Life Portrait Artists
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Chaises Longues Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,429 £1,215
Bateau pour Formentera
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,251 £1,063
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,340
Archangel Michaela
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
£804 £683
16:00 Catagne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,206 £1,025
Ocean Beach San Francisco
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 90 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
£1,340 £1,139
Rue de Paris
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,251 £1,063
Joueurs de foot Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,251 £1,063
Sieste au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4 inch
£715
Portrait XII
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
£3,752
Flowers & picture book
Su Yu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,054 £1,746
Souvenir d’un café parisien
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 65 x 80 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 inch
£4,466
The thoughtful mood
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£759 £531
Ballerina, the dark room II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£715 £429
La chanson d'amour du papillon
Yutao Ge
Painting - 60 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
£3,930
Bouée rouge, temps suspendu I
Maude Ovize
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,144
Bain estival - Premiers pas
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£2,501
Sans titre 10 (DED359708)
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£214
Bateau, 7 personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,206 £1,025
Think of a place we could go
Jana & JS
Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£2,188
Untitled (with dog)
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
£715 £607
Montagne Sainte-Victote
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 23.6 inch
£1,251
Portrait de Margot
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12 inch
£447
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.