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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1 frozen sea bass.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 100.8 x 219.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.7 x 86.5 x 2 inch
$12,000
Serie vidas minúsculas 12
Marta Lafuente
Painting - 14 x 14 x 5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 inch
$387
Seeds for the future harvest
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 117 x 98 x 2 cm Painting - 46.1 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,623
White and black
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 105 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,371
After the holiday
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 115 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Cell with a ruler
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 40.5 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
$966
Everything has its time
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 180 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,354
Walk under the moon
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,348
Te video
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,914
Concerning Portrait
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,133
Jeune femme en costume folklorique
Adrien Holy
Painting - 53 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,372
Vue du musée Picasso
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,563
King of the Beach
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,649
Shellfish Gatherers
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,934
Construction de péniche
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Bride 2., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Igor Shulman
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,600
Seeking Peace
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$10,000
Around the Table
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,250
Alice in Wonderland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
The Best Day of My Life
Alexander Levich
Painting - 147 x 156 x 2 cm Painting - 57.9 x 61.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
Don't extinguish yourself
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 190 x 151 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,113
The geese flew away
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 116 x 168 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 66.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,292
Became friends
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 135 x 175 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,517
It's time for the bells
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 154 x 205 x 2 cm Painting - 60.6 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch
$20,266
Happy crowd
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,092 $3,683
La place animée et la Piazza Governo, à Bellinzone
Adrien Holy
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,505
Forest road in rain
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$287
Windmill in Maasland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$196
