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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Nouvelles en trois lignes 3

Roland Topor

Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch

$725

Baj chez Picasso 7

Enrico Baj

Print - 71 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 28 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$604

Robe longue

Roland Topor

Print - 72 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch

$822

Woman

Hom Nguyen

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

$11,604

Dans la Sierra

Claude Weisbuch

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

$846

Sandro

Claude Weisbuch

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

$907

Summer 1

Carl-Henning Pedersen

Print - 66 x 50 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 inch

$834

Dionysos

Alekos Fassianos

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$2,780

Le rectangle noir

Noël Granger

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$4,593 $4,134

Queen of Clubs

Larry Rivers

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch

$3,750

I Generali (The Generals)

Enrico Baj

Print - 55.5 x 75.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.9 x 29.7 x 0 inch

$725

Nouvelles en trois lignes 4

Roland Topor

Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch

$725

Les passants II, d'après Fille au mannequin

Jean Hélion

Print - 53 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 20.9 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$604

Les passants II, d'après A vendre

Jean Hélion

Print - 53 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 20.9 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$604

Les Venusiennes

Roberto Matta

Print - 47 x 65 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.5 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch

$846

Étude pour "Malou cavalière"

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch

$4,956

Blond in Mirror

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

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

$1,625

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

$1,064 $904

Territoire gris

Eugenia Jaeger

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

$1,813

Lilies

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 95 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$544

2AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

Print - 63.5 x 91.4 cm Print - 25 x 36 inch

$3,000

Spider Web

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 58 x 58 x 17.5 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 22.8 x 6.9 inch

$7,132

Charlotte as a ballerina 2

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$907 $725

Il Grido (The Cry)

Marino Marini

Print - 63 x 89 x 0.1 cm Print - 24.8 x 35 x 0 inch

$6,286

Marella Agnelli and Gianni Agnelli in Marrakesh. Diptych

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

$4,400

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

$2,418

Duo Jazzy

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,027

La gardienne de l'oubli

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,209

Micro&Macro. Insomnia.

Nadezda Stupina

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

$3,264

Micro&Macro. Insomnia.

Nadezda Stupina

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

$3,264

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

Les gardians de Camargue

Vincent Haddelsey

Print - 37.5 x 54.5 cm Print - 14.8 x 21.5 inch

$181

Jardin de Bois de Morville 1-1 Printemps

Akira Inumaru

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

$3,385

Icare

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 58 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 15 x 0.1 inch

$665

Early Chaplin

Larry Rivers

Print - 86.5 x 71 cm Print - 34.1 x 28 inch

$3,626

Passacaille pour violon solo, lithographie originale

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$544 $490

Piano Romantique, lithographie originale

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$544 $490

Turquoise of the Walensee lake

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$786 $629

Blooming apple trees in Gams

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$786 $629

Les gardians

Yves Brayer

Print - 74 x 54 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 inch

$363

Gordes en Lubéron

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

Vendée Globe 2

Jacques Guillet

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

$2,418

Quimper la Cathédrale

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

Rêverie à Volgograd

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,209

Nantes le Belem

Jacques Guillet

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

$2,055

Vannes

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

Paimpol

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,088

Bayonne, la cathédrale

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

Laval

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

La Rochelle II

Jacques Guillet

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

$2,055

Bordeaux, port de la lune

Jacques Guillet

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

$1,813

Opera Grafica, 1959-1971

Marino Marini

Print - 74 x 54 x 2 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$29,010

Coat for sale

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$967

Portrait of Norwegian girl

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$967 $822

Coat for sale

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$967

Le Cavalier et la Mort

Claude Weisbuch

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

$907

Tennisman

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 58 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 15 x 0.1 inch

$604

Trop tard pollution

Noël Granger

Painting - 50 x 60 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 inch

$967 $870

Une soirée dans les dunes

Eugenia Jaeger

Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$967

Miroir des songes 1

Hans Bellmer

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

$544

Queen of Clubs

Larry Rivers

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$3,750

Chevaux au bord de l'étang

Yves Brayer

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

$363

La cabane gardiane

Yves Brayer

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

$363

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

$10,275

Le torrent dans la montagne

Bernard Gantner

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

$10,275 $9,247

Charlotte as a ballerina 3

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$907 $725

Le graveur

Hans Bellmer

Print - 56 x 38.5 cm Print - 22 x 15.2 inch

$786

Big B Signs Up

Larry Rivers

Print - 50.8 x 66 cm Print - 20 x 26 inch

$3,500

Legato, gravure originale

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 57 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0 inch

$459

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

$1,465

Magic garden. Summer song.

Nadezda Stupina

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

$5,319 $4,255

Magic garden. Golden midday

Nadezda Stupina

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

$5,319 $4,255

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

L'infante

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 57 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$737

Nouvelle technologie

Roland Topor

Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 83 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 32.7 inch

$6,044

8 a.m.

Roberto Matta

Print - 55.9 x 73.7 cm Print - 22 x 29 inch

$3,000

5PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

Print - 66 x 91.4 cm Print - 26 x 36 inch

$3,000

Jardin japonais

Yves Brayer

Print - 40.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.9 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch

$484

Ignis Faatus E

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,451

Ignis Faatus B

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,451

Trinity

Diana Torje

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$4,472

La Lutte

Diana Torje

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,385

Dahna

Diana Torje

Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,143 $2,514

Sky Like an Ocean

Diana Torje

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

$3,505 $2,804

Mountain reflections at Walensee lake

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$786 $629

Mallow near the old house

Nadezda Stupina

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

$3,143

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

$4,593 $3,675

Le combat des trois samouraïs

Noël Granger

Painting - 50 x 70 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

$834 $751

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