Pictorial Genre

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.

Chorégraphie

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Landscape

Alex Katz

Print . 66 x 112 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 44.1 x 0 inch

€10,000

Turner Tribute

Alexander Levich

Painting . 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Roma

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 46 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Au Cap Martin

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 55 x 74 cm Painting . 21.7 x 29.1 inch

€2,300

Vivien in Black Hat, Rare Screen Print, Hand Signed Ed. of 75, Framed, S. 464

Alex Katz

Print . 73 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 28.75 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€51,065

Together, Forever

Jana & JS

Painting . 100 x 121 x 7 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.6 x 2.8 inch

€5,850

Singing in the rain

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,380

Étude pour Il pleut au Luco

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Violoncello e piano forte

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 65 x 80 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 inch

€5,000

Minimal Crowd (1)

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 97 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,100

Sera Italiana

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Formentera, Parasol Rouge

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 73 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,700

Bord de l'Epte

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 28.5 x 46 cm Painting . 11.2 x 18.1 inch

€1,850

Amour Bobigny

François Boisrond

Print . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€900

Piccadilly People

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 50.5 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 19.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,511

Red Sails, 2008

Alex Katz

Print . 34.8 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€5,000

Coq

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Chantier

François Boisrond

Print . 50 x 70 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 inch

€350

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,440

Outlaw State of Mind

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 50 x 61 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 2 inch

€1,200

Rush hour

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 90.5 x 102.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.6 x 40.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Un temps pour soi

Alione

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Not everyone will be taken into the future

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Attelage de rêve

Marabout

Painting . 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€10,500 €8,400

Le plongeon pétillant (Etude)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Une religion politique

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 182 x 318 x 5 cm Painting . 71.7 x 125.2 x 2 inch

€14,000

Night: William Dunas Dance 2 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

Print . 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch

€5,471

Eyes of God (Based on painting by J. M. W. Turner)

Alexander Levich

Painting . 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Lena

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€800

St Louis Ladies

Alain Le Garsmeur

Photography . 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography . 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

€875

Astral Laundry TVs

Maria Luisa Azzini

Painting . 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch

€832

Moviegoer

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€800

Skaters24

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€300

Riding the Wind, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 53.3 x 66 x 7.6 cm Painting . 21 x 26 x 3 inch

€885

Mémoire Chromatique

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 80 x 120 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€1,900

Old Books Street, Shanghai

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 68 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Conversation Pit

Edvarda Braanaas

Print . 80 x 104 cm Print . 31.5 x 40.9 inch

€1,200

L'enlèvement de la poule aux oeufs d'or

Marabout

Print . 64 x 92 x 2 cm Print . 25.2 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €960

C´est le primtemps

Lucia Buccini

Painting . 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Bord de l'Epte

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 54 x 74 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€2,300

Compra en el mercadillo

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 54 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Arapa das bestas

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 89 x 146 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 inch

€7,800

Le luci del Litorale

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Open water

Nicole Tijoux

Painting . 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Sans issue

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 70 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

News Feed

Michael Krzeminski

Painting . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,950

Arone011

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 50 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Equilibrium part 1

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Amour Bobigny 2

François Boisrond

Print . 35 x 50 cm Print . 13.8 x 19.7 inch

€200

Yellow Flags on White

Alex Katz

Print . 61 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€8,207

Ogni Giorno

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 71.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 35 x 1 inch

€5,973

Into the woods

Jana & JS

Print . 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Untitled

Layla Dagher

Painting . 15 x 60 cm Painting . 5.9 x 23.6 inch

€950

Etude pour "Avec Mona Lisa"

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 inch

€2,000

Maisons Tessinoise

Adrien Holy

Painting . 54.5 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 21.5 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,439

Départ

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Meeting of eyes

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 73 x 116 cm Painting . 28.7 x 45.7 inch

€20,300

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,300

Tropical light (Etude)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€800

Le trafic dans le quartier

Cristiano Sidoti

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€900

The Family

Malgorzata Rozmarynowska

Painting . 54 x 65 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 inch

€2,100

Sail Shadows, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 45.7 x 50.8 x 7.6 cm Painting . 18 x 20 x 3 inch

€885

Paris la nuit

François Boisrond

Print . 55 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€600

A Ball (Dance)

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

Ramblas de Barcelona

Agustin Rio

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€999

Working day

David Jamin

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,100

Market day in Kawangware

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 70.5 x 96.5 x 2 cm Painting . 27.8 x 38 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

La grande course

Marabout

Print . 50 x 100 x 2 cm Print . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100 €880

Dollar Burger under Stars

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Amazing Lyon

Rico Sab

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€950

Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

Print . 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch

€5,471

Femme parfaite I – Serville

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 113 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,637 €3,274

Le matin, au bord de la rivière

Lucia Buccini

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Les heures paresseuses

Alione

Painting . 92 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Domenica

Pipi Pírez

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€3,530

Lets Sing Together : Enchanting Chorus

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 125 x 129 x 5 cm Painting . 49.2 x 50.8 x 2 inch

€5,700

A sky full of stars

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

stairs

Nicole Tijoux

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,600

N° 1303 Quand on est petit, on voir grand.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€520

Untitled

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 137 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 53.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Canapé Perico-Didier

Didier Lourenço

Print . 40 x 91 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

€650

God save the queen

Marabout

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

Complicité d'été (diptyque)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 116 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Eve?

Dima Filatov

Painting . 70 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€700 €630

Catechismo Classe 2

Matteo Fieno

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

MacDonald - Mascate

Annaelle Myriam Chaib

Painting . 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€2,000

Double Treble Top

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Paris Plage 1940

Marabout

Print . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,000

Choregraphie

Maude Ovize

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

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