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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La chanson d'amour du papillon
Yutao Ge
Painting - 60 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
€4,800
Jeune fille et le cygne
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Retour de pêche à Niolon
Jean-Marc Guillaume
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,950
Jeunes filles de Pont-Aven
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Bussaghia, Bouée Bleue
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
€1,100
Formentera Ses Illêtes 09
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,400
Le clown Auguste sur la piste
Camille Hilaire
Painting - 53 x 36.5 cm Painting - 20.9 x 14.4 inch
€1,850
Bain de soleil
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€12,200
Underwater Turquoise Red
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100.5 x 113 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.6 x 44.5 x 0 inch
€11,998
Underwater Pastel
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
€6,800
Un séisme ordinaire
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
L'uomo Che Guarda - V
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€890
L’uomo Che Guarda – X
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€890
Dedicated to Gauguin
Alexander Levich
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€870
The Dreams of a Voyeur ?
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch
€2,640
Serie vidas minúsculas 10
Marta Lafuente
Painting - 14 x 14 x 5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 inch
€325
Serie vidas minúsculas 16
Marta Lafuente
Painting - 14 x 14 x 5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 inch
€325
Jeune fille à la serviette
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
La liseuse
Camille Hilaire
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 1 inch
Price upon request
Eclaboussé d'eau et de lumière
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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7 Personnages Arone
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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Bussaghia Bateau Blanc
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
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Santa Giulia Ponton 02
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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Scène au Figuier de Barbarie
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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I will wait near sunflowers
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch
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