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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Avalon-Tapestry 2

Poisson bleu Opéra

Rue chanoinesse

Notre-Dame et bateau mouche

First light

N° 998 La nausée

N° 994 Ce sont amis que vent emporte

N° 982 Gaspard de la nuit.

N° 602 La Commanderie 1.

N° 494 Le Lac vu du château de Chatillon.

Facade of Survival

Le jeu le plus dangereux

Eating in Hongik University Area, Seoul

Old & New Taipei

Taipei Main Station Area

La belle époque

Fruit market in Embakasi

Market day in Kawangware

Pluto

Mister mignon

Rockstar

It's you?

Mujer y amante

N° 1211 La Rochelle. Parc Charruyer.

N° 1189 Aix. La station de taxi.

N° 891 Quiétude dans la plaine

N° 987 Mathématiques.

N° 986 Un mot pour un autre.

N° 834 Rojus. La maison condamnée

N° 725 Conjux. Les dessous du port.

Hey carrot

Krazty Betty

Magik Paris 2024

Magik Paris 2024

Monde extatique

Thor

Hey Batman

Amazing Superman

Madonna

Paris 2024

Opera Garnier

Silent Protest

Inner Rhythm

Mains

Rhythms in Blue

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

N° 972 En garde !

De-ci, de-là...

Feng Chia Night Market Taichung

Squatter Building in Berlin

Sbarro, NYC

San Marco, Venezia

Victoria Street, Edinburgh

Dotonbori, Osaka

Bleecker Street and Lafayette, NY

Folk in Krakow Square

Hennessy Road, HK

From M29 in Kreuzberg

Edinburgh View

Brighton boardwalk, UK

Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg

Ranch Chivalry

Flamenco Seville

Tokyo Alley

Red

Cascais Beach, Portugal