Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists

It is unsurprising that the Greek and Roman works found in art galleries and museums have influenced subsequent artists throughout the centuries. Ancient Greece has been recreated through the artistic renderings of artists from Pablo Picasso to Keith Haring. Thus, contemporary artists inspired by art history are not a new phenomenon, but a reflection of their time and a reflection of ours. Whether direct or indirect, there is a strong argument that classically-inspired illustrative artists derive their oeuvre from classical history to the old masters of the Renaissance. Amongst Artsper's selections, one can delve into the works of Hom Nguyen whose pictorial research is constantly renewed and based on monumental portraits, taking us far beyond appearances. Whilst the likes of Claude Weisbuch's unfinished figurative drawings echo the unfinished sketches of the old masters as they form the composition of a prospective subject. May inspiration from the artist's forebearers continue…

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Boat houses

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$800

Transmission

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$12,057

Make-Up

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 38.4 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.1 x 15.7 x 1 inch

$600

Tropical Blue

Diana Torje

Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,937 $3,347

The Numerals, Number Three

Erte Tirtoff

Design - 30.5 x 30.5 cm Design - 12 x 12 inch

$369

Between the bite and the beak, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Amy Bernays

Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch

$950

L'étude du pianiste

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$861

Boys by the sea

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$603

Boat on the shore

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch

$517

Eckerö.Red boat.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

$492

On the pier

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 42 x 57 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch

$443

Salmon for Lunch

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 38.1 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 18 x 1 inch

$650

Learning the Line of the Ball

Amy Bernays

Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$750

Charlotte as a ballerina 4

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 84 x 59 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch

$1,169

Pink bunny

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,169

Chat gourmand

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 85.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 33.7 x 0.4 inch

$9,474

Composition

Roberto Matta

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$6,767

Nocturnes à Florence

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Walk along the lake

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$554

Juanito

Antonio Segui

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$492

Last snow in Drøbak

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,846

Spring is coming soon

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,083

Winter sunset

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,584

Winter sun

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,584

Bizarre bouquet

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,215

Marcus Annius Verus Aurelius Antoninus

Enrico Baj

Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch

$3,000

L’île de l'insomnie IV

Antonio Segui

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$148

Fleurs de 18 C

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 110 x 77 x 0.01 cm Painting - 43.3 x 30.3 x 0 inch

$3,076

Micro&Macro. Insomnia.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,322

Micro&Macro. Insomnia.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,322

Early Chaplin

Larry Rivers

Print - 86.5 x 71 cm Print - 34.1 x 28 inch

$3,691

Notre Pioupiou tout bleu !

Noël Granger

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch

$148

Hebdomeros

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 56 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 17.9 x 0 inch

$6,644

Girl and doves

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 95 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,169

Diva

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,846

Denim series. From the life of Bastian. Butterfly.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,230

Spring girl .

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,953

Sleaping

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,215

Angel Freia

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 95 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,218

Wonder

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,670

Botanique Vitis Venifera #15

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,353

Botanique Indigo Tinctoria #6

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,353

Queen of Clubs

Larry Rivers

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$3,750

Soir bleu sur Montmartre

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Rêveries du soir

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Vendée Globe 2

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Rhythms of Ålesund

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,953

Spring .Tulips

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,353

Morning of Old Nice

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,584

Sea&Girl

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,661

Autumn silence

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,599

Triptych Blåvand Girls and sea.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,107

Triptych Blåvand Boy with a kite.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,107

Triptych Blåvand Waves of the North sea

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,476

Fog over Ormøya

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 78 x 78 x 2 cm Painting - 30.7 x 30.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,338

Clouds of Vestlandet .

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,953

Series on grey background. Poetry.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,461

Blooming on Eiriks gate

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,092

City near by see (Drøbak)

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,953

Spring evening at the fjord

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,002

Van Gogh's vibrations

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,830

On a sunny day on the pier

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,076

8 a.m.

Roberto Matta

Print - 55.9 x 73.7 cm Print - 22 x 29 inch

$3,000

Living colors of Bergen

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$4,429

Flowers on Black #2

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 91.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 21.6 x 1 inch

$1,340

Bright Light

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 129.5 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,800

Tulips on Black

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 88.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 28 x 1 inch

$1,140

Transparent Wave

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 64.8 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.5 x 39 x 1 inch

$1,740

We're to Protect the Village, and it was the Only

Amy Bernays

Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$1,300

Kids at the beach

Amy Bernays

Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$1,240

Human (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$17,102

Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye

Carl-Henning Pedersen

Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$492

Twins

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$3,937

The Norwegian Madonna

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$6,016

Girl with balloons

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$5,167

Into the fairy forest for berries.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,491

Love

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,937

Enredados (Entwined)

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 41.9 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

$355

Vue sur le lac Léman le bouvenet

Bernard Gantner

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$10,458

Twilight tulips

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

$9,105 $7,284

In the harbour of Kristiansund

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,429

Magic garden. Flower secrets

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,413

In the rays of the sun

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$6,152

Blue snow

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$6,152

View on Ulvøya

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$5,413

Denim series. Sun in the fishing village.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,306

Denim series. Blue shadows of February.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,183

Denim series. Golden reflections

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,429

Windy day in Strømfoss

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,630

Spring evening on Malmøya

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,429

Spring in the city.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,675

Pink trees

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,199

Passion 9

Akira Inumaru

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$1,476

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