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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Call of the Road
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
Call of the Road – II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
Over the Hills – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Over the Hills – II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Project Gravity.#16.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 130 x 89.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
€5,097
A touch of a dream
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 115 x 137 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 53.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,725
Where is the borscht
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,550
Meeting in the forest with a curator
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 185 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 72.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,750
Squirrel curator
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
Portrait of an Elderly Gentleman.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 115.3 x 150.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 45.4 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€5,916
I've never ridden an elephan
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 185 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 72.8 x 0.8 inch
€3,100
On the way to a dream
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 190 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Winter Flowers (From the Series “The Seasons”, Winter)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
White and Blue Canoe (From the Series “The Seasons”, Summer)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 2 inch
€3,650
PAPARAZZI2 : WHISPERS IN THE SHADOWS
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 146 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 70.9 x 2 inch
€6,600
Running on Empty
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 165 x 115 x 3.5 cm Painting - 65 x 45.3 x 1.4 inch
€6,165 €5,548
Epilogue
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€4,809 €4,328
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
I structure my thoughts
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Now I know what it's like to love myself
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Our strange paradise
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€900
Who we really are?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Everything is as it should be
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
Let’s sin together dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
We will protect you,dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800