Lively Life Scenes

The attempt to capture a moment fascinated the Impressionist painters of 19th century France. Their loose, rapid brushstrokes sought to create a snapshot of a scene before them. However, it can be argued that an element of realism is necessary to ensure that the artist is indeed a witness to a scene bursting with vitality. In the years that predated the emergence of the Impressionist artists, artists like Edouard Manet were moving away from a background in realism and using such scenes to redefine the artist’s ability to immortalize a moment. In his Music in the Tuileries (1862), the artist is present in the scene himself. As a fashionable and wealthy crowd gathers in this garden of Paris, the musicians aren’t even visible, but the viewer can almost hear the children playing or the strains of music over the incessant chattering of a gathered crowd. With Manet in the scene, off to the far left, clutching a cane - he offers an understanding of how to retell this lively life scene, he was there. Frantically painted faces suggest constant movement, whilst thick tree trunks separate the crowd only for a moment. In Artsper’s own selection of works, elbow your way through the works depicted by Michel Boulet, or indeed through the crowded scenes of Marco Santaniello as he conveys the energy from the everyday life of those who fill the streets.

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Lively Life Scenes

Rockstar

Dramatic Dialogue

New Dimension

In the Shelter of Morning Light

A normal day in the camps

Gare du Nord

Girls in a Taxi

Women Running

Ready To Serve

Swaying to the Music

Childs Play

Ice Cream

Joy Riders

Signals

Paying Homage

Dinner and a Movie

Sharing An Apple

N° 948 Virginia Woolf

N° 943 Agatha Christie

N° 942 Giuseppe Verdi

N° 940 Léo Ferré.

N° 939 Simone de Beauvoir.

N° 931 Barbara

Femmes

Par dessus les grillages 2

L'attente

Luce serale dopo la pioggia

Entrando nel parco di notte

Luce e ombra vicino casa

The Bay Dog

Tramonto freddo

Via Lazio di sera

Parmigiano grattugiato

Motorbike Tsunami

Walking Tall (Respect)

Estudi (Sol d'hivern)

Sunbath

Summertime

Simpler days II

Daylight Walk

Regard complice

Passage

Shore break

Tell me more

Poppies

Blue 32

Juicy

Japanese Ikebana

Deserted Desert

Crumbling Ice

Bulls Eye

Country Living

Sea Turtles

Gorilla

Open Gate

Branding Iron

Monarch

Balcony

Harvest

Surf Summer

Winter Ashore

Lines and Curves

Beach Car

The Evening Meal

In a Pig's Eye

Unwanted Attention