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.
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No Heroes in Trouble Time
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$27,286
Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$18,744
Coccinelle vert bronze
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Aronde turquoise
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
Una piazza, in estate
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,322
Black Dress; Yvonne
Alex Katz
Sculpture - 63.5 x 20.3 x 7.9 cm Sculpture - 25 x 8 x 3.1 inch
$26,850
Who Deserves My Flower Most - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Women
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Princess of Dominance - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Beauty in Blackness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Anyways Life is Great - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
When I Choose To Be Myself 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
When I Choose To Be Myself 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Catch Me While I Care - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Feeling Awesome - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Silence of Attention - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Men
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Always Full of Cuteness
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,500
How Long Will I Have To Wait
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,850
Marilyn Monroe
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$3,084
Moment of Stillness
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Bond - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love, Dog, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,600
Running from the wave 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$536
Birds and beach
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 93 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 36.6 x 0 inch
$9,253
Water reflection No 2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 210 x 111.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 43.9 x 0 inch
$30,845
Water Reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 102 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$6,999
Take my Picture With the Yacht in the Background
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,424
Dressing for dance
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$817
Two young ballerinas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$674
The Little Princess in the Bank
Su Yu
Painting - 120 x 150 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 2.4 inch
$22,540
No Heroes in Troubled Times
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$27,286
No Interview at the Intersection
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 540 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 212.6 x 2.4 inch
$56,351
Contemporary Dancers
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 99.5 x 125.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.2 x 49.4 x 0 inch
$3,796
"Button in the room" - part 2
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 60.5 x 52 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,127
A circus girl and her best friend
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,127
Note turquoise
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Portrait de femme
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,424
On The Hill in the Valley
Alexander Levich
Painting - 130 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,999
Water reflection No2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 160 x 210 x 0.1 cm Painting - 63 x 82.7 x 0 inch
$26,099
A Day That is Passing By
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,627