Inspired by Art History

It is inspiring to see how art repeatedly draws creativity from itself, again and again. In ancient times painters stole recurring motifs from their competitors, which gave rise to the Corinthian style and to numerous frescoes, some of which have survived to today. Later, in the 15th and 16th centuries, Flemish painters, like Jan Van Eyck and Vermeer, were honoured for the purity of their oil paintings and the innovation of their technique. Later, it was the neoclassical painters who took up both the themes and models of antiquity. Art, furniture and fashion were inspired by the famous painters and sculptors of the period.

Will you be able to recognise all these references to art history? From Da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl to Rodin's The Thinker and Monet's Water Lilies... so many masterpieces seep through the works selected by Artsper. Often times taking a comical approach, these artists have not finished surprising you. Homages, pastiches or borrowings... these works claim a reference to the past of art history. A past that is constantly being updated through contemporary art and that condenses the pioneering theories of artistic revolutions. Avant-gardists, revolutionaries, dissidents... the ancestral figures of the artistic field continue to mark the minds and the brushes.

Artsper showcases a selection of works inspired by the paintings that have shaped the face of art history and still fascinate artists and collectors today.