Contemporary Illustration
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Les couleurs des fleurs d'été
Jéko
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Les yeux dans les tiens, souris #3
Jéko
Sculpture - 68.5 x 23 x 4 cm Sculpture - 27 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,886
Le regard rose
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$666
Quand les mystères sont très malins
Yves Brayer
Print - 22.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.9 x 12 x 0 inch
$943
La Masque
Yves Brayer
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
$955
Reference Woman #1
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$888
Poèmes insoumis
André Masson
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 25 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,665
Daydream
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$888
Fender Telecaster Bilal / Christophe
Enki Bilal
Design - 98 x 32 x 5 cm Design - 38.6 x 12.6 x 2 inch
$4,884
L'heure du bain
Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq
Painting - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
A nap in the embers
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Painting - 200 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$10,980
Unda III
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 122 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,385
Un homme et une femme
Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
Double Cameo (Regular Edition)
Laurent Durieux
Print - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$250
Untitled 16
Abdulrahman Naanseh
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$1,020
Untitled XXIX
Julieta Intergalactica
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
$266
Women from Salt River
Rudolph Carl Gorman
Print - 72.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.5 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$2,250
Saint-Rémy de Provence
André Hambourg
Painting - 28 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,438
Sans Titre (Mains positives, Mains négatives)
David Prudhomme
Print - 78 x 114 cm Print - 30.7 x 44.9 inch
$1,110
All in one
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Sculpture - 194 x 115 x 3 cm Sculpture - 76.4 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch
$6,937
Mr 3D
Anthony Lister
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 12 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$2,442
Super Hero - Spider Senses
Anthony Lister
Painting - 95 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,658
Femme drapée
Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq
Sculpture - 15 x 56 x 26 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 22 x 10.2 inch
$7,770
Le soleil brille même la nuit #2
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$666
Rêvasser
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$910
Regard à droite
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Journée soleil
Jéko
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$666
En haut de la montagne on voit l'océan
Jéko
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,108
Contemporary Illustration
The start of the Industrial Revolution was a catalyst to the improvement of printing technology, meaning more publications were distributed and seen. This resulted in illustration becoming more and more commonly encountered in daily life, complimenting the consumption of information. By the early 18th century, the profession of illustration took hold, seeing English and French caricaturists independently earn a living with sales of etched or engraved prints through small, gallery-like print shops. Publishers saw illustration as a necessity and with an increased demand, artists could make a name for themselves. Walt Disney established himself in the field by making popular cartoon shorts like Steamboat Willie (1928), the first sound cartoon, and went on to create full-length animated feature films like Snow White (1937). Today, the illustrator has the ability to move away from the profession in the traditional sense. Influenced by art, fashion and of course, the digital age, illustrators are using digital tools and other movements such as Street art. Our daily consumption of information has sky-rocketed and the illustrators that compliment this know it – see the work of Lady K and Bill Blast who use graffiti and street art to create contemporary illustrations.