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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Untitled from The International Avant-Garde (volume I)

Lucio Fontana

Print - 26 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 7.5 x 0 inch

$13,085

Africa

Nadezda Stupina

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

$2,377

Joeur de football sur fond sienna / Soccer Player on sienna background

Moon Shin

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

$3,541

Les Chants de la Ville

Antonio Segui

Print - 49 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.3 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

$660

Fight

Guy Denning

Painting - 20 x 20 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$468

Les descendants

Roland Topor

Print - 36.8 x 44 x 0.2 cm Print - 14.5 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch

$600

La belle affaire

Roland Topor

Print - 47.5 x 35 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

$600

Portrait of Norwegian girl

Nadezda Stupina

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

$960

Paysage

André Masson

Print - 29 x 37 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.4 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch

$300

Petite montagne

André Masson

Print - 45 x 32 x 0.2 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

$300

Femme au Chapeau

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$3,001

Souterrain No. 13

Hans Bellmer

Print - 49.5 x 66 cm Print - 19.5 x 26 inch

$1,200

L'infante

Claude Weisbuch

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

$732

Figures tombées

Jean Hélion

Print - 66 x 85 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 33.5 x 0 inch

$1,921

Rome - Le pont Saint Ange

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,601

Le Mont Saint Michel

Jacques Guillet

Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

$5,402

Première Acte

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 100 x 62 cm Print - 39.4 x 24.4 inch

$3,962

L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 71.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.1 x 19.9 x 0 inch

$5,042

Griserie à minuit

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.7 inch

$4,802

Was ist Los

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21.5 x 15 cm Print - 8.5 x 5.9 inch

$420

N’ou’s from Hom’mere II

Roberto Matta

Print - 52.1 x 67.3 cm Print - 20.5 x 26.5 inch

$2,500

Le combat des trois samouraïs

Noël Granger

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

$828

Human (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$16,687

Nymphée

François Houtin

Print - 23.5 x 29.5 cm Print - 9.3 x 11.6 inch

$1,441

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

$1,200

Joueur de football sur fond bleu

Moon Shin

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

$3,541

Clown

Mario Avati

Print - 50 x 34 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.4 inch

$840

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

$700

MOON SHIN Red ink Sculpture 1972 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul

Moon Shin

Painting - 15 x 12 cm Painting - 5.9 x 4.7 inch

$4,682

Black purple Abstraction 1973 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul

Moon Shin

Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch

$5,882 $2,941

1979 Sienna Abstraction

Moon Shin

Painting - 31 x 20 cm Painting - 12.2 x 7.9 inch

$3,541

1979 Losange sur fond bleu Diamond on blue

Moon Shin

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

$6,002

1979 Losange sur fond bleu Diamond on blue

Moon Shin

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

$6,002

1979 Red Gold Abstraction

Moon Shin

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

$6,002

1979 Red Abstraction Rouge

Moon Shin

Painting - 42 x 26 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.2 inch

$6,002

1979 Playing soccer Jouer au football Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul

Moon Shin

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

$5,942

1979 Tête de profil Bleu Blanc Rouge Head in profile Blue White Red

Moon Shin

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

$6,002

Opera Grafica 14

Marino Marini

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

$3,001

Pointes et Feutres 3

Pierre Alechinsky

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

$468

Pointes et Feutres 4

Pierre Alechinsky

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

$468

Pointes et Feutres 1

Pierre Alechinsky

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

$468

Pointes et Feutres 5

Pierre Alechinsky

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

$468

Paysage onirique

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 22 x 16 x 4 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 1.6 inch

$1,321

L’arbre et la vie

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 22 x 16 x 4 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 1.6 inch

$1,080

Spirale II

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,441

Ouverture et finale

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 51 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,921

Résumé

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 21 x 16 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch

$227

Portrait de Christian Dotremont à Tervuren

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 20 x 25 cm Print - 7.9 x 9.8 inch

$540

New York Taxis

Noël Granger

Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$600 $540

Walk in the streets of New York

Noël Granger

Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$600

White Horse

Marino Marini

Print - 90 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 26 x 0.1 inch

$4,802

Red Knight on Brown Background

Marino Marini

Print - 85 x 62 x 0.1 cm Print - 33.5 x 24.4 x 0 inch

$5,762

White Horse

Marino Marini

Print - 90 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.4 x 26 x 0 inch

$3,842

Imagination

Marino Marini

Print - 76.5 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.1 x 21.3 x 0 inch

$4,682

Summer 1

Carl-Henning Pedersen

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

$828

Norina's Room

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.1 x 0 inch

$2,641

Cosmicstrip III

Roberto Matta

Print - 37.5 x 48.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 14.75 x 19.25 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Cosmicstrip I

Roberto Matta

Print - 37.5 x 48.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 14.75 x 19.25 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Cosmicstrip IV

Roberto Matta

Print - 37.5 x 48.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 14.75 x 19.25 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Comique Trippe XVI

Roberto Matta

Print - 41.3 x 52.1 x 0.3 cm Print - 16.25 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Cimes et racines / Néottie 1

Akira Inumaru

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

$1,441

Je Suis Entact from Une Saison en Enfer

Roberto Matta

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

$4,750

Ancien Victorieux je te morphose from Hom'mere I (Chaosmos)

Roberto Matta

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

$2,500

8PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

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

$3,000

8AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

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

$3,000

10PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures

Roberto Matta

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

$3,000

Le cheval mort

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 48 x 64 cm Print - 18.9 x 25.2 inch

$360

Ma Chair Rie from Requiem pour La Fin des Temps

Roberto Matta

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

$3,850

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

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

$420

Sans l'écorce B

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 78 x 112 x 1 cm Print - 30.7 x 44.1 x 0.4 inch

$3,001

Juanito 5

Antonio Segui

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

$1,080

Arbre central, au rouge

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 95 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 37.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$3,241

Sans titre

Hans Bellmer

Print - 20 x 10 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

$3,361

Sans l'écorce F

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 78 x 112 cm Print - 30.7 x 44.1 inch

$3,001

Sans l'écorce E

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 78 x 112 x 1 cm Print - 30.7 x 44.1 x 0.4 inch

$2,521

Sans l'écorce C

Pierre Alechinsky

Print - 78 x 112 x 1 cm Print - 30.7 x 44.1 x 0.4 inch

$3,001

Charlotte as a ballerina 2

Nadezda Stupina

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

$900

Charlotte as a ballerina

Nadezda Stupina

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

$900

Coat for sale

Nadezda Stupina

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

$960

Le graveur

Hans Bellmer

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

$780

The Kiss

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 1 inch

$1,500

Edie Sedgwick

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0.1 inch

$2,000

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

$1,000

Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch

$1,500

Halston Halstonettes Liza Minelli, Marissa Berenson, Bianca Jaeger and others

Manuel Santelices

Painting - 73.7 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29 x 33 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

The Mystic (cold painted bronze sculpture)

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 43.2 x 35.6 x 23.5 cm Sculpture - 17 x 14 x 9.25 inch

$3,850

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

$3,850

AIr (de la suit? Quatre Elements)

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 96 x 51 x 1 cm Print - 37.8 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

$3,001

Rose Dancer

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 69 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.2 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,401

Rêveries du soir

Jacques Guillet

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

$2,401

Hom'mere III - L'Ergonaute

Roberto Matta

Print - 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch

$2,161

Lord and Lady Eliot.

Manuel Santelices

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

$950

Sonia Spider Quenell

Manuel Santelices

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

$1,300

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