15 Creative Ads Inspired by Famous Paintings
TweetAdvertising is probably one of the most creative domains out there, with practically unlimited inspirational resources at hand. Ads themselves can constitute powerful design inspiration, so I’ve put together today a showcase of the most creative ad campaigns out there that use famous paintings as a base for promoting their product. We’re going to take a look at true advertising masterpieces that brought to life artworks of legendary names such as Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.
Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh
You’re probably asking yourself by now what products will be on display and trying to remember if you’ve ever seen such an ad before. My guess is that you probably have, since we’re going to drop some household names such as Volkswagen, Smart, Mazda, Renault, Orbit, Absolut Vodka, Pizza Hut, Lipton, the Alliance Française (an international organization which promotes the French language and culture) and other products and businesses – an encyclopaedia, an online betting company, an online dating service and an investment company.
inspired by Salvador Dali
inspired by René Magritte
inspired by Pablo Picasso
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci
inspired by Andy Warhol
inspired by Salvador Dali
Quick Tip: Online Advertising Archive
Apart from feasting your eyes on these marvelous examples of advertising success and gathering inspiration for your graphic design projects, I thought I’d also give you a helpful tip. There are also other helpful tools, apart from our best friend, Google; and sometimes, a specialized website can really narrow your search and turn out to be more effective. I put together this small display of ads mainly from an online advertising archive called Coloribus, which can prove extremely helpful for copywriters, designers and bloggers alike.
inspired by Salvador Dali
inspired by Andy Warhol
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci
inspired by Salvador Dali
inspired by Andy Warhol
inspired by Pablo Picasso
The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci
I’m curios whether you think this type of advertising is inspired, powerful and able to leave a mark on the consumers’ memory. Also, which of these ads is your favorite?
13 Comments
Nancy Rose
06.25.2012
very interesting! Amazed at how they take the original pieces and transform them.
Andra
06.26.2012
Hey Nancy, glad you found it interesting:) I personally liked the fact that it’s yet another proof that completely different domains can inspire one another.
Rose Well
06.27.2012
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Andra
06.28.2012
Thank you for the kind words, Rose:)
Lilah
06.28.2012
These are awesome! Especially love all the Mona Lisa creations.
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Andra
06.28.2012
Thanks, Lilah:) My favorites are the ones resembling Magritte’s and Dali’s work because I’m a huge surrealism fan, but there are indeed a lot of ads inspired by the Mona Lisa.
Rocio Torres Moguel
07.01.2012
Great example of ads!
Andra
07.02.2012
Hey Rocio, thanks for the positive feedback:)
mike
07.11.2012
Love the concept and execution of the Last Supper!
Andra
07.16.2012
Indeed. And the fact that they had the courage to do something that was potentially controversial.
Opal Godinez
09.03.2012
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Connie Mack
10.14.2012
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ida
11.10.2012
haha roliga
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