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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Witness the time. Dawn
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$942
The Little Princess in the Bank
Su Yu
Painting - 120 x 150 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 2.4 inch
$22,650
Underwater Blue Pink
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 130 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$5,007
Sleepy Lagoon
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 133 x 99.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 52.4 x 39.2 x 0 inch
$5,722
Mediterranean Street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 120 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,457
Water reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 120.5 x 59.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.4 x 23.5 x 0 inch
$4,292
On The Hill in the Valley
Alexander Levich
Painting - 130 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,034
A Day That is Passing By
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,649
Effets d'eau
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
The Woman In the Red Canoe
Donovan Rose
Painting - 92 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,718
Transparence urbaine
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Combi VW Seventies
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Composition aux groseilles blanches
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,742
Les amitiés solitaires
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$5,365
Attendre
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,696
The rear window
Alejandra Caballero
Painting - 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,530
Adversary on the asphalt
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
Contemporary Dancers
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 99.5 x 125.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.2 x 49.4 x 0 inch
$3,815
Excitingly Waiting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
A Frenchman in London
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Pour le meilleur ou pour le pire
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,742
Série : Mois de juin - 4ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 85 x 125 x 5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 49.2 x 2 inch
$15,485
Reflets du désert
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Résonances urbaines
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Vibration végétale
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Vespa bleue
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Stay Bold, Stay Gold
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
Thanksgiving Day
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,649