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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Polo à Deauville
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.4 inch
$715
Bateau, 7 personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,609
Le train bleu (diptyque, 1/2)
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,219
Le piano de François
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,338
Zebras' booties
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,126
Ada Purple and Black (Set of Two) - Guggenheim Show Gathering in New York 2022
Alex Katz
Print - 45 x 59.7 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.5 inch
$17,882
The Little Princess and Little Prince
Su Yu
Painting - 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$28,611
Café Monceau
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
Woman in black dress
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 88 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting - 34.6 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,311
Girl with camera
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Waves Abstract
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 140 x 109.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.1 x 0 inch
$5,961
Cheminées de carnaval
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 70 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,503
Southolm Street Londres
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,146
Poisson bleu Opéra
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,073
A sky full of stars
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,431
Prunes bleues, Prunes jaunes
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
$19,432
4 CV Renault rouge
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
Autumnal landscape
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,311
Water Reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
The Mediterranean girl III
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,490
Composition In Red, Yellow And Blue
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 88.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 24 x 1 inch
$5,400
