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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Peter Hujar Portrait

Manuel Santelices

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

$600

Schiaparelli Portrait

Manuel Santelices

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

$600

Marc's blue shadow

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.75 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$600

Abécédaire

Bruno Mallart

Print - 91 x 71 cm Print - 35.8 x 28 inch

$960

Helianthus, monotype

Alexis Gorodine

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

$960

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

$600

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

$600

Pointes et Feutres 10

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$468

Pointes et Feutres 7

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$468

Pointes et Feutres 9

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$468

Pointes et Feutres 2

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$468

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

$650

Accident

Antonio Segui

Print - 31 x 90 x 0.2 cm Print - 12.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

$660

Miedo el perro

Antonio Segui

Print - 66 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$720

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

$700

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

$700

Prada puffy coats

Manuel Santelices

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

$600

Man in a blue and brown coat

Manuel Santelices

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

$600

Lune et coupole

Mario Avati

Print - 28 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 11 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$960

L'Homme Pressé Gris

Antonio Segui

Sculpture - 14 x 16 x 4 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 6.3 x 1.6 inch

$600

Deep Purple blue Abstraction Pourpre Bleue 1972

Moon Shin

Painting - 24 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch

$5,402

1979 Poisson dans l'abysse Fish in Abyss

Moon Shin

Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch

$5,942

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

$600

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

$800

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

$800

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

$850

Croco

Bruno Mallart

Print - 62 x 118 cm Print - 24.4 x 46.5 inch

$960

Re-bonjour

Roland Topor

Print - 50.5 x 32.5 cm Print - 19.9 x 12.8 inch

$600

Pour Jorn

Pierre Alechinsky

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

$4,202

Pointes et Feutres 8

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$468

Il Grido

Marino Marini

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.01 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,801

Le jardin oublié II

Bruno Mallart

Print - 114 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 44.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$960

Le jardin oublié III

Bruno Mallart

Print - 114 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 44.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$960

Le jardin oublié

Bruno Mallart

Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch

$960

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch

$660

Nouvelles en trois lignes 3

Roland Topor

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

$720

A contre courant

Pierre Alechinsky

Painting - 31 x 22 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0 inch

$12,005

Icare

Claude Weisbuch

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

$660

Robe longue

Roland Topor

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

$816

Vidéo Océan (triptyque)

Noël Granger

Painting - 40 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

$720 $648

La Géographe

Francine Van Hove

Painting - 38 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$10,444

10AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

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

$3,000

Barque au petit Rhône

Yves Brayer

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

$360

Troupeau dans les Alpilles

Yves Brayer

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

$360

L'atelier des costumes

Yves Brayer

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

$240

La tente de l'Emir, Maroc

Yves Brayer

Print - 31 x 34 cm Print - 12.2 x 13.4 inch

$180

Les Archéologues IV

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 40.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.9 x 11.9 x 0 inch

$8,283

On the balcony

Nadezda Stupina

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

$2,881

The sun in my house. Sun in the glass jars

Nadezda Stupina

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

$960

Spring idyll on the Walensee lake

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$960

Charlotte as a ballerina 3

Nadezda Stupina

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

$900

Pointes et Feutres (Album complet)

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 30 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.8 inch

$3,481

La tour de Baobabel

Bruno Mallart

Print - 96 x 184 x 1 cm Print - 37.8 x 72.4 x 0.4 inch

$8,403

Cala lily

Manuel Santelices

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

$850

Jour et nuit (ermioni 17h-18h)

Akira Inumaru

Painting - 24 x 35 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 inch

$780

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

$850

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

$600

An interior by Joseph Dirand

Manuel Santelices

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

$800

La Boîte

Jean Fautrier

Print - 68 x 44.5 x 1 cm Print - 26.8 x 17.5 x 0.4 inch

$3,001

Petits torses de femmes

Jean Fautrier

Print - 56.7 x 38 x 1 cm Print - 22.3 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$3,001

Petit paysage vert et violet

Jean Fautrier

Print - 32.5 x 25 cm Print - 12.8 x 9.8 inch

$1,801

Petit paysage sombre

Jean Fautrier

Print - 27.5 x 33 cm Print - 10.8 x 13 inch

$2,401

Paysage sombre

Jean Fautrier

Print - 28.5 x 38 cm Print - 11.2 x 15 inch

$2,401

Nantes, Hôtel de France

Roland Topor

Print - 50 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 26 x 0.1 inch

$720

Paysage

Jean Fautrier

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

$2,401

Construction

Jean Fautrier

Print - 57 x 77 cm Print - 22.4 x 30.3 inch

$2,401

Rochers

Jean Fautrier

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

$2,401

Untitled (from Alice in Wonderland)

Hans Bellmer

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

$1,650

Forest of Colors

Diana Torje

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

$840

Nouvelles en trois lignes 4

Roland Topor

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

$720

Mon cher Jardin d’Alexandre – Eté

Akira Inumaru

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

$2,521

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Sans titre

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 24 x 17 cm Print - 9.4 x 6.7 inch

$480

Les Venusiennes

Roberto Matta

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

$840

Costumer Design

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch

$4,082

Demain après-midi

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.2 x 0 inch

$4,562

La Traviata - Rodolpe - 4e Acte

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$3,842

Bouteilles nature morte Bottles still life

Mario Avati

Print - 11 x 15 cm Print - 4.3 x 5.9 inch

$900

Cerises Red and Grey cherries

Mario Avati

Print - 11 x 15 cm Print - 4.3 x 5.9 inch

$900

Movement of the universe

Nadezda Stupina

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

$2,641

La Dulce Aqua Vita

Roberto Matta

Print - 119.38 x 104.14 x 2.54 cm Print - 47 x 41 x 1 inch

$10,950

Sous protection

Pierre Alechinsky

Painting - 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$13,205

L'Amateur de Cigare

Antonio Segui

Print - 62 x 45 cm Print - 24.4 x 17.7 inch

$1,140

The wedding of Teresa Martini and John Oliver in Rome in 1929

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 7 x 0.1 inch

$600

Serena VI

Alekos Fassianos

Print - 22 x 13.8 cm Print - 8.7 x 5.4 inch

$360

Serena V

Alekos Fassianos

Print - 22 x 13.8 cm Print - 8.7 x 5.4 inch

$360

Anges des miroirs IV

Alekos Fassianos

Print - 25 x 19 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.5 inch

$360

Le jardin des délires, la terre

Bruno Mallart

Print - 129 x 98 x 3 cm Print - 50.8 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

$7,203

Mountain reflections at Walensee lake

Nadezda Stupina

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

$780

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