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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Je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,126
Comme chien et chat
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
Mon instinct maternel débordant !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
On the Roof ("Jump" series)
Dima Filatov
Painting - 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch
$906
Les Indépendantes
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,815
Italian Futurists in Paris
Dima Filatov
Painting - 74 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 29.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$739
I want to ride my bicycle
Dima Filatov
Painting - 72 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch
$894
On ne sait plus où on habite
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,570
Série : Mois de juin - 6ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 90 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$15,485
Equilibrium part 1
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Big cone series Fairy tales
Dima Filatov
Painting - 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$715
Zebras' booties
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,126
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
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
