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

J+ Bruxelles

J+ Sérigraphie 2

Chomp Chomp

L'éveil

Paris la nuit

The Hug

N° 1014 Fugato risoluto.

Départ

Old Books Street, Shanghai

NY Sbarro

Ideal plans

Cruising

Arbre de vie

Sans issue

Support System (Respect) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Construction

By My Side 1

City Crossing

Giada e Agata

Akihabara Street

Together

Nighttime Township

Autour du fleuve

Casa Abelló

Workday Conversations

Picasso Jazz #2

Compra en el mercadillo

L'envole I - préchauffage

Cubisme 2.0

Untitled

The Poacher

Rest

Futuristic London at night from Nunhead Reservoir

Hercules

Attelage de rêve

Les pinces

Untitled 1

Wash day

N° 373 A l'auberge, l'hiver.

Els sons d'un 23 d'abril

Arapa das bestas

Hello Father Christmas

Les chats

I want to break free

Antique funky London

Le loup

Le départ

Untitled 2

Lundi de Saint Louis

Plaça Prim. Reus

La Gare du Nord

Unbound

All Around the World

Brûlage

Procida

Terrasse des paresseux

Conversation Pit

MacDonald - Mascate

Yoko Ono

Pub no.1

Temperature reach critical level

Streets of Bamako, Mali_4 (Small format)

Mama

Les deux phares

No smoking

All Quiet on the Western Front

Sans titre 4 (DED359702)