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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Légère comme un ballon gonflé à l'hélium
Brigitte Cailleau
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
La Douceur de Vivre
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,450
Le deuxième sexe ou la lecture 03
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 82 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
L'Endormie
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,350
Si tu savais tout ce que j'avais à te dire
Ada Kafel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Petite fille au chien
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Champ de coquelicots...
Brigitte Cailleau
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,600
L'homme et les coquelicots
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 83 x 70 cm Painting - 32.7 x 27.6 inch
€1,350
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
La chanson d'amour du papillon
Yutao Ge
Painting - 60 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
€4,800
Jeune fille et le cygne
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Bouquet de santini rose
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 21 x 14.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
€95
Jeunes filles de Pont-Aven
Eugène Bégarat
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Les canaux de Venise
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€120
Les fleurs ont fané à force de vous attendre
Ada Kafel
Painting - 25 x 48 cm Painting - 9.8 x 18.9 inch
€300
Vive la Bourgogne Libre
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 21 x 14.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
€80
I structure my thoughts
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Our strange paradise
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€900
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Who we really are?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Now I know what it's like to love myself
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Everything is as it should be
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
We will protect you,dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
You keep my heart and my secrets
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,100
The river will carry away everything except us
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Let’s sin together dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
I gave you eternal life
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
Faith is tested in difficult times
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
Apple juice, honey!
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
No one knows better than you
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
Posing in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200