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![Painting, Best friends, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180009_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Little Woman, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178830_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moment de Tambour avec un seau, Victorien Bazo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176926_1_grid.jpg)
Moment de Tambour avec un seau
Victorien Bazo
Painting - 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€3,200
![Painting, Sisters at a Picnic in the Garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161898_1_grid.jpg)
Sisters at a Picnic in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,700
![Painting, White Transparent Apples, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155861_1_grid.jpg)
White Transparent Apples
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Print, Autum 4, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My dear princess, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Echantillon, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maria, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039352_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Janne, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two Girls on the Roadside, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722375_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le dompteur, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133337_1_grid.jpg)
Le dompteur
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.9 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Terrasse à Tunis, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133295_1_grid.jpg)
Terrasse à Tunis
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Promenade au bord de la Moselle, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117902_1_grid.jpg)
Promenade au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, La Maison de Rabelais, Metz, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117851_1_grid.jpg)
La Maison de Rabelais, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 inch
€800
![Painting, Deux amies, Christiane Simon-Roques](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160884_1_grid.jpg)
Deux amies
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Fine Art Drawings, Étude pour "Malou cavalière", Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086284_1_grid.jpg)
Étude pour "Malou cavalière"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
€4,100
![Painting, Equestrienne 2, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Memories, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934157_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passion, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384311_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, William Dunas Dance, Pamela-American Dance Festival, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197408_1_grid.jpg)
William Dunas Dance, Pamela-American Dance Festival
Alex Katz
Print - 74.9 x 50.8 cm Print - 29.5 x 20 inch
€1,161
![Painting, Le Lac, Carole Leprince](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/938607_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Early class, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/709353_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sand castles, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/709347_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nina, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622392_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strangers, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jean i Nina, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/617091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La partida, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/617079_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Small lives, scene 2, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/428994_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Small lives, scene 1, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/428988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tous les jours, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/305812_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Primavera, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magical Forest, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017647_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gardens Guests, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window to the secret garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977372_1_grid.jpg)
Window to the secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Angel Painting - Secret garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977369_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Angel Painting - Blue dream story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867104_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Blue dream story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Préparatifs, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1834233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'Oeil en Coulisse, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223955_1_grid.jpg)
L'Oeil en Coulisse
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€6,100
![Painting, Sea crowd II, Marta Lafuente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174686_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maserati, Boreli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28982_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Wanegaine, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gondolier devant la Punta della Dogana, Venise, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709244_1_grid.jpg)
Gondolier devant la Punta della Dogana, Venise
Camille Hilaire
Painting - 45.5 x 62 cm Painting - 17.9 x 24.4 inch
€2,850
![Painting, Quo Vadis, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384230_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eve?, Dima Filatov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165828_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je l'ai sur le pouce, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178454_1_grid.jpg)
Je l'ai sur le pouce
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
![Painting, Pastors lake, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forest road 4, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1814367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Don't go to the Garden of Flowers, Natia Sapanadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1566270_1_grid.jpg)
Don't go to the Garden of Flowers
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch
€2,600
![Print, Two figures, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537182_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marta & Ciara (City series), Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537170_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Anne (an ice cream for Anne), Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537143_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Girl on red, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537128_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rod and Stella (City series), Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537125_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Red jumper, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537077_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lucy at the swimming pool, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537059_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lucy D., Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moth, Natia Sapanadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446411_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Daily Monologue, Natia Sapanadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446393_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kiss, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hold Me Tight, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384302_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky over the city, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373796_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Workers, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Atomic fridge, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Manege et cheval, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140572_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Opera Garnier, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deux velos, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toit rouge, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notre dame, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1576224_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shopping, Carole Leprince](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Despedida, Pipi Pírez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416747_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les piscines 5, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les piscines 3, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183089_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les piscines 3, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183088_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les piscines 1, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petal Reflections, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Deux Chaises longues, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086269_1_grid.jpg)
Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€15,800
![Painting, Mano a mano, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225158_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prunes bleues, Prunes jaunes, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209378_1_grid.jpg)
Prunes bleues, Prunes jaunes
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
€16,300
![Painting, Evasion, Anna-Lisa Unkuri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/746046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Running back, Anna-Lisa Unkuri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/746037_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Là-bas, AE2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring girl in the window, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051238_1_grid.jpg)
Spring girl in the window
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€967
![Painting, Female portrait, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051058_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sunset Cove, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflection, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384329_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Man, Anna Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Truth, Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/121486_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moviegoer, Dima Filatov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hopeful of the dream city, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000394_1_grid.jpg)
Hopeful of the dream city
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,887 €1,699
![Painting, Come see me, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In her favorite color 1, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964934_1_grid.jpg)
In her favorite color 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,161 €1,045
![Painting, Declined expectation, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964844_1_grid.jpg)
Declined expectation
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,161 €1,045
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.