Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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Sauzon Belle-Île en Mer
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£427
L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.1 x 19.9 x 0 inch
£3,733
Sister Dealunay
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£5,403
Beau temps sur la Istiklal CD
Serge Salis
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£3,022
Les Venusiennes (Fog Gog Magog)
Roberto Matta
Print - 52 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 20.5 x 26 x 0.1 inch
£1,066
Botanique Vitis Venifera #15
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
£978
Botanique Vitis Venifera #13
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,511
Botanique Rubia Tinctorum #4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,244
Botanique Rubia Tinctoria #5
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,244
Botanique Indigofera Tinctoria #6
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,422
Botanique Indigo Tinctoria #6
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
£978
Botanique Hedra Helix #4
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,244
Botanique Hedra Helix #1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,511
Botanique Anthemis Tinctoria #3
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,511
Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet
Yves Brayer
Painting - 20.3 x 26.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10.6 inch
£1,555
Quand les mystères sont très malins IV
Yves Brayer
Print - 20.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 12 x 0 inch
£755
Quand les mystères sont très malins III
Yves Brayer
Print - 18.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.3 x 12 x 0 inch
£755
Quand les mystères sont très malins II
Yves Brayer
Print - 18 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.1 x 12 x 0 inch
£755
Scène de corrida
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 31.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.3 inch
£711
Summer stories. Evening fishing.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£400
Summer stories. Girl in a green boat.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£400
Summer stories. Dreamer
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£400
Summer stories. Fishing team.
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£400
Portrait of Joan Didion
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
£1,410
Electra Funebra Domestica
Roberto Matta
Print - 53.3 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 21 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£1,451
L'Oeil en Coulisse
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£5,421
Hom'mere III - L'Ergonaute
Roberto Matta
Print - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£1,600
1970 Moon Shin Ink Abstraction
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.1 x 4.7 inch
£1,733
1975 Moon Shin Sculpture Tripode Noire MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 4.7 inch
£1,689
2 Black Sculptures 1977 MOON SHIN MMCA MUSEUM Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 6.3 inch
£1,333
1978 Monumental Sculpture with 2 persons
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 x 0 inch
£1,689
Black Sculpture Arachnis 1978
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.3 inch
£1,689
Trio Black Sculpture 1978
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 inch
£1,689
Black Sculpture 1971
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 3.5 inch
£1,733
Sculpture Black Horse 1972
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 3.5 inch
£1,689
Two Sienna Portraits Sculptures 1976
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 inch
£1,733
Moon Shin Black Sculpture 1978
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 4.7 inch
£1,733
5 Red Moon Shin Totem 5 Totem Rouge de 1971 par Moon Shin
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 inch
£1,733
Pink Abstraction en rose 1973
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
£1,333
1989 Le mouchoir blanc Vive Le Roi The white handkerchief For the King
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 28 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 11 x 10 x 0.1 inch
£667
1989 La déclaration de l'homme Bicentenary French Revolution of 1789
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 28 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 11 x 10 x 0.1 inch
£667
1987 Terrains 2 - Earth from the sky
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 70 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,022
1987 Terrains I - Earth from the sky
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 90 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.4 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,018
1989 Bonnet phrygien The revolutionary hat 1789 1989
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 28 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 11 x 10 x 0.1 inch
£755
Étude pour Clémentine & Café
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
£3,644
Rimbaud, Regards, étude n°16
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 inch
£12,442
Regards, Rimbaud, étude n°9
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 inch
£15,997
El viajero & Compradito (Bronze)
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
£4,444
Chinese Legend - Bronze
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 55.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm Sculpture - 22 x 9 x 9 inch
£5,225
The collector’s house blue
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£581
Cimes et racines / Anémone-Gentiana B
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,999
Cimes et racines / Anémone-Gentiana A
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,488
A vase full of Roses
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£663
Green (men)
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
£456
An interior by Joseph Dirand
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
£663
Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£14,042
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…