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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Romain Duris

Print - 44 x 34 cm Print - 17.3 x 13.4 inch

$427

Métamorphose

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$975 $829

El mundo es una cárcel

Carmen Calvo

Print - 56 x 41 cm Print - 22 x 16.1 inch

$872

Elf and the dancing bear

Markus Lüpertz

Sculpture - 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$23,161

Figure of Man

Marcel Vertès

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 x 0 inch

$658

Divinity - III

Jean Cocteau

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10.2 x 0 inch

$28,037

Visage de femme appuyée sur sa main

André Derain

Print - 38 x 52.5 cm Print - 15 x 20.7 inch

$1,829

Nude of Woman

Marino Marini

Painting - 37.5 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.8 x 10.4 x 0 inch

$35,351

Lovers

Emilio Greco

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$7,924

Lee Radziwill with Pink Peonies. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$1,750

Lauren in Balenciaga. From the Fashion series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$850

In Ralph Lauren in the Hamptons

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$800

Cy Twombly with Italian sculptures. From the Interiors series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Cy Twombly with pink chairs. From the Interiors series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Yves in Tangier. From the Fashion series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Man in a blue and brown coat and Fashion for our Future, Diptych

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$1,200

The Art World Series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch

$3,600

C.Z Guest Time cover

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$650

Harry Brant in Connecticut

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

$700

Marc's blue shadow

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.75 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$600

Jenna Lyons

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$700

Vetements fall 21

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$600

The sun in my house. Sun in the glass jars

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$975

Edie Sedgwick

Manuel Santelices

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

$2,000

La Dulce Aqua Vita

Roberto Matta

Print - 119.38 x 104.14 x 2.54 cm Print - 47 x 41 x 1 inch

$10,950

Paysage Onirique I

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 10 x 10 x 4 cm Painting - 3.9 x 3.9 x 1.6 inch

$975 $829

Robert Hebert Percy. From the Art, culture & society series

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$1,200

Femme au Chapeau

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$7,314 $6,217

Ivana and Nan in the front row

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

$1,000

Chevaux de la Lande

Yves Brayer

Painting - 38 x 51 x 0.01 cm Painting - 15 x 20.1 x 0 inch

$1,463

Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Dior and Sies Marjan, Triptych

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 33 x 0.1 inch

$2,400

Mick and Bianca jagger at Studio 54

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$1,300

The Benefit Gala

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$1,800

Marella Agnelli in Marrakesh

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$2,200

Le balcon

Yves Brayer

Print - 32.8 x 24.2 cm Print - 12.9 x 9.5 inch

$731

Triptych From The Love of Andy series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$900

Robert mapplethorpe

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch

$950

Isabella Blow in Philip Tracey

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$1,200

Marella Agnelli and Gianni Agnelli in Marrakesh. Diptych

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

$4,400

Les Archéologues IV

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 40.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.9 x 11.9 x 0 inch

$8,411

Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$900

Petits torses de femmes

Jean Fautrier

Print - 56.7 x 38 x 1 cm Print - 22.3 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$3,048

Œillades ciselées 4

Hans Bellmer

Print - 67 x 50 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 inch

$549

Femme au Chapeau

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$3,048

L’arbre et la vie

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 22 x 16 x 4 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 1.6 inch

$1,097

L'infante

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 57 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$744

The Yellow Jacket

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$550

Opera Grafica 6

Marino Marini

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$2,194

Small Knight

Marino Marini

Print - 53 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch

$1,207

Jugglers

Marino Marini

Print - 51 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 15 x 0 inch

$2,194

Composition - I

Marino Marini

Print - 53.4 x 42.7 x 0.2 cm Print - 21 x 16.8 x 0.1 inch

$1,950

Composition - II

Marino Marini

Print - 53.5 x 42.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.1 x 16.8 x 0 inch

$1,950

Jane Wrightsman

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$500

John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY daily news cover

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$400

Opera Grafica 14

Marino Marini

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$3,048

Opera Grafica 16

Marino Marini

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$3,048

En Compagnie

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 48 x 36 x 4 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch

$5,486

Femme au Chapeau XII

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 48 x 36 x 4 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch

$5,486

Tête de Satyre

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$3,657

Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade

Yves Brayer

Painting - 19 x 24 x 2.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 1 inch

$5,729

La Récolte

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 195 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

$29,256 $24,868

Le Chien qui Lâche sa Proie pour l’Ombre

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

$6,095 $5,181

Le Soleil et les Grenouilles

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

$6,095 $5,181

Vanitas 6

Markus Lüpertz

Print - 56 x 77 cm Print - 22 x 30.3 inch

$2,438

Barbara Hutton, Portrait

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 7 x 0.1 inch

$500

La Matrone d’Éphèse

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 195 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

$19,870 $16,889

A Madame de Montespan

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 119 x 89 x 4 cm Painting - 46.9 x 35 x 1.6 inch

$12,556 $10,672

Bacan, Tito & Boby, Tilingo and Julian

Antonio Segui

Sculpture - 50 x 100 x 70 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 39.4 x 27.6 inch

$4,876

Souffle de vie

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

$10,971

Le Renard, Les Mouches et le Hérisson

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$7,924 $6,735

L’Aigle et le Hibou

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$7,314 $6,217

El viajero & Compradito (Silver)

Antonio Segui

Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

$6,705

Sphinx

Roland Topor

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 inch

$1,829

L’île de l'insomnie VII

Antonio Segui

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

$146

L’île de l'insomnie V

Antonio Segui

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

$146

L’île de l'insomnie II

Antonio Segui

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

$146

L’île de l'insomnie X

Antonio Segui

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

$146

L’île de l'insomnie IX

Antonio Segui

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

$146

L’île de l'insomnie VI

Antonio Segui

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

$146

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

$146

L'ile de l'insomnie III

Antonio Segui

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

$146

Composition 2

Roland Topor

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 19.7 inch

$6,095

Les Passants sur le Port

Jean Hélion

Print - 38 x 53 cm Print - 15 x 20.9 inch

$390

Path

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 inch

$488

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.3 inch

$427

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.4 inch

$427

Œillades ciselées 11

Hans Bellmer

Print - 67 x 50 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 inch

$549

Pleureuse

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

$7,314

Marijuana

Giacomo Porzano

Print - 64 x 58 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.2 x 22.8 x 0 inch

$366

Fashion Publication

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 54.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 21.5 x 0.4 inch

$7,314

Mademoiselle au parc

Charles Malle

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$305

La petite fille du Père Noël !

Noël Granger

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

$110

Notre mimi rhino !

Noël Granger

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

$110

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