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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La huella del tiempo
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 70 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,619
Together at last
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 73 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$5,357
A Tournament of Knights
Joe Lasker
Painting - 21.6 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 15 x 2 inch
$2,350
Orthodox Boys Williamsburg I Brooklyn
Joe Lasker
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 2 inch
$1,000
Orthodox Boys Williamsburg II Brooklyn
Joe Lasker
Painting - 21.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 8.5 x 11 x 2 inch
$1,000
Alexander the Great Breaking the Stallion
Joe Lasker
Painting - 15.2 x 36.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 6 x 14.5 x 2 inch
$1,950
Stillness and Motion
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$400
Window to the Ocean
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
La hija vestida de novia
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,667
N° 1097 Prague 2. Le défi de la Place de la Vieille Ville
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Fontaine de Jouvence 1
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 130 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,250
What Are You Looking For?
Layla Dagher
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$7,800
Ville d'un jour
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,810
African flavor
Christine Drummond
Painting - 71.1 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 28 x 20 x 2 inch
$4,100
Sailors Fighting in the Dancehall
Ray Richardson
Painting - 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$8,929
El primer passeig
Mónica Castanys
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,429
Plaça Mercadal Reus
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,929
Ella, la barca y tu
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,929
Round Vibrant View of London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$310
Mercadillo de pueblo
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 52.5 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 20.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,905
Sentados en las Ramblas
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 80.5 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,738
Amigos en el café Zurich
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,905
Señoritas en el burdel
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Descansando en el Caribe
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,500
Pintores de la Rambla
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 64.5 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,429
N° 954 Suzanne Valadon
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Peace@Last vert
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 60 x 93 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,381
White, la rue qui dit toujours
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,810
Bistrot d'un jour
Christian Raffin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Vivre pour vivre
Ray Richardson
Painting - 168 x 107 x 2 cm Painting - 66.1 x 42.1 x 0.8 inch
$16,667
N° 1262 Jérusalem. Le Saint Sépulcre 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,310
N° 1250 Jérusalem. Le Kotel. Section Nord.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,083
N° 1246 Jérusalem. Mont du Temple.* MG.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,548
N° 1245 Palais d’Hisham. * MG.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
N° 1099 Prague 4. La maison municipale b. Le petit coin.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$476
N° 1003 A due a capella.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$417
Relajados, 'Toni y Toro'
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 92 x 73 x 1.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.6 inch
$4,167