Men in Art – Illustrations

There has been a lot of discussion in the comments for Women in Art – Illustrations, Part 1. As a rule, both male and female artists tend to depict women and girls as sexually attractive. I was curious to see how men tended to be portrayed in similar artwork. Frankly speaking I expected to see muscled hot bodies, heroes, bantams, and characters that depict man’s strength, will, bravery, etc. But that wasn’t the case! First, there seemed to be 20 times fewer illustrations of men versus women. Second, no one seems to illustrate men simply as men. The collection below shows different approaches to how men are featured in artistic illustrations, but you’ll see what I mean. Enjoy and share your thoughts with us!

Illustration by Cristiano Siqueira

Illustration by Gavin Ho

Illustration by Further

Illustration by Kdu Gama

Illustration by Jose Manuel Hortelano-Pi

Illustration by Stefanos Totis

Illustration by Antonis Theodorakis

Illustration by The Little Rose

Illustration by Paulo Brabo

Illustration by TinyPilot

Illustration by kato0

Illustration by livingrope

Illustration by sandara

Illustration by acidkoolaid

Illustration by Josic

Illustration by Kazuse

Illustration by this-is

Illustration by Dand01

Illustration by Goblin