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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Lady with Watch (Femme à la Montre)
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
CHF 380
The alleged portrait.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch
CHF 1,367
A seascape with crushing waves
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 321
La passion
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,017
The Lares and Di Penates
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 4,380
Catacomb of Callixtus
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,823
A Well in the Comitium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,823
Spring girl in the window
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
CHF 854
Female portrait
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 71.1 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 28 x 20 x 0.5 inch
CHF 782
The Town I've Never Been To
Alexander Levich
Painting - 65 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
CHF 2,677
Meistersingers
Alexander Levich
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
The Freezing Town
Alexander Levich
Painting - 66 x 69 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 27.2 x 1 inch
CHF 2,677
Surprised Veritas
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,796
Tanto Nomini Nullum Par Elogium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
Where the Wild Things Are – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 71 x 71 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
CHF 2,677
Where the Wild Things Are - II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 71 x 71 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
CHF 2,677
Mystery of Camargue
Alexander Levich
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
Jesuit's Journey
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
The Town I've Never Been To
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,796
Thanksgiving day
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
Waiting day
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 3,796
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,677
"Tibetan fog" - part 5
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Sunday afternoon
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,433
Olegovskaya Street
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 60 x 77 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,071
Once upon a time in Tibet part 14
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Once upon a time in Tibet part 12
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Once upon a time in Tibet part 10
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Once upon a time in Tibet part 7
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Once upon a time in Tibet part 1
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
Once upon a time in Tibet part 2
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,044
La femme qui chasse
AE2
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,947 CHF 1,752
Rencontre improbable
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
CHF 4,867
Temporary collaps
Igor Shulman
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
CHF 3,248
Non-smoking carriage.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.6 x 89.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.4 x 35.3 x 2 inch
CHF 2,991
The fences of my childhood.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 129.8 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 51.1 x 23.5 x 2 inch
CHF 3,248
Happy crowd
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,362 CHF 3,026
Velo Karoussell
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 74 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,362
Entretien précieux
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 32 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,667 CHF 2,400
A Little Rest
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,899 CHF 2,609
PAPARAZZI2 : WHISPERS IN THE SHADOWS
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 146 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 70.9 x 2 inch
CHF 6,424
Le chapeau rose 2
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,115
I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
CHF 1,752
