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Virtual Museum, for contemporary art with feeling, p 7

Optical illusions in art is not a recent feature. The trompe-l'oeil was very popular in baroque time, mainly used for ceilings, sometimes also to replace statues. But also in paintings it was used. Giuseppe Arcimboldo with his faces made of fruits and vegetables is very known. Later it was used again by surreal artists such as Dali of Magritte. The graphic artist Esher is one of the most popular artists of all time. (Read more on this subject in the "History of modern art")

Optical Illusion Art

Octavio Ocampo, Mouth of the Flower (source)

Octavio Ocampo, Kiss of the sea (source)

Sandro del Prete, Trains from above and below (source)

Sandro del Prete, Children at impossible Window (same source)

Jos de Mey, Snowy Farming Building (source)

Jos de Mey, Piper setting under Arch by a Tree (same source)

Istvan Orosz, Escher looks for Inspiration (source)

Oscar Reutersvard, 129 (source)

Anna Gunter, The House that Swift (source)

Edgar Mueller, Cave (Street art) (source)

Kurt Wenner, Dis Irae (source)

Kurt Wenner, Babel (source)

Kurt Wenner, Office Stress (source)

(Film on youtube shows how street art is made)

Oleg Shuplyak (oil painting) (source)

Boris Dubrov (oil on canvas) (source)

Heike Weber, Stage (permanent marker drawing) (source)

Heike Weber, Utopia4 (source)

oilcorner, Bond's Neighbour (photo manipulation) (source)

Charles FBI, Guard Dog (source)

Mel Holmes, Stonework, trompe-l'oeil (source)

Rob Gonsalves (oil paintings) (source)

Rob Gonsalves (source)

Jacek Yerka (source)

Julie Heffernan, Self Portrait as a big House (source)

John Pugh (Wall art) (source)

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