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.
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Rencontre improbable
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€5,000
Promenade du dimanche
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Pierrick Allemand
Les toits de Paris
Pierrick Allemand
Painting - 93 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
La zen du basset
Pierrick Allemand
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Nathalie Lemaître
Banquet au Rialto
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,800
Le Petit Cœur Bleu
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,700
Première touche
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 101 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Le Passage de Bastia - Corse
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,500
Marie Montagnat
En coulisse 2
Marie Montagnat
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,000 €850
Vita Opolskyte
Didier Lourenço
Victorien Bazo
Cavalier avec un glaive sur canapé
Victorien Bazo
Painting - 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€3,200
Moment de Tambour avec un seau
Victorien Bazo
Painting - 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€3,200
Femme qui nage sur un lit
Victorien Bazo
Painting - 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€3,200
Matteo Fieno
The Splinter (l'Eclat)
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€990