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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Night: William Dunas Dance 2 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
$6,000
L'instinct Parental
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Ma chatte est possessive !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,925
Elle est tombée du ciel
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
Midsummer Night Blues
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,632
Soleil irradiant (Etude)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,170
Chaises Longues Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,872
7 Personnages Skate Park
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,755
Introportrait à la nuit
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,914
Variations sur l'introportrait
David Jamin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,978 $3,660
Le York de Jean-Paul
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.5 inch
$351
Lecteur au fauteuil rouge
David Jamin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,983
Bateau au mouillage, Nauplie, Péloponnèse
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,164
A ballerina black swan (1)
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$585
Sieste au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4 inch
$936
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,170
Dots (woman enjoying painting by Larry Poons)
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,872
Night: William Dunas Dance 3 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
$8,000
Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
$8,000
Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
$6,000
