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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I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135
After the party #27
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 79.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.5 x 31.4 x 1 inch
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The Dreams of a Voyeur ?
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch
$2,900
Jeune fille à la serviette
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Promenade du dimanche
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Harmonie bleue
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$356
Goodbye Yesterday
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Harmonie rose
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$356
Beyond childhood
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,729
Déambulation
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,966
Very difficult ease.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,200
Un été à Paris
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,127
Morning Sunbathing
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,032
Sometimes At The Beach - 21st Century
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,750
Nothing Feels Better Than True Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,799
Impression florale
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Série noire
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
La penseuse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
2 CV Flower Power
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,780
I don't trust my memories (oblivious)
Jana & JS
Painting - 23 x 60 cm Painting - 9.1 x 23.6 inch
$463
King, queen and pins
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 85 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
September forest paradise apples
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 70 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,610
Let's save, let's get up
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 130 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Knock - you will open
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,305
Witness the time. Sunset
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Under the cover of a crane
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
Café Saint Georges
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$297
And Now Summer Has Left…
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,056
Bathing at sunset
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,032
A person's walk through blogs
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 120 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,084
The mistress of the house
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,203
Flight of Meletus
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,084
Running from a thunderstorm
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
Tiktok girl dancing - Right part of the diptych
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
Tiktok man jumping - Left part of the diptych
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
I want to go home
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,610
Experts are conducting the investigation
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 80 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
