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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Pampelonne
Antoine Rose
Photography - 77 x 175 x 0.5 cm Photography - 30.3 x 68.9 x 0.2 inch
$11,905
What's Taking Them So Long?
Wencke Uhl
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
Cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Paris
François Boisrond
Print - 21 x 27 x 0.2 cm Print - 8.3 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$417
Prima Prima Ballerina
Wencke Uhl
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,400
Spiagge bianche study II
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$15,001
Shade of blues
Antoine Rose
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$9,643
N° 780 Champfleury 3. La plage des 'nudistes'.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
$952
Un jour calme à la campagne
Lucia Buccini
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,905
Red Old School
Antoine Rose
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$5,000
Montmartre à paques
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,548
202 Mott Street, NY
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 67 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,381
Passeig pel mercantic
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,619
Picnic In the Shade
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
Shoes in Berlin
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 50 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,976
L'Ecureuil combattant
Sébastien Nadin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$714
L'écureuil de Mongolie
Sébastien Nadin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$714
N°1274 Le désarroi de la mer Morte.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$655
N°1267 Bethléem. Basilique de la Nativité 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$691
N° 1264 Jérusalem. Mont Sion.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$667
Bologna Street Around City Centre
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,381
N° 1007 Bruscamente con bravura.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$952
L'un contre l'autre
Christian Raffin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,262
Funny Paris Barcelona Bruxelles
Rico Sab
Painting - 89 x 116 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,131
Facade of Survival
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 90 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$881
Tropical Beauty
Christine Drummond
Painting - 91.4 x 45.7 x 10.2 cm Painting - 36 x 18 x 4 inch
$5,900
Stay puppy Wonder Woman
Rico Sab
Painting - 130 x 97 x 1.8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.7 inch
$1,607
N° 1209 La Rochelle. Le marché dedans.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$619
N° 994 Ce sont amis que vent emporte
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$595
N° 982 Gaspard de la nuit.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch
$952
N° 602 La Commanderie 1.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
$952
N° 494 Le Lac vu du château de Chatillon.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$952
Perfect Stranger (The One Time Encounter)
Ephraim Udoka
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 1 inch
$850
Boards in Ximen District, Taipei
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,595
Eating in Hongik University Area, Seoul
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,762
Old & New Taipei
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,953
Taipei Main Station Area
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,167
Cheminées de carnaval
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 70 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
