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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Effets d'eau
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
€3,300
Étude pour Clémentine & Café
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
€4,100
I put a spell on you
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,350
The Woman In the Red Canoe
Donovan Rose
Painting - 92 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€2,280 €1,824
Transparence urbaine
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Water Reflection No 4
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,800
Catechismo Classe 5
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Étude pour "Malou cavalière"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
€4,100
Un dimanche à Paris
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Combi VW Seventies
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Composition aux groseilles blanches
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Paysage à Troyes. ( Bassin de la Préfecture).
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 73 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,500
Bateaux à Honfleur
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 80 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
€1,200
Port D'Honfleur.
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
Bateaux à Perros-Guirec
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Racconto di una sera
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
The Troubadour's Love
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Unstable bouquet.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch
€2,104
Les amitiés solitaires
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Attendre
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€3,100
Synergie
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Don't go to the Garden of Flowers
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch
€2,600
Weekend by the sea
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€510
Susanna and the Elders
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€690
The rear window
Alejandra Caballero
Painting - 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,800
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
€12,989
The Dream will Continue
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
€85,000
Expectation. Allegory.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch
€2,378
Chat gourmand
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 85.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 33.7 x 0.4 inch
€7,700
Adversary on the asphalt
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
A Little Secret
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,900
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
€2,607