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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Water Reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,071
Preparing for ballet classes
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,363
At the beach
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 82.5 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting - 32.5 x 24.4 x 0 inch
CHF 1,071
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
CHF 584
Pret pour la baignade
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 973
Two Girls on the Roadside
Su Yu
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,460
Mediterranean Street / Rovinj
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
CHF 3,504
Saint-Tropez, Mediterranean street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 114.5 x 68 x 4 cm Painting - 45.1 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch
CHF 3,894
Mediterranean Street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHF 3,115
Aquaruim No 2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 111 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.7 x 0 inch
CHF 4,672
Gold (Hello KItty)
Dima Filatov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 681
Polo à Deauville
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.4 inch
CHF 584
Bateau, 7 personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,314
The Little Princess and Little Prince
Su Yu
Painting - 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
CHF 23,361
Café Monceau
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,460
Le Café
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,460
Lady with a Pearl Necklace
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,557
Cheminées de carnaval
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 70 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Green Skyline
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Southolm Street Londres
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,947
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,752
Poisson bleu Opéra
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,265
Notre-Dame et bateau mouche
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 876
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
CHF 14,601
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
CHF 2,628
Le piano de François
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,725
Zebras' booties
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 4,186
Le Livre-chapeau
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
CHF 3,212
A sky full of stars
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,168
Prunes bleues, Prunes jaunes
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
CHF 15,866
