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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Goodbye Yesterday
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,861
Beyond childhood
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,691
Déambulation
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
Very difficult ease.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,200
Wind in the city. Retro version.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 89.7 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 35.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,200
Flowers and cigarettes
AE2
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,615 $1,453
Morning Sunbathing
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Sometimes At The Beach - 21st Century
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,750
Nothing Feels Better Than True Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,799
I don't trust my memories (oblivious)
Jana & JS
Painting - 23 x 60 cm Painting - 9.1 x 23.6 inch
$456
Café Saint Georges
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$292
Canadian Trucks
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,042
King, queen and pins
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 85 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,872
September forest paradise apples
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 70 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,574
Let's save, let's get up
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 130 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,223
Knock - you will open
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,287
Witness the time. Sunset
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Under the cover of a crane
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,170
And Now Summer Has Left…
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,041
Bathing at sunset
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
A person's walk through blogs
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 120 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,042
The mistress of the house
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,159
Flight of Meletus
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,042
Running from a thunderstorm
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,329
Tiktok girl dancing - Right part of the diptych
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,329
Tiktok man jumping - Left part of the diptych
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,329
Balos beach boat, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 17.8 x 24.1 x 1 cm Painting - 7 x 9.5 x 0.4 inch
$142
I want to go home
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,574
Experts are conducting the investigation
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 80 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,223
Girl with a hammer
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
