Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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Rimbaud - Arthur à la chemise rayée
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,693
Les bergers d'Arcadie
Frank Girard
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,862
Etude d'après Marie Madeleine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 95.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 37.6 inch
$20,194
Portrait de femme
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$758
Jeune fille pensive
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$690
La moue
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 45 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$781
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$449
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$449
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$449
Quatre chansons pour un château de Puisaye
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Print - 40 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$449
Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade
Yves Brayer
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 1 inch
$6,170
La Une a L'h Pile (Head to Head)
Roberto Matta
Print - 92.7 x 157.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 36.5 x 62 x 0.1 inch
$12,000
Caius Flavius Valerius Claudius Constantinus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
$2,500
Mademoiselle au parc
Charles Malle
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$393
Abstraction 1969 Barcarès Musée des Sables
Moon Shin
Painting - 79 x 48 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.1 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$11,107
Jayne Wrightsman
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$500
The day Dior died
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$500
Jon Kortajarena and Luke Evans in New York City
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$500
Lynn Yaeger
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$400
Charlotte Casiraghi in Vanity Fair 'One of a Kind Fashion Painting'
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Halston Halstonettes
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 73.7 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY daily news cover
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$400
Valentino hat fall
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Nars
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$400
Patrick Proctor at Le Nid Du Duc
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$400
Cavalli e Rovine (Horses and Ruins)
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 49 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$5,609
Holding The Haze Line
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$750
Learning the Line of the Ball
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$750
The Sons of Archon - Plate 8
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 29.3 x 43.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 17.2 x 0 inch
$5,385
Totem de Barcares, 1970 à Seoul Olympiads, 1988
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
$6,619
Sienna Ant Fourmi sienne Drawing Dessin Sculpture MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Séoul, South Korea
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.8 inch
$6,619
1973 Sienna Abstraction 2 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$8,414
Purple SUN Abstraction Soleil Pourpre 1972
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$8,414
Pour l'espoir
André Masson
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 52 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 20.5 inch
$8,414
Orange Backstage
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$500
Immaginazione - from 'Marino to Stravinsky'
Marino Marini
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,356
Etude de la place
Eugenia Jaeger
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 59 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.2 inch
$785
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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…