Famous Collage Artists
Collage is an art form that allows for perpetual combinations, endlessly mixing and matching different elements. From the French verb “coller," meaning to glue, the term has come to encompass a great deal of variety and experimentation. Starting with the works of paper collage artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques, contemporary collage has provided a liberatory escape for artists who felt constrained by other artistic mediums. In Henri Matisse's case, découpage arrived late in his career, once he fell ill. Scissors and the collages he produced with them operated as a sort of replacement for the more physical act of painting. His “Cut-Outs" remain one of the most striking examples of collage to date.
Following Matisse and the medium's first innovators, other famous collage artists have taken to this malleable form of creation. Among them is Vik Muniz, the champion of recycled art who creates coherent images from thousands of different, repurposed materials. Or Peter Beard, the famous collage artist and American photographer who combined his African adventures with his long-standing passion for journaling. In either case, the works present a unique form of storytelling and reconstructed narratives. Digital collage artists such as Johanna Tordjman have taken this process a step further, incorporating technology into the genre.
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Girls and Roses 2
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€250
Castellans, triptych
Marian Williams
Painting - 25 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€250
Les Ironistes, aquagravure originale
Jacques Villeglé
Print - 56 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Best of Both Worlds 4
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Glamor and Maternity
Marian Williams
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
€125
Houston, We Got A Problem, 3
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Houston, We Got A Problem, 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Best of Both Worlds
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€198
Retro Fantastic 14
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Retro Fantastic 4
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Retro Fantastic 12
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Coloured Girls 17
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Coloured Girls 15
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Coloured Girls 16
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€198
Le jardin des délires, la terre
Bruno Mallart
Print - 129 x 98 x 3 cm Print - 50.8 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch
€6,000
Girls in Yellow and Orange
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€250
Bikini Lines, Triptych 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 25 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€250
For Your Eyes Only 3
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
For Your Eyes Only 23
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
Tout Prend Forme (blanc), aquagravure originale
Jacques Villeglé
Print - 64 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Tout Prend Forme (noir et blanc), aquagravure originale
Jacques Villeglé
Print - 64 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,400
Les murs ont des oreilles
Jacques Villeglé
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,400
For Your Eyes Only 13
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
For Your Eyes Only 18
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
Retirement Plan B
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
For Your Eyes Only 10
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
For Your Eyes Only 5
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€250
Daumesnil
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
For Your Eyes Only 21
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
€300
Rue du Pont-aux-Choux
Jacques Villeglé
Painting - 41.2 x 32.7 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.2 x 12.9 x 0.1 inch
€5,000
Montagne Sainte Victoire, seen from Montbriand, after Cezanne (Pictures of Pigment)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 101.6 x 125.7 cm Photography - 40 x 49.5 inch
€33,842
Concorde
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
Concorde
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
