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

Ville d'un jour

Perfect Circle

Paisleyed Up

Stillness and Motion

Tango Dancers

Ristorante San Domenico

Alto orizzonte

Pianta che muore

Notte trafficata

Ciclico

Window to the Ocean

Gladiator

Puberty

Tell me more

Wilting Hope

Warm Hospitality

The Met

See you again

London Parade

Summer in the city

La huella del tiempo

Together at last

Places To Go

A Tournament of Knights

Sea Serpent

Achtung

Orthodox Boys Williamsburg I Brooklyn

Orthodox Boys Williamsburg II Brooklyn

Alexander the Great Breaking the Stallion

Vikings

Sea Monster Apparition

Ship Camouflage

La musa del pintor

Gente

Amigos de fiesta

De copas

Mujeres de la calle

Niñas

La hija vestida de novia

White, la rue qui dit toujours

Girafes

Hippopotame

Fant

L’Envol III

Fontaine de Jouvence 1

Senza nuvole

Pensieri al muretto

Trasformazione

Gonflé

Bien être

Petite pluie

Soirée plaisir

Café

Soleil

Plaisir

Bistrot d'un jour

Delighted Pink

Division

What Are You Looking For?

Sailors Fighting in the Dancehall

El primer passeig

Paris Plage 1940

Plaça Mercadal Reus

Al mar

Ella, la barca y tu

Jour de ville