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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Immaginazione - from 'Marino to Stravinsky'

Marino Marini

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,566

Composition - I

Marino Marini

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

$1,955

Composition - II

Marino Marini

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

$1,955

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

I viaggi di Gulliver

Mario Avati

Print - 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$183

La demoiselle de Rochefort

Philippe Achermann

Print - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$73

Untitled

Lucio Fontana

Print - 49 x 34 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.4 x 0 inch

$7,943

The Body and Eye

Hans Bellmer

Print - 26.7 x 20.3 cm Print - 10.5 x 8 inch

$2,500

N’ou’s from Hom’mere II

Roberto Matta

Print - 52.1 x 67.3 cm Print - 20.5 x 26.5 inch

$2,500

Tête de Satyre

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

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

$3,666

Abstraction

Jean Fautrier

Painting - 18 x 35 x 0.01 cm Painting - 7.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$10,997

Morning mood

Nadezda Stupina

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

$611

Titanic

Philippe Achermann

Print - 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$61

Les Grenouilles qui Demandent un Roi

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$4,399

El viajero & Compradito (Bronze)

Antonio Segui

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

$6,110

Trop tard pollution

Noël Granger

Painting - 50 x 60 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 inch

$978

Botanique Isatis Tinctoria #1

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,344

Light tapestry

Nadezda Stupina

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

$3,910

Dark tapestry

Nadezda Stupina

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

$3,910

Diptych. Morning in the mountains

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$4,399

Snow on the lifeline

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 110 x 125 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch

$5,865

L'atelier de Christian Dotremont à Tervuren

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 20 x 25 cm Print - 7.9 x 9.8 inch

$550

L'atelier de Christian Dotremont à Tervuren

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 20 x 25 cm Print - 7.9 x 9.8 inch

$550

Rimbaud (shades)

CharlElie Couture

Painting - 35 x 27 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.6 inch

$3,177

Hidden (triptyque)

Hom Nguyen

Print - 104 x 234 x 1 cm Print - 40.9 x 92.1 x 0.4 inch

$15,519

Persia

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture - 31 x 27 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 10.6 x 5.9 inch

$14,541

Jour et nuit (ermioni 8h-11h)

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch

$1,466

Jour et nuit (ermioni 6h-8h)

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 55 x 33 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 inch

$1,466

Jour et nuit (ermioni 2h-4h)

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$1,466

Cimes et racines / Anémone 1

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,466

Cimes et racines / Ranunculus- Anémone

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 92 x 60 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 inch

$2,444

Cimes et racines / Leonpodium 1

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,466

L’Ame du Tarot de Theleme Portfolio

Roberto Matta

Print - 66 x 247.7 cm Print - 26 x 97.5 inch

$12,000

La Danse de la Mort - Planche 1- 8

Roberto Matta

Print - 132.1 x 203.2 cm Print - 52 x 80 inch

$12,000

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

$7,943

La fin du combat / le repos de la reine guerrière

Noël Granger

Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$709

La bonne fortune du Roi

Noël Granger

Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$709

Le jugement de l'aigle

Noël Granger

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

$843

La gourmandise du Roi

Noël Granger

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$843

Les 7 Rois de la Fortune

Noël Granger

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$843

Fragments

Diana Torje

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

$2,688

Opera Grafica 16

Marino Marini

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

$3,055

Opera Grafica 14

Marino Marini

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

$3,055

Passage et Sage du Couple

Roberto Matta

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

$3,055

Flambeau n°2

François Houtin

Print - 18 x 12 cm Print - 7.1 x 4.7 inch

$489

Sous le signe du tau

François Houtin

Print - 20 x 20 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$550

Table

Le Corbusier

Print - 56 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch

$2,444

Our First Polo

Amy Bernays

Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.5 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.6 inch

$860

Manifest

Diana Torje

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

$2,688

Constellation

Diana Torje

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,600

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

Mano a mano

Francine Van Hove

Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch

$14,908

Baj Chez Picasso 6

Enrico Baj

Print - 71.1 x 50.8 cm Print - 28 x 20 inch

$4,500

Mary Garden (framed signed embossed serigraph with foil stamping)

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 104.1 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 41 x 30 x 0.1 inch

$2,450

Manhattan Mary II (framed hand signed serigraph)

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 59.1 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.25 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,715

Les Venusiennes (Fog Gog Magog)

Roberto Matta

Print - 52 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 20.5 x 26 x 0.1 inch

$1,466

Jardin de sculptures 1969 Sculptures garden

Moon Shin

Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch

$5,499 $2,749

The Night

Jean Fautrier

Print - 63.5 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print - 25 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$10,386

Had a Great Fall

Roberto Matta

Print - 50 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 26 x 0.1 inch

$1,466

1970 Abstraction MOON SHIN MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul

Moon Shin

Painting - 29.5 x 23 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.6 x 9.1 x 0.2 inch

$4,277

Etude de mains

Jean Fautrier

Print - 56 x 73.5 x 1 cm Print - 22 x 28.9 x 0.4 inch

$3,055

Baby mine

Jean Fautrier

Print - 39.3 x 58 x 1 cm Print - 15.5 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch

$2,688

Au fil du temps

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 180 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 55.1 x 2 inch

$36,047

Colorful Woman

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 145 x 97 x 4 cm Painting - 57.1 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

$28,716

Le fil d'Ariane

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 160 x 250 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 98.4 x 2 inch

$39,102

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

$6,110

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

$6,110

Colored Flowers

Diana Torje

Painting - 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$733

Blue Flowers

Diana Torje

Painting - 25 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch

$733

Self Portrait

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 69 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.2 x 21.3 x 0 inch

$1,466

Gare d'Osnabrück à Jérusalem

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 20 x 14 cm Print - 7.9 x 5.5 inch

$415

Baisers volés

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 75 x 61 x 1 cm Print - 29.5 x 24 x 0.4 inch

$2,432

Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977

Moon Shin

Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 3.9 inch

$4,766

Charlotte as a ballerina 5

Nadezda Stupina

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

$1,161

Ballerina in black leotard

Nadezda Stupina

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

$2,688

Charlotte as a ballerina 4

Nadezda Stupina

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

$1,161

The Horse Lampo

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 48 x 62 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch

$1,711

Cancale

Jacques Guillet

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

$550

Blue abstract

Nadezda Stupina

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

$2,261

La Jardinière

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$26,883

Etoiles

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 13.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inch

$2,444

Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade

Yves Brayer

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

$5,743

Flavius Valerius Constantinus Chlorus

Enrico Baj

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

$2,500

Caius Flavius Valerius Claudius Constantinus

Enrico Baj

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

$2,500

Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus Heliogabalus

Enrico Baj

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

$2,500

Vanitas 6

Markus Lüpertz

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

$2,444

Vanitas 5

Markus Lüpertz

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

$2,199

Vanitas 4

Markus Lüpertz

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

$2,444

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