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![Painting, Mickey, Romain Dorez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean-Michel Mefort](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156446_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Boxe The Fight of the Century, Bruce Meritte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1608384_1_grid.jpg)
Boxe The Fight of the Century
Bruce Meritte
Photography - 100 x 70 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$563
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No Sense tear
Christophe Stouvenel
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 inch
$112
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The Hammer Thrower II
Helen Warner
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$2,546
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Sailing / sailing boats
Olya Jonas
Painting - 70 x 100 x 1.7 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch
$845
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Perfect Strangers
Stanislav Belovski
Painting - 110 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$5,521
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Rouge contraste
Götz Göppert
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,054
![Photography, Fife Regatta 2201, Götz Göppert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008671_1_grid.jpg)
Fife Regatta 2201
Götz Göppert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$761
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![Painting, Taylor Swift Cycling in Avignon, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674216_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift Cycling in Avignon
Christian Jodin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$445
![Painting, A Day at the Races (Blue), Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1650408_1_grid.jpg)
A Day at the Races (Blue)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,380
![Painting, A Day at the Races (Yellow), Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1641948_1_grid.jpg)
A Day at the Races (Yellow)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,380
![Painting, Dive into the Blue - Jumping, Trayko Popov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554315_1_grid.jpg)
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$586
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Go Cart Track
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,500
![Sculpture, Papa ours, Catherine de Kerhor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/578778_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lone Swimmer, Jill Peters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/526655_1_grid.jpg)
Lone Swimmer
Jill Peters
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Painting, Slater, Joelle De Lacanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1199703_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yonaguni 6, Franck Seguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887670_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Yonaguni 5, Franck Seguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887601_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Yonaguni 3, Franck Seguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887589_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cachalots (2), Franck Seguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/799653_1_grid.jpg)
Cachalots (2)
Franck Seguin
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$5,070
![Painting, Regatta, Diana Malivani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/532376_1_grid.jpg)
Regatta
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$15,211 $13,690
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![Photography, The way it was, Richard Kelley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008809_1_grid.jpg)
The way it was
Richard Kelley
Photography - 50 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$620
![Painting, Escalade, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escrime, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197547_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Montagne Yogi 65-22, Philippe Buil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171811_1_grid.jpg)
Montagne Yogi 65-22
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 27 x 18 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.1 x 3.9 inch
$1,070
![Sculpture, Sneaker Nike Green, Fred Meurice](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154452_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Footballeurs, France Brésil 1988 Soccer France Brazil, Victor Spahn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/948756_1_grid.jpg)
Footballeurs, France Brésil 1988 Soccer France Brazil
Victor Spahn
Print - 73 x 54 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
$282
![Photography, Strawberry seller, Hans Kristian Riise](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/43908_1_grid.jpg)
Strawberry seller
Hans Kristian Riise
Photography - 64 x 79 x 3 cm Photography - 25.2 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,817
![Painting, Tour de France, Remi Bertoche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37122_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Steve Mc Queen, Jean-Christophe Martinez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1261980_1_grid.jpg)
Steve Mc Queen
Jean-Christophe Martinez
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,070
![Print, Tour de France, Remi Bertoche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37065_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Perros de piedra I, Ray Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/38328_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La marche légère, Guillaume Roche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201973_1_grid.jpg)
La marche légère
Guillaume Roche
Sculpture - 153 x 50 x 27 cm Sculpture - 60.2 x 19.7 x 10.6 inch
$9,014
![Sculpture, Acrobate (sur un bras), Guillaume Roche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969170_1_grid.jpg)
Acrobate (sur un bras)
Guillaume Roche
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$4,056
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Olympica, Mixed Media on Canvas
Roberta Pinna
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 20.3 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 8 inch
$1,000
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Sport
At school, we sometimes tend to oppose athletes and artists. However, sport and art often mix and sublimate each other. The meeting of these two disciplines is frequent in the history of art and more particularly in contemporary art.
Already during Antiquity, the Greeks devoted an absolute cult to the perfect athletic body. On pots and vases, artists painted the exploits of the competitors of the first Olympic Games in the 8th century BC.
Whatever the medium (photography, painting, sculpture, collage...), the musculature and the psychological state of the sportsmen, the places of training or the competitions are inexhaustible sources of inspiration for the artists. Between the representation of reality and the hijacking of a symbol, sport is a recurring theme for young artists.
Discover with Artsper our Olympic podium of artworks!
Photography is probably the first medium that comes to mind when representing sports. It is the only medium that allows us to capture images of the athletes' prowess at full speed. Thus, the shots are taken on the spot to offer a better rendering of the movement and to manage to capture the palpable tension on the field, the team cohesion, the crucial moment...
A leader of the new wave, Gerry Cranham had a career in athletics before becoming a coach. Passionate about photography, he takes pictures of the young people he coaches in order to correct their position and analyze their stride. Very quickly, he decided to convert his hobby into a real job. He became a sports photographer and quickly built a reputation as one of the leading sports photographers in England and internationally. His pictures of rugby, soccer, tennis, wrestling and swimming were published all over the world in the most prestigious magazines such as Sport Illustrated or The Observer.
But sport also inspired painters and it is found in all artistic movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1853, Gustave Courbet painted "The Wrestlers", a large oil on canvas depicting two men practicing French wrestling in the old hippodrome of the Champs Élysées. To the right, in the background, one can see the audience, cheering the athletes. Among the Impressionists, Claude Monet developed his technique with "Les Régates d'Argenteuil", an 1872 painting in which the boats are reflected in the water in a magnificent way. In modern art, Nicolas de Staël's "Les Footballeurs" represents a soccer field in the middle of a match, but in an abstract way. The players are discernible thanks to the flat colors that make up the team jerseys.
You too can bring your passions to life through contemporary sports paintings, sculptures and photographs. Discover the work of well-known and emerging artists such as Victor Spahn, Isabelle Picarel, Michel Birot, Chiara Dazi and many others...