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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Margot Endormie
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 11.4 inch
$593
A ballerina black swan
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,068
Italian Futurists in Paris
Dima Filatov
Painting - 74 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 29.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$736
The sunset in the forest
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$593
Coucher de soleil sur Bandjoun
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,559
Série : Mois de juin - 6ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 90 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$15,409
On ne sait plus où on habite
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,533
Portrait de Margot
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12 inch
$593
Woman in black dress
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 88 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting - 34.6 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,305
Girl with camera
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 84 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 33.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,305
Waves Abstract
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 140 x 109.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.1 x 0 inch
$5,932
A boat is sailing, alone behind the water
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 16 x 12 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch
$943
Montmartre à paques
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Regard de St Eustache
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,068
I want to ride my bicycle
Dima Filatov
Painting - 72 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch
$890
Baigneurs à Equihen-plage
David Jamin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,508
Le Livre-chapeau
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,915
Seuls au monde
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,127
Autumnal landscape
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,305
