why is figurative illustration dead?

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Illustrators of the past made paintings with multiple characters interacting with each other. Now it's rare to see more than two characters interacting in a illustration. Everything today seems to imitate splash art or is a lone figure standing in a huge landscape but not interacting with it.
What killed figurative illustration?
If I'm totally wrong and it's not dead, please recommend some artists who still compose images with multiple characters interacting