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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Water Reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,287
A ballerina black swan
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
Big cone series Fairy tales
Dima Filatov
Painting - 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$702
Pret pour la baignade
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,170
Mediterranean Street / Rovinj
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$4,212
Saint-Tropez, Mediterranean street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 114.5 x 68 x 4 cm Painting - 45.1 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch
$4,680
Mediterranean Street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,744
Polo à Deauville
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.4 inch
$702
Bateau, 7 personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,579
Café Monceau
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Ada Purple and Black (Set of Two) - Guggenheim Show Gathering in New York 2022
Alex Katz
Print - 45 x 59.7 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.5 inch
$17,550
The Little Princess and Little Prince
Su Yu
Painting - 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$28,080
Le train bleu (diptyque, 1/2)
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,159
Le piano de François
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,276
Zebras' booties
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,031
Lady with a Pearl Necklace
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,872
Cheminées de carnaval
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 70 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,457
Southolm Street Londres
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,340
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,106
Poisson bleu Opéra
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
4 CV Renault rouge
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Aronde turquoise
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Le Livre-chapeau
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,861