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…

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Rimbaud - Arthur 3 essais portraits

CharlElie Couture

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

L'Allumette

Francine Van Hove

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€6,900

Joy of Life (sculpture on table mirror)

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 25.4 x 44.5 x 31.8 cm Sculpture - 10 x 17.5 x 12.5 inch

€2,195

Dolce

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch

€9,500

Elf and the dancing bear

Markus Lüpertz

Sculpture - 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€19,000

Cosi Fan Tutte Fleurdelise

Erte Tirtoff

Painting - 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,655

Portrait de jeune fille

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

€620

Untitled

Romain Duris

Fine Art Drawings - 29.6 x 20.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8 inch

€2,000

Call me President

Hossein Borojeni

Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 10 inch

€550

Quadrature du Cercle

Hossein Borojeni

Painting - 30 x 20 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€610

Meditation

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Print - 35.6 x 29.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 14 x 11.5 x 0.1 inch

€197

Gymnastique

Romain Duris

Painting - 30 x 40 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€2,000

Alessandro Michele

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 40.6 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 11.75 x 1 inch

€1,075

Marc Jacobs pink

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€717

Rimbaud - Arthur Sportwear

CharlElie Couture

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

Rudy. From Art, culture & society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,344

Carrie Bradshaw says good bye. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,075

Charles James. From the Fashion series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,344

Zapallar. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€1,075

Jordan Roth at home. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,613

Diana Vreeland and Saint Laurent at the Opium Party. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,344

Sies Marjan

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€717

Rimbaud (shades)

CharlElie Couture

Painting - 37 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€2,600

Robert Hebert Percy. From the Art, culture & society series

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,075

Ivana and Nan in the front row

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€896

Second pers sundown

CharlElie Couture

Painting - 35.7 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.1 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Samothrace

François Houtin

Print - 38 x 30 cm Print - 15 x 11.8 inch

€1,000

Robert mapplethorpe

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch

€851

Orange Shirt

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€717

La Caida, Don Quichotte

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.05 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€240

Comédie italienne, coffret de lithographies originales

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 38 x 28 x 0.05 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 0 inch

€1,500

Gala (cold painted bronze sculpture)

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 37.5 x 22.9 x 16.5 cm Sculpture - 14.75 x 9 x 6.5 inch

€3,449

Sans titre, sans date

Roland Topor

Print - 50 x 33 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 inch

€190

Oxford all night party 1983 (after a picture by Dafydd Jones)

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€851

William F. Buckley and Pat Buckley at home in NY. From the Interiors series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,075

Isabella Blow in Philip Tracey

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,075

Fritellino et Franca Trippa

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 28 x 38 x 0.01 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0 inch

€450

In Ralph Lauren in the Hamptons

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€717

Ô mésange, ô peut-être

André Masson

Print - 29 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.4 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch

€450

Study for Yves Saint Laurent and Mick Jagger

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€806

Pat Buckley leaving town

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€851

Supermodels in Vogue

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€851

Queen Camilla

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€896

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€538

Marc Jacobs fall 2020

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€627

Alessandro Michelle yellow

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€627

Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€538

Valentino Fall

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€538

Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€538

Marc Jacobs blue, Portrait

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€717

Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Painting - 15 x 11 inch

€627

Prada Bag Ladies

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€627

Raspoutine

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 26 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

€4,500

Willow

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture - 30 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch

€11,300

Persia

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture - 31 x 27 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 10.6 x 5.9 inch

€11,900

En Compagnie

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 48 x 36 x 4 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,500

Femme au Chapeau XII

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 48 x 36 x 4 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,500

Tête de Satyre

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Fashion for our Future

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€538

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.3 inch

€350

Vase "Fruit of Life"

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 23 x 30 x 23 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch

€6,000 €5,400

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

€500

C.Z Guest Time cover

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€582

Harry Brant in Connecticut

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€627

Der Bär - Gold - The Bear Gold Leaf Edition

Markus Lüpertz

Sculpture - 40 x 14 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.5 x 4.3 inch

€15,000

Vogue #4

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Vogue Paris

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Vogue #2

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Vogue #1

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Vogue #3

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Valentino hat fall

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€448

Le hangar à bateaux

Charles Malle

Painting - 36.4 x 45.8 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.3 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

Jenna Lyons

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€627

Vetements fall 21

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€538

Dior

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€717

Ludovic

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€717

Gucci Fall

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€762

Young Leo. From The art, culture & society Series series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€448

The Yellow Jacket

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€493

Michael Kors fall fashion collection

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€762

Gareth Pugh

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€538

Summer party at the Hoyt House

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€493

Le violoniste

Claude Weisbuch

Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

La Princesse Lointaine: Porteurs d' Eventails

Erte Tirtoff

Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€28,668

My Neon LA

Amy Bernays

Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€985

The Gate Keeper

Amy Bernays

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,165

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

€493

Carrie Bradshaw in the kitchen with a hat

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€627

Cancale

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€450

Le tire-bouchon, gravure originale

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.05 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

€380

Pantalon, gravure originale

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 45 x 32.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch

€310

Montre molle

Ray Smith

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€1,100

Madame Edwarda. Paris: Georges Visat

Hans Bellmer

Print - 40 x 26 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 10.2 x 1.2 inch

€14,800

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