Classically-Inspired Illustrative Artists
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Les Pieds dans les nuages
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 89 x 116 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 inch
$26,863
Pays minier
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 97.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.4 x 24.8 inch
$36,894
Costumer Design
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$3,920
Demain après-midi
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$4,381
Breakfast at the dacha
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,151
Diptych Poppy field
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 80 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,188 $3,632
Quimper la Cathédrale
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,729
Worldly Flying Object
Pierre Alechinsky
Print - 65 x 47 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,343
Le livre des livres I
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm Print - 19.5 x 14 x 2 inch
$11,529
Les Mamelles de Tirésias - Choriste - 2e Acte
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 10 x 0 inch
$4,381
Fog Gog Magog, Planche 3 (Les Venusiennes)
Roberto Matta
Print - 52.1 x 66 cm Print - 20.5 x 26 inch
$1,500
Sophisticated Lady
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 40.6 x 26 x 14.6 cm Sculpture - 16 x 10.25 x 5.75 inch
$5,700
Call me President
Hossein Borojeni
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 25.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 10 inch
$634
Foot Musik
Roberto Matta
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 78 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 30.7 inch
$10,376
Antichi cavalieri e villa
Giorgio de Chirico
Print - 46 x 58.6 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.1 x 23.1 x 0 inch
$1,556
Markus and the Mandoline
Markus Lüpertz
Print - 107 x 78 x 1 cm Print - 42.1 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,384
Famille Family MMCA Museum Seoul Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$3,401
1970 Moon Shin Ink Abstraction
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.1 x 4.7 inch
$2,248
La demoiselle de Rochefort
Philippe Achermann
Print - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$69
Etude pour "Avec Mona Lisa"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$2,306
Le drapeau révolutionnaire 1989 Revolution flag
Alexis Gorodine
Print - 28 x 25.5 cm Print - 11 x 10 inch
$865
Yoko Ono
Edvarda Braanaas
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$4,381
Femme au Chapeau
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$6,918
Cascades
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 13.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,306
Etoiles
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 13.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,306
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2974
André Masson
Print - 51 x 33 cm Print - 20.1 x 13 inch
$2,306
Macchiareddu et ses conteneurs
Serge Salis
Painting - 24 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$807
A Room by Axel Vervoort
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$600
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…