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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Étude d'homme au chapeau

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$718

Living colors of Bergen

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Irises in Aunt Vera’s garden

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,640

Corrida aux Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Yves Brayer

Print - 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print - 19.5 x 25.4 inch

$366

Coupe du monde 82

Roland Topor

Print - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$427

Le repos des cavaliers sur la plage

Yves Brayer

Print - 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print - 19.5 x 25.4 inch

$366

Miroir des songes 4

Hans Bellmer

Print - 67 x 50 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 inch

$550

Flowers on Black

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 100.1 x 79.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.4 x 1 inch

$1,850

Flowers on Black #2

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 91.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 21.6 x 1 inch

$1,340

Spring Bouquet 2021 #1

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 31 x 1 inch

$1,360

Spring Bouquet 2021 #2

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 91.4 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 25 x 1 inch

$1,340

Tulips on Black

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 88.9 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 28 x 1 inch

$1,140

Transparent Wave

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 64.8 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.5 x 39 x 1 inch

$1,740

The Last Civil War Veteran

Larry Rivers

Print - 94 x 72.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 37 x 28.5 x 0.1 inch

$3,500

Jardin d’Alexandre 4-1 Hiver

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$3,419

Don Quichotte

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 50 x 65.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.8 x 0.1 inch

$488

Piano romantique

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$550

Les Passants sur le Port

Jean Hélion

Print - 38 x 53 cm Print - 15 x 20.9 inch

$391

Ruben Micieli au château de Bourgon

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,442

Duo Jazzy

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,038

La gardienne de l'oubli

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,221

Rue de village

Bernard Gantner

Print - 56.5 x 26 x 1 cm Print - 22.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

$269

Twins

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

The Norwegian Madonna

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$5,971

Nastya

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

Into the fairy forest for berries.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,457

Love

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

Reminiscence

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

$812

Cap Ferret - Étude sur la mer

Noël Granger

Painting - 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch

$1,184

Venise - Étude sur la mer -

Noël Granger

Painting - 54 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch

$1,075

Vendée Globe 2

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,442

Quimper la Cathédrale

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,832

Vue sur le lac Léman le bouvenet

Bernard Gantner

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$10,380

Le torrent dans la montagne

Bernard Gantner

Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch

$10,380

Rêverie à Volgograd

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,221

Nantes le Belem

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,076

Vannes

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,832

Paimpol

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,099

Bayonne, la cathédrale

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,832

Le Croisic

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,832

Laval

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,832

La Rochelle II

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,076

In the harbour of Kristiansund

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Colors of Henningsvær

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,274

Yellow harbour

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

White house in Gomalandet

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

Orange clouds over Heningsvær

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$3,419

Magic garden. Summer song.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$5,373

Magic garden. Flower secrets

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,373

Magic garden. Pink twilight

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,373

Magic garden. Golden midday

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,373

Quiet backwater

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,419

In the rays of the sun

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$6,106

Blue snow

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$6,106

Denim series. Sun in the fishing village.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,274

Denim series. Blue shadows of February.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,152

Denim series. Cows.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Denim series. Golden reflections

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Flower jazz

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,908

Windy day in Strømfoss

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,602

Ullevål

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,274

Spring evening on Malmøya

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Spring in the city.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,640

Pink trees

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,175

Pony

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,396

Unattractive

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,640

Pour Jorn

Enrico Baj

Print - 75 x 54 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.3 inch

$354

Ruelle

Bernard Gantner

Print - 56 x 22.5 cm Print - 22 x 8.9 inch

$122

Lithographie originale de Yves Brayer

Yves Brayer

Print - 54 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print - 21.3 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

$305

Joey Starr

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch

$8,548

Rouge

Hossein Borojeni

Print - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$365

Wonder nurse

Hossein Borojeni

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$365

La Paix

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$14,531

En terrasse

Hossein Borojeni

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$365

Baigneuse

Hossein Borojeni

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$365

Œillades ciselées 11

Hans Bellmer

Print - 67 x 50 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 inch

$550

Œillades ciselées 12

Hans Bellmer

Print - 50 x 67 cm Print - 19.7 x 26.4 inch

$550

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

$1,476

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

$1,933

Fleurs sauvages

Hossein Borojeni

Print - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$365

Ecuestre

Ray Smith

Painting - 57 x 76 cm Painting - 22.4 x 29.9 inch

$7,327

Mantos o Minifaldas

Ray Smith

Painting - 76 x 57 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22.4 inch

$7,327

Summer #4

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting - 69.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 21.6 x 1 inch

$1,140

Ignis Faatus E

Akira Inumaru

Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,465

Ignis Faatus B

Akira Inumaru

Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,465

Ignis fatuus A

Akira Inumaru

Photography - 60 x 60 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,465

Marijuana

Giacomo Porzano

Print - 64 x 58 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.2 x 22.8 x 0 inch

$366

Sans titre

Montserrat Gudiol

Print - 56 x 76 x 0.02 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$550

Passant el mur

Montserrat Gudiol

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$550

Sans titre

Montserrat Gudiol

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$550

Sans titre

Montserrat Gudiol

Print - 56 x 76 x 0.02 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$550

Pelikan2

Alexis Gorodine

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.5 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.2 inch

$525

Woman

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$11,723

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