Lively Life Scenes
The attempt to capture a moment fascinated the Impressionist painters of 19th century France. Their loose, rapid brushstrokes sought to create a snapshot of a scene before them. However, it can be argued that an element of realism is necessary to ensure that the artist is indeed a witness to a scene bursting with vitality. In the years that predated the emergence of the Impressionist artists, artists like Edouard Manet were moving away from a background in realism and using such scenes to redefine the artist’s ability to immortalize a moment. In his Music in the Tuileries (1862), the artist is present in the scene himself. As a fashionable and wealthy crowd gathers in this garden of Paris, the musicians aren’t even visible, but the viewer can almost hear the children playing or the strains of music over the incessant chattering of a gathered crowd. With Manet in the scene, off to the far left, clutching a cane - he offers an understanding of how to retell this lively life scene, he was there. Frantically painted faces suggest constant movement, whilst thick tree trunks separate the crowd only for a moment. In Artsper’s own selection of works, elbow your way through the works depicted by Michel Boulet, or indeed through the crowded scenes of Marco Santaniello as he conveys the energy from the everyday life of those who fill the streets.
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Ville d'un jour
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Stillness and Motion
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€371
Window to the Ocean
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Together at last
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 73 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
La huella del tiempo
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 70 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Fontaine de Jouvence 1
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 130 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,730
A Tournament of Knights
Joe Lasker
Painting - 21.6 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 15 x 2 inch
€2,179
Orthodox Boys Williamsburg I Brooklyn
Joe Lasker
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 2 inch
€927
Orthodox Boys Williamsburg II Brooklyn
Joe Lasker
Painting - 21.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 11 x 2 inch
€927
Alexander the Great Breaking the Stallion
Joe Lasker
Painting - 15.2 x 36.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 6 x 14.5 x 2 inch
€1,808
What Are You Looking For?
Layla Dagher
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€7,234
La hija vestida de novia
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,400
White, la rue qui dit toujours
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,200
Bistrot d'un jour
Christian Raffin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
El primer passeig
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€5,400
Sailors Fighting in the Dancehall
Ray Richardson
Painting - 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
L'Envole II
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 130 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 51.2 x 1.4 inch
€2,750 €2,475
Plaça Mercadal Reus. Nocturn
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 32 x 85 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch
€990
Round Vibrant View of London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€260
Mercadillo de pueblo
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 52.5 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 20.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Sentados en las Ramblas
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 80.5 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,300
Amigos en el café Zurich
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Señoritas en el burdel
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
Descansando en el Caribe
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,100
Pintores de la Rambla
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 64.5 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
Peace@Last vert
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 60 x 93 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,000
Bloco da alegria
Christine Drummond
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 inch
€6,585
Tropical paradise
Christine Drummond
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
€8,347
No ritma da alegria
Christine Drummond
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
€10,202
Joy will prevail
Christine Drummond
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 2 inch
€5,472
Bluetime favella
Christine Drummond
Painting - 101.6 x 71.1 x 10.2 cm Painting - 40 x 28 x 4 inch
€7,234
Colorindo nossas vidas
Christine Drummond
Painting - 80 x 80 x 10.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 4 inch
€6,399
Alegria carnavalesca
Christine Drummond
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 10.2 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 inch
€7,419
N° 954 Suzanne Valadon
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
N° 1258 Jérusalem. Monastère Deir es-Sultan 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€460
Le Passage, Study 3
Antoine Rose
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€8,400
Le Passage, Study 2
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€12,500