Life Portrait Artists
The Blue Dancers (1899) by Edgar Degas can possibly be recognized as one of the greatest ever pastel drawings. Living, breathing figures captured in a moment they may have deemed a banal peek into their everyday life. To draw from life, or “figure draw," usually refers to the instructional class taught in many schools and academies of fine art. The pastel, charcoal or humble pencil thus signifies the beginnings of an artist's career. It is often regarded as the most ideal way for artists to render the human body and master its line, depth and shape necessary for the portrait, a valuable skill. However, life portraiture often captures the body in motion causing the artist to depict muscle action, direction and perspective. Though the 19th century produced Degas, it also produced the camera and the focus on artists to depict movement – to snapshot life. In Artsper's own selections, the works of life portrait artist Marc Desgrandchamps are inspired by the decomposition of the movement of Eadweard Muybridge's chronophotographic experiments. Whilst Alejandra Caballero's work is much more introspective, noting that the quieter, more subtle movements in life, such as talking on the phone or taking a bath, must also be captured.
Marc Desgrandchamps
Eugène Bégarat
Jeune femme endormie
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,121
Petite fille au chien
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,344
Jeunes filles de Pont-Aven
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,140
Jeune fille à la serviette
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,121
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Ange gardien
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$2,456
Ma chance de la journée
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 140 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$2,233
Femme coq
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$2,456
Charbonnage 2
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 180 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 2 inch
Sold
Kevin O'Brien
Philippe Hérard
Noa Havatzelet
Meditation - landscape painting
Noa Havatzelet
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Matt Lambert
Adrien Holy
Jeune femme en costume folklorique
Adrien Holy
Painting - 53 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,070
La place animée et la Piazza Governo, à Bellinzone
Adrien Holy
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,235
Dwight Baird
Central Park Lunch
Dwight Baird
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 27.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 11 inch
Sold