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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Serie Laque 10
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$140
Serie Laque 9
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$140
On the way to a dream
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 190 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,095
Réminiscence 4
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,147
Arrêt sur image 1
Anne-Sophie Larcena
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$409
Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 2 inch
$4,270
Happy with sea ans sand
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$437
Girl and a seagull
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$439
Flying with seagulls
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
Lily girl portrait
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$402
Girl with a fishing net
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$439
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
"Celestial Empire" - (diptych)
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 370 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 145.7 x 0.8 inch
$7,020
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
Wet doggies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$437
Winter windmill in Maasluis
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$335
Haystacks in Westland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$429
Rocks at the sunset
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$427
Spring in Holland, tree at the channel.
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$429
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
Spring in Baden - Baden
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$430
Tree at Port -Mort
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$432
Seagulls, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$434
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
