Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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Nature morte au vase de roses et jeu de cartes
Henri Fehr
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
£759
Jeune fille au rouge à lèvres
Henri Fehr
Painting - 65.5 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.8 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
£897
Régate sur le lac Léman
Henri Fehr
Painting - 54 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,464
Préparation d'affiche "Fête des fleurs, Genève"
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
£549
Summer #4
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 69.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 21.6 x 1 inch
£595
Montesquieu perd la boule...
Jean-Luc Parant
Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 17 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.5 x 6.7 inch
£581
Rimbaud - Arthur à la chemise rayée
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£2,144
Les bergers d'Arcadie
Frank Girard
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,483
Etude d'après Marie Madeleine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 95.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 37.6 inch
£16,078
Portrait de femme
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£604
Jeune fille pensive
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
£549
La moue
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 45 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£622
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£357
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£357
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£357
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£357
Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade
Yves Brayer
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 1 inch
£4,913
La Une a L'h Pile (Head to Head)
Roberto Matta
Print - 92.7 x 157.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 36.5 x 62 x 0.1 inch
£9,952
Caius Flavius Valerius Claudius Constantinus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
£2,073
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
£313
Abstraction 1969 Barcarès Musée des Sables
Moon Shin
Painting - 79 x 48 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.1 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
£8,843
Jayne 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
£415
The day Dior died
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
£415
Jon Kortajarena and Luke Evans in New York City
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
£415
Lynn Yaeger
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£415
Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
£332
Charlotte Casiraghi in Vanity Fair 'One of a Kind Fashion Painting'
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£415
Halston Halstonettes
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 73.7 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29 x 33 x 0.1 inch
£2,073
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
£332
Valentino hat fall
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£415
Nars
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£332
Patrick Proctor at Le Nid Du Duc
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£332
Cavalli e Rovine (Horses and Ruins)
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 49 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£4,466
Holding The Haze Line
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
£622
Learning the Line of the Ball
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
£622
The Sons of Archon - Plate 8
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 29.3 x 43.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 17.2 x 0 inch
£4,287
Totem de Barcares, 1970 à Seoul Olympiads, 1988
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
£5,270
Sienna Ant Fourmi sienne Drawing Dessin Sculpture MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Séoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.8 inch
£5,270
1973 Sienna Abstraction 2 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
£6,699
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…