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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Effets d'eau
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,966
Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,915
Étude pour Clémentine & Café
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,864
I put a spell on you
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,788
The Woman In the Red Canoe
Donovan Rose
Painting - 92 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$2,705 $2,164
Transparence urbaine
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Water Reflection No 4
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$4,508
Catechismo Classe 5
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,847
Étude pour "Malou cavalière"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
$4,864
Un dimanche à Paris
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
Combi VW Seventies
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Composition aux groseilles blanches
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,729
Paysage à Troyes. ( Bassin de la Préfecture).
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 73 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,966
Bateaux à Honfleur
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 80 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
$1,424
Port D'Honfleur.
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,373
Bateaux à Perros-Guirec
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,135
The Troubadour's Love
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,966
Unstable bouquet.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch
$2,300
The rear window
Alejandra Caballero
Painting - 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,508
Les amitiés solitaires
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$5,339
Attendre
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,678
Synergie
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Racconto di una sera
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,322
Don't go to the Garden of Flowers
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch
$3,084
Weekend by the sea
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$605
Susanna and the Elders
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$819
Série : Mois de juin - 4ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 85 x 125 x 5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 49.2 x 2 inch
$15,409
The Dream will Continue
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$100,838
Expectation. Allegory.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch
$2,600
Chat gourmand
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 85.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 33.7 x 0.4 inch
$9,135
Adversary on the asphalt
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,932
A Little Secret
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,627
Excitingly Waiting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
