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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N° 1218 Oléron. Le Port des Salines 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 inch
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Echoes of Reflection
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Funky Metropolis London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
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When you come to see me
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 60 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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The Little Gold Dress
Wencke Uhl
Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch
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Algeria do carnival
Christine Drummond
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
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Africain Flavors II
Christine Drummond
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 10.2 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 inch
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Morros dos prazeres
Christine Drummond
Painting - 61 x 61 x 10.2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 4 inch
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Party on the rooftop
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Niña entretenida
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 65 x 45 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 1.4 inch
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Anticipation in Bloom
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
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N° 837 Chessine 2. Le parc du château.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
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Manège Trudaine
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
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Au feu rouge
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 15.7 inch
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Vintage Metropolis London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 30 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1243 Bet She’an. Scythopolis 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1235 Saint-Jean d’Acre 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1204 La Rochelle. Le café de la Paix.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1192 Rochefort. Régate.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1184 Ile d'Aix. France ou Amazonie ?
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1167 Rochefort. L'accro-mâts
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1041 The Argyll Arms 4
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1187 Ile d'Aix. En balade 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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You, me, break, Friday
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 90 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
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Walking in Barcelona
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 73 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
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