie
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Original drawing by Laurent Anastay Ponsolle, titled Mélancholie (2016), a 76 cm high by 56 cm wide work on 300 g Arches paper using charcoal, ink and felt-tip, signed by hand and sold directly from the artist with a certificate of authenticity emailed to the buyer, depicting a night scene in black, brown and white.
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Self-taught painter exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in September 2025 for the day dedicated to French Young Creation, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle expresses the tension of the body and the soul in a free, instinctive and carnal work.
The work is a drawing made on Arches 300g paper; it will be shipped rolled in a tube. It is hand-signed by the artist, on the front with the initials, and on the back with the detailed title.
It is sold with a certificate of authenticity that will be emailed.
Contemporary dance, freedom, body, woman, artistic nude, expressionism, Schiele, couple, love, sex, erotism, Eros & Thanatos, awakening, morning, blue caress, Munch, Kirchner
Notable exhibitions, performances & awards:
UPCOMING 2026 - October: Salon Lyon Art Paper, Palais Bondy, Lyon
UPCOMING 2026 - October: “Movement & Matter” group exhibition at the Maison du Chanoine, Treigny, Burgundy.
2025 - November: solo exhibition at Galerie Arkadre(s), Toulon
2025 - October: FauveParis, solo show at Galerie Fauve Paris, Paris
2025 - September: group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou for the Day of Creation, Paris
2024 - April - September: exhibition and performance at Hôtel d’Entraigues, Uzès
2023 - September: exhibition at the Salon Lyon Art Paper, Fort de Vaise, Lyon
2023 - May: performance at the Solid’Art fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
2022 - November: artistic residency at Galerie Hors Champ in Loire-Authion, 1-month residency
2022 - June: group exhibition “Liberté” at Galerie 66 organized by Miroir de l’Art, Périgueux
2022 - May: exhibition and performance at the Solid’art fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
2021 - October: Déstructuralisme Figuratif, collective exhibition, Parc Floral de Paris
2021 - September: Performance and group exhibition by publisher “Corridor Éléphant”, Paris
2019 – October: “Paris Artistes 2019” group exhibition, Espace Canal Saint Martin, Paris
2019 – September: “Artcité 2019” group exhibition, Fontenay-sous-Bois
2019 – April: “Out of Darkness” solo exhibition at Omnide++ Gallery, London, UK
2017 – October: Paris Artiste 2017, Paris
2017 – February: Galerie La Ralentie, Paris 11. Selected for the exhibition “EROS”
2016 – October: “Hugs & Possessions,” solo exhibition, Galerie DoubleS, Paris 6
2016 – October: Paris Artistes 2016, Group exhibition
2015 – October: The Affordable Art Fair – La Bellevilloise, Paris 20 – “Immersion”
2014 – October: V Gallery, Paris 11 – “Sanguine Seduction”
Self-taught painter exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in September 2025 for the day dedicated to French Young Creation, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle expresses the tension of the body and the soul in a free, instinctive and carnal work.
The work is a drawing made on Arches 300g paper; it will be shipped rolled in a tube. It is hand-signed by the artist, on the front with the initials, and on the back with the detailed title.
It is sold with a certificate of authenticity that will be emailed.
Contemporary dance, freedom, body, woman, artistic nude, expressionism, Schiele, couple, love, sex, erotism, Eros & Thanatos, awakening, morning, blue caress, Munch, Kirchner
Notable exhibitions, performances & awards:
UPCOMING 2026 - October: Salon Lyon Art Paper, Palais Bondy, Lyon
UPCOMING 2026 - October: “Movement & Matter” group exhibition at the Maison du Chanoine, Treigny, Burgundy.
2025 - November: solo exhibition at Galerie Arkadre(s), Toulon
2025 - October: FauveParis, solo show at Galerie Fauve Paris, Paris
2025 - September: group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou for the Day of Creation, Paris
2024 - April - September: exhibition and performance at Hôtel d’Entraigues, Uzès
2023 - September: exhibition at the Salon Lyon Art Paper, Fort de Vaise, Lyon
2023 - May: performance at the Solid’Art fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
2022 - November: artistic residency at Galerie Hors Champ in Loire-Authion, 1-month residency
2022 - June: group exhibition “Liberté” at Galerie 66 organized by Miroir de l’Art, Périgueux
2022 - May: exhibition and performance at the Solid’art fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
2021 - October: Déstructuralisme Figuratif, collective exhibition, Parc Floral de Paris
2021 - September: Performance and group exhibition by publisher “Corridor Éléphant”, Paris
2019 – October: “Paris Artistes 2019” group exhibition, Espace Canal Saint Martin, Paris
2019 – September: “Artcité 2019” group exhibition, Fontenay-sous-Bois
2019 – April: “Out of Darkness” solo exhibition at Omnide++ Gallery, London, UK
2017 – October: Paris Artiste 2017, Paris
2017 – February: Galerie La Ralentie, Paris 11. Selected for the exhibition “EROS”
2016 – October: “Hugs & Possessions,” solo exhibition, Galerie DoubleS, Paris 6
2016 – October: Paris Artistes 2016, Group exhibition
2015 – October: The Affordable Art Fair – La Bellevilloise, Paris 20 – “Immersion”
2014 – October: V Gallery, Paris 11 – “Sanguine Seduction”
Details
Artist
Laurent Anastay Ponsolle
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Mélancholie
Technique
Charcoal, Felt-tip pen, Ink
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2016
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, Brown, White
Height
76 cm
Width
56 cm
Weight
50 g
Depiction/theme
Night scene
Style
Expressionism
Period
2010-2020
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