Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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All about Eve. From the Art, culture & society series
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£1,244
Concert baroque, Verdi
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 inch
£10,719
Untitled
Montserrat Gudiol
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
£3,394
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
£8,039
The mood of the night
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,161
La Bibliothèque
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch
£1,608
Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£2,948
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
£1,786
La Musa della musica
Giorgio de Chirico
Sculpture - 24 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 inch
£6,253
Il Trovatore
Giorgio de Chirico
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,143,325
Etude de "La bataille de Näfels"
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 44 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
£503
Simone Veil
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£11,523
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
£3,216 £2,733
Dessin de boule sur sous-main de Titi Parant
Jean-Luc Parant
Print - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£402
Hymne d'enfants
Akira Inumaru
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
£625
Le torrent dans la montagne
Bernard Gantner
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
£7,592
Troisième cabane de jardinier (deuxième état)
François Houtin
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 inch
£268
Portrait d'homme au chapeau Melon
Jean Hélion
Print - 66 x 50 x 0.02 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,340
My lucky Rabbit !
Noël Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 inch
£80
Les travailleurs de la mère
Roberto Matta
Painting - 102 x 98 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch
£75,924
Quand les mystères sont très malins
Yves Brayer
Print - 22.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.9 x 12 x 0 inch
£759
Moon Shin Museum Stairs 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£1,697
La Masque
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
£768
Pays minier
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 97.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.4 x 24.8 inch
£28,583
Hara
Youssef Boubekeur
Fine Art Drawings - 190 x 130 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 74.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
£11,165
Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Fine Art Drawings - 14.3 x 6 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.6 x 2.4 x 0 inch
£10,004
Le pont du Rialto, Venise
Charles Malle
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£759
Siréne aux serpents
Orphné Achéron
Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 11.6 inch
£1,027
Poèmes insoumis
André Masson
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 25 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
£1,340
L'Abeille - The Bee
Alex Konahin
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
£1,786
Madame Mondrian
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£5,431
La petite robe noire
Hossein Borojeni
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.9 inch
£447
Blue Simphony / Symphonie en bleue
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
£2,635
Anais Nin - Doyennes in profile
Edvarda Braanaas
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
£3,394
Rays
Diana Torje
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,786 £1,518
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…