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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Rue de Rome

Skaters24

Le hall de gare

Water lily garden

Monet garden

Eve?

Diffraction II

À Bicyclette

Bloom of Consciousness

Petal Reflections

Fruits of our faith

The sprouts of my confidence

Let's look to the future with hope

Au tribunal

Venice-where love live

Tranquil Pond Symphony

Singing in the rain

For the first time I see myself so clearly

Madonna with roses

Bibliothèque au fauteuil rouge

We can cry and laugh together

I will play until sunrise

Temporary escape

Sister, do you remember sea#2

Jeux amoureux (Etude)

Tropical light (Etude)

Les belles histoires

Peacock

Tant qu'il y aura des fleurs

Même profil

Accord parfait

Les oiseaux voyageurs

Les oiseaux voyageurs

Seascape Landscape, Sea Painting - Monet Cliff

I was lost but I'm found

Garden guardian

My dear princess

Vera (Trust)

L'éloquent

L'appel des couleurs

Les oiseaux amoureux

Benjamin Franklin Pop Art Painting - Antifragile

Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines

Jazz band

Portrait

Women can do anything!

Promise of eternal friendship

Childhood

White cat

Fleurs d'été

Threads of soulmates

Reflecting pool (Etude)

Bird

Aquarium No1

Summer Green

Dandy

Douceur

Olivia

Spring Fields

Les Copains

Le Grand Soir, scène 14

Café de Paris

Spring brings hope

Let's keep them for ourselves

While waiting call for dinner

Look at this beauty, honey