Famous Art Used In Advertising: 15 Painting Ads Examples

Famous Art Used In Advertising: 15 Painting Ads Examples

Advertising 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 famous art used in advertising 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.

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. I guess 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 that promotes the French language, and culture)  and other products and businesses – an encyclopedia, an online betting company, an online dating service, and an investment company.

Let’s look at art 15 Famous Art Used In Advertising:

1. Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh

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2. Salvador Dali Art inspired Advertisement

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3. René Magritte Art-inspired Advertisement

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4. Pablo Picasso Art inspired Advertisement

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5. Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci Art inspired Advertisement

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6. Andy Warhol Art inspired Advertisement

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7. Salvador Dali Art inspired Advertisement

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8. Salvador Dali Art inspired Advertisement

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9. Andy Warhol Art inspired Advertisement

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10. Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci Art Inspired Advertisement

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11. Salvador Dali Art-Inspired Advertisement

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12. Andy Warhol Art Inspired Advertisement

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13. Pablo Picasso Art-Inspired Advertisement

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14. The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s Inspired Advertisement

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15. Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci Art Inspired Advertisement

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Quick Tip on 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 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.

I’m curious 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?

33 Comments on “Famous Art Used In Advertising: 15 Painting Ads Examples

    • 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.

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    • 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.

    • Indeed. And the fact that they had the courage to do something that was potentially controversial.

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