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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Introportrait à la nuit
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,983
Variations sur l'introportrait
David Jamin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,034
Lecteur au fauteuil rouge
David Jamin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,025
Dots (woman enjoying painting by Larry Poons)
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,898
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
Girl by the Window
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,151
L.A 2 Personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,661
Bouée rouge, temps suspendu I
Maude Ovize
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,542
Cannes La Croisette
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,661
Comme chien et chat
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
La vie en couleur II
Maude Ovize
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,542
Lanzarote Famara 02
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 72 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,661
Water reflection with bird
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 69.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.4 x 0 inch
$2,242
Mediterranean street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,424
Underwater Light Blue No2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,542
Bain estival - Premiers pas
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,898
Bateau pour Formentera
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,017