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.

Eden VI (Etude)

Maude Ovize

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

€1,000

New-York love

Rico Sab

Painting . 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€868

Salumi e formaggi

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Révéler

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Big Jump

Dima Filatov

Painting . 200 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Nicole 2 Silkscreen Print, Hand Signed, PP 4/4

Alex Katz

Print . 149.9 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 59 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€12,788

Around Shinsekai, Osaka

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 79 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.1 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,500

Before performance

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Skaters California

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Outfit

Su Yu

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Souvenir d’éléphant

Marc Desgrandchamps

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€50,000

Au commencement

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Matelot

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

Fais ce qu'il te plaît

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 146 x 114 x 10 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 3.9 inch

€5,300

Midsummer Night Blues

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,250

Les amoureux au bord de la Moselle

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 4.1 inch

€800

Dancer 2 (Cutout), rare aluminum sculpture

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 73.7 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm Sculpture . 29 x 21 x 3 inch

€16,076

Gavinana

Luigi Iona

Painting . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€150

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 96 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.8 x 28 x 0 inch

€2,100

Brisk Day Aquatint

Alex Katz

Print . 91 x 73 x 0.15 cm Print . 35.8 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch

€30,142

Jump2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Les inspirations de Basquiat

Alione

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

N° 890 Le château de Fortis.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch

€1,000

Dancer 2 (Cutout)

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 74 x 53 x 8 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 20.9 x 3.1 inch

€20,095

Moment of Wonder - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,690 €1,352

Les VRP du Seigneur

Alain Godon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch

€33,000

Eden II

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Flora

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,850

Les Jardins du Majectic, Cannes

Camille Hilaire

Print . 66 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€300

A summer day

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,250

Latona 2

Marc Desgrandchamps

Print . 70.2 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€900

Panto Dame (framed, hand signed serigraph)

Beryl Cook

Print . 67.9 x 52.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 26.75 x 20.75 x 0.1 inch

€1,370

The Artist and His Visions

Gegham Hunanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€411

Frozen Immortality

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Love duo

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Self portrait with between clock and bed

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,799

Famara 04

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,400

Unified Emotion

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Pain

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Starting Block

AE2

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

€2,000 €1,800

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 113 x 71.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.5 x 28.1 x 0 inch

€2,200

Reflection II

Alex Katz

Print . 104 x 78.7 x 0.01 cm Print . 40.9 x 31 x 0 inch

€8,800

Les Indépendantes

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Canotage sur la Moselle, Metz

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 12.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.5 x 5 inch

€800

A Bird in the Hand

Beryl Cook

Print . 66 x 53.3 x 5.1 cm Print . 26 x 21 x 2 inch

€2,192

Wonder Woman

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch

€2,900

Couleurs ondulantes

Maude Ovize

Painting . 85 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Morning Glory

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,096

Cover Book #2

Jana & JS

Painting . 27.5 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€950

Robe rouge

Xavier Jambon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Moment of Affection - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,690 €1,352

La chute de Lehmann Brothers

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 47 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

Corso Mazzini Cosenza

Marco Santaniello

Print . 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€300

Stars

Rico Sab

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Ragazza davanti muro rosa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 90 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€520

Vivien (On Green)

Alex Katz

Print . 81 x 61 cm Print . 31.9 x 24 inch

€8,500

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

The spring fairy

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400 €980

Spending a night scooping up the stars

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 45.5 x 33.3 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 13.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

A Jetty

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Latona 3

Marc Desgrandchamps

Print . 70.2 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€900

Jessica (Cutout, Weather Vane), rare aluminum sculpture

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 174 x 36.2 x 25.4 cm Sculpture . 68.5 x 14.25 x 10 inch

€14,578

Changes

Jana & JS

Painting . 45 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

J+ Sérigraphie 2

Gaëtan de Séguin

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300

Bête à cornes

Topolino

Painting . 150 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,500

Gardenworld

Alain Godon

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€35,000

Le Forum à Rome

Camille Hilaire

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300

On ne sait plus où on habite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,700

Force florale

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,545

Confidences

Sophie Geider

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

American Dance Festival 1987

Alex Katz

Print . 152.4 x 77.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 60 x 30.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,096

Tropical

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Opale

Hélène Hubert

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

€1,250

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,682

The Velvet season

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 110 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,150

After Hours

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,250

La Course

Clara Delaporte

Photography . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Wee Saw

Helen Uter

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,500

The ballet lover II

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Estructuras Vivas

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,900

Legacy

Mathieu Questel

Print . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€250

Redención

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€4,500

Skate Park Venice Beach

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Balance

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Oiseau de feu V2

Sébastien Nadin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

No

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,279

Wall of Quiet

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch

€2,900

Workday Conversations

Gegham Hunanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€320

Essaouira, souvenir de la Medina

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,000

Building My Cozy Hut

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 93 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

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