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.
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Serie Laque 10
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€120
Serie Laque 9
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€120
On the way to a dream
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 190 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Arrêt sur image 1
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€350
Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 2 inch
€3,650
Happy with sea ans sand
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€405
Girl and a seagull
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€407
Flying with seagulls
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€408
Lily girl portrait
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€373
Girl with a fishing net
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€407
Along the channel 4
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€395
Children at the beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.4 inch
€383
"Celestial Empire" - (diptych)
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 370 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 145.7 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Running with wet dogs
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€368
Wet doggies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€405
Winter windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€311
Haystacks in Westland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€398
Rocks at the sunset
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€396
Spring in Holland, tree at the channel.
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€398
Spring in Holland, tulips worker
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€400
Spring in Baden - Baden
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€399
Tree at Port -Mort
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€401
Seagulls, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€402
The street of Toledo
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€402
