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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A Little Rest
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,528 $3,175
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$358
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 56 x 75 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$358
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 56 x 74 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$358
Réminiscence 3
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,168
Réminiscence 2
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,168
Winter Flowers (From the Series “The Seasons”, Winter)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,557
White and Blue Canoe (From the Series “The Seasons”, Summer)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,557
Réminiscence 1
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,168
Réminiscence 4
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,168
Arrêt sur image 1
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$417
Flying with seagulls
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
Along the channel 4
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$426
Children at the beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.4 inch
$413
Running with wet dogs
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$397
Spring in Holland, tulips worker
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$431
The street of Toledo
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$434
Children at the sea
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
Art market in Zaandam
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$539
Spring girl with the pearl
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$438
Réflexions d'eau 2
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$358
Echo aquatique 2
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 27 x 19 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch
$358
Réflexions d'eau 1
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$358
Waiting for the order IV
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$596 $477
Réflexions aquatiques
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$298
Au bord du temps
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$572
Arrêt sur image 2
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$417
Arrêt sur image 3
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$417
Youngsters I
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,600
Youngsters II
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,600
Generation Will
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,700
Departure
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,700
Nuances de gris
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,921
Your Wish is My Command
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,822
Dancing in the light
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Last Supper at Penscynor
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.4 inch
$5,503
In the circus town
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
La Douceur de Vivre
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,921
Le deuxième sexe ou la lecture 03
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 82 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
L'Endormie
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,801
Si tu savais tout ce que j'avais à te dire
Ada Kafel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Petite fille au chien
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,503
