Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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Purple SUN Abstraction Soleil Pourpre 1972
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
£6,667 £3,334
Immaginazione - from 'Marino to Stravinsky'
Marino Marini
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,867
Concert baroque, Verdi
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 inch
£10,667
Kernvalley entrance
Amy Bernays
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
£1,300
Verlaine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch
£14,223
Rimbaud, Regards, étude n°16
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 inch
£12,445
Orchids
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
£2,005 £1,805
Valentino hat fall
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£401 £361
Nurse and patient
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
£889
V - From the Alphabet Suite
Erte Tirtoff
Print - 40 x 27.3 x 0.6 cm Print - 15.75 x 10.75 x 0.25 inch
£2,407
Tribute to Dante Quinterno
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 135 x 74 x 12 cm Sculpture - 53.1 x 29.1 x 4.7 inch
£7,112
Caius Julius Caesar Octivanius Augustus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
£2,407
Flavius Valerius Constantinus Chlorus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
£2,005
Marcus Annius Verus Aurelius Antoninus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
£2,407
Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus Heliogabalus
Enrico Baj
Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch
£2,005
Chambre ardente A
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 145 x 145 x 0.01 cm Painting - 57.1 x 57.1 x 0 inch
£4,623
Vase "She Loves Me"
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 26.5 x 32 x 20 cm Sculpture - 10.4 x 12.6 x 7.9 inch
£5,334
Mon cher jardin d'amour _printemps printemps
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 160 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch
£8,001
Cimes et racines / Cephalanthra
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
£5,511
Cimes et racines / Anémone- Ranunculus A
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
£5,511
Cimes et racines / Ranunculus- Ranunculus
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
£5,511
Se Torno...Scampia - Naples.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 75 x 105 cm Print - 29.5 x 41.3 inch
£2,213
L'Oeil en Coulisse
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£5,423
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
£2,005 £1,805
Women of The Art World Series
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 48 x 0.1 inch
£2,166
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
£16,001
Quartier de l'Albacin, Grenade
Yves Brayer
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2.5 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 1 inch
£4,178
Stella Tennant
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 6 x 0.3 inch
£2,407 £2,166
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
£837
Elsa Peretti goes out for a drink. From the Art, culture & society series
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
£401
Fallen nurse
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
£889
Montre molle
Ray Smith
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch
£978
Jeune femme
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
£670
Attablée au bar
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£763
Jeune femme allongée
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 64 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
£763
Étude d'homme au chapeau
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£725
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
£837
Les mantes religieuses
André Jacquemin
Fine Art Drawings - 48.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.1 x 15 x 0 inch
£1,600
Temperature reach critical level
Edvarda Braanaas
Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,845
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…