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Impossible behaviour - 5
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,438
Precious Little Moments (1)
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,168
Arnold Palmer
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,348
Le cinquième Beatles
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,168
Handball In Central Park - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
£2,651
Let's go hiking
Katharina Hormel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Ali Patterson II
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£692
Kinetic
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 75.2 x 114.3 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.6 x 45 x 0.2 inch
£2,530
Styles Change - Style Endures - Black
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 48.26 x 36.83 x 0.2 cm Print - 19 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch
£539
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 55 x 23 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 21.7 x 9.1 inch
£674
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 55 x 23 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 21.7 x 9.1 inch
£674
Gol Zidane ganador inspiración Antony Gormley
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 43 x 35 x 19 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 13.8 x 7.5 inch
£2,876
Mises à l'eau
Pierre Moreau
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£1,707
Day of a champion II
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 35 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 11 x 0 inch
£890
Où est Charlie ? III
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
£112
Vamos a Bailar, Polo Miniature
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 27.9 x 25.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11 x 10.1 x 0.2 inch
£928
High Voltage, Polo Miniature
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 27.9 x 28.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11 x 11.3 x 0.2 inch
£1,012
Timeless Steve Mcqueen - Le Mans - Porsche Gulf 917
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,752
Cloned Bloodhound with Backpack
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 57 x 30 x 37 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 11.8 x 14.6 inch
£1,977
Résonance - water drop 251
Seb Janiak
Photography - 110 x 110 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 inch
£4,400
Stubborn optimiste 4
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,348
Stubborn optimiste (3)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,348
Stubborn optimiste (2)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£1,348
Stubborn optimiste (1)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£899
Corrida portugaise [le Matador et le Taureau dans l'arène, vue d'ensemble avec le public dans les gradins], Portugal, 1985
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£270
Corrida portugaise [le Matador et le Taureau dans l'arène], Portugal
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£270
Corrida portugaise [le Matador, le Taureau et 7 Picadors dans l'arène], Portugal
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£270
Corrida portugaise [Taureau et Picadors, affrontements dans l'arène], Portugal,
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£270
Plage de Porto [cycliste, bain de soleil, hôtel Albatroz], Portugal
José Nicolas
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£270
Handball In Central Park - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
£1,707
Mickey Messi the Champion
Carlos Pun Art
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£2,488
Board race start
Tony Potts
Photography - 40.6 x 55.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 22 x 0 inch
£1,602
Joueurs de foot Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,258
No77 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
£2,354
Breezy (bronze resin)
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 40 x 21 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.3 x 4.3 inch
£985
The Iron Mike Tyson - Rolex and Louis Vuitton Golden Frame - WBC Boxer
Belart Collective
Print - 102 x 78 x 5 cm Print - 40.2 x 30.7 x 2 inch
£2,238
Still Cassius Clay II
Gerry Cranham
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£890
Sport
At school, we sometimes tend to oppose athletes and artists. However, sport and art often mix and sublimate each other. The meeting of these two disciplines is frequent in the history of art and more particularly in contemporary art.
Already during Antiquity, the Greeks devoted an absolute cult to the perfect athletic body. On pots and vases, artists painted the exploits of the competitors of the first Olympic Games in the 8th century BC.
Whatever the medium (photography, painting, sculpture, collage...), the musculature and the psychological state of the sportsmen, the places of training or the competitions are inexhaustible sources of inspiration for the artists. Between the representation of reality and the hijacking of a symbol, sport is a recurring theme for young artists.
Discover with Artsper our Olympic podium of artworks!
Photography is probably the first medium that comes to mind when representing sports. It is the only medium that allows us to capture images of the athletes' prowess at full speed. Thus, the shots are taken on the spot to offer a better rendering of the movement and to manage to capture the palpable tension on the field, the team cohesion, the crucial moment...
A leader of the new wave, Gerry Cranham had a career in athletics before becoming a coach. Passionate about photography, he takes pictures of the young people he coaches in order to correct their position and analyze their stride. Very quickly, he decided to convert his hobby into a real job. He became a sports photographer and quickly built a reputation as one of the leading sports photographers in England and internationally. His pictures of rugby, soccer, tennis, wrestling and swimming were published all over the world in the most prestigious magazines such as Sport Illustrated or The Observer.
But sport also inspired painters and it is found in all artistic movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1853, Gustave Courbet painted "The Wrestlers", a large oil on canvas depicting two men practicing French wrestling in the old hippodrome of the Champs Élysées. To the right, in the background, one can see the audience, cheering the athletes. Among the Impressionists, Claude Monet developed his technique with "Les Régates d'Argenteuil", an 1872 painting in which the boats are reflected in the water in a magnificent way. In modern art, Nicolas de Staël's "Les Footballeurs" represents a soccer field in the middle of a match, but in an abstract way. The players are discernible thanks to the flat colors that make up the team jerseys.
You too can bring your passions to life through contemporary sports paintings, sculptures and photographs. Discover the work of well-known and emerging artists such as Victor Spahn, Isabelle Picarel, Michel Birot, Chiara Dazi and many others...