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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Lively Life Scenes

Relajados, 'Toni y Toro'

Bloco da alegria

Tropical paradise

No ritma da alegria

Joy will prevail

Bluetime favella

Flow of joy

Colorindo nossas vidas

Alegria carnavalesca

The city waking up

N° 1144 La deuxième fille.

N° 1143 La première fille

N° 1142 Le mari N° 1

N° 1141 Elle, à trente ans.

N° 1140 Le fils.

N° 1139 Le mari N° 1

N° 1127 Elle et la mère malade.

N° 1126 Elle, à vingt ans.

N° 1125 Elle, à douze ans donc.

N° 1215 Saint Martin de Ré.

N° 957 Oum Kalsoum

N° 953 Stefan Zweig

N° 929 Pina Bausch

An Imaginary New York

Le Passage, Study 3

Le Passage, Study 2

Le Passage, Study 1

The library

The Fortress

Plaça Mercadal Reus. Nocturn

Tales of a Sea Dog Family - Viking

Plaça Mercadal, Reus

Barcelona, Plaça Dr Andreu

Vermut

Jour de ville

The Free Trade

Appartamento in estate #2

Pendulum

Wind

La Moisson

N° 1271 Massada. Les Brésiliens.

N° 1269 Massada. L’ouverture.

N° 1266 Bethléem. Basilique de la Nativité.

N° 1263 Jérusalem. Ces justes couleurs glanées.

Ritratto

Go Figure

Ladder III

Ladder II

Two Girls

Ladder

N° 1233 Haïfa. Mont Carmel.

N° 1227 Abu Gosh. Dans le village 2.

N° 1224 Abu Gosh. Office dominical.

Pathways

Thinking

Field of Dreams

Ventana. Marisol

Sombras. Antonio Banderas

Mirada-I

Apaleado

L'enlèvement de la poule aux oeufs d'or

Market canopies

Black Tuesday

Shades of Blue

Rosignano Solvay

Rooftop Study I