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.
Discover these contemporary collage artists and others, like Marian Williams and Jacques Villeglé with Artsper's special selection…
Marian Williams
For Your Eyes Only 19
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
£225
Magdalena's Eyes
Marian Williams
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,752
Hush
Jacques Villeglé
Lumière noire
Jacques Villeglé
Sculpture - 29.2 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 11.5 x 5.7 x 5.7 inch
£8,537
Henri Matisse
Nu assis dans un fauteuil, une jambe repliée
Henri Matisse
Print - 38.8 x 25.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.3 x 10.1 x 0 inch
£18,421
Mimmo Rotella
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Les 2 Perrier
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£5,122
Gitanes
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 110 x 148 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch
£10,783
Gare du Nord
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£5,841
Le Grand Perrier
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£8,537
Daumesnil
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
£3,415
Bruno Mallart
Les grands gunneras
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£8,087
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
£5,392
Au pied de la lettre
Bruno Mallart
Sculpture - 43 x 27 x 7 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 10.6 x 2.8 inch
£3,145
Nous attaquerons à l'aube
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
£899
Samouraille
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
£899
Durer chez l'ocultiste
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
£899
Vik Muniz
Sick Bacchus, after Caravaggio (Pictures of Magazine 2)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 132 x 101.6 cm Photography - 52 x 40 inch
£31,202
The Great Turf, after Dürer (Pictures of Paper)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 136.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 53.7 x 40 inch
£35,419
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
£31,202
Fragment in Four Dimensions (Blue and Green)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Photography - 30 x 22 inch
£23,612
Silvia Cuello
Aesthetic encounter
Silvia Cuello
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 8.3 inch
£359
Special little girl
Silvia Cuello
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 15.4 inch
£809
Harald Kröner
K1901 / Whitewater
Harald Kröner
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 95 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,400
Canto #22
Harald Kröner
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 110 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£5,000
Raluca Arnautu
Fallen Angel
Raluca Arnautu
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£629