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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Windmill in Maasland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£151
Pastors lake scene
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£311
Small chhapel at Gerani
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£179
Elafonissi beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 26.9 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
£259
Wasp (Adam and Eve)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,784
Heart of the sea
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
£4,312
The Way Life Should Be
Alexander Levich
Painting - 149 x 199 x 2 cm Painting - 58.7 x 78.3 x 0.8 inch
£4,312
A Day at the Races (Blue)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£3,080
A Day at the Races (Yellow)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,640
Romantic Meeting
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£2,640
Horizon Line – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Horizon Line – II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Horizon Line – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Horizon Line – IV
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Horizon Line – V
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Horizon Line – VI
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,288
Call of the Road
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,904
Call of the Road – II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,904
Water Lilies - I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Romantic Landscape - II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Romantic Landscape - III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Romantic Landscape - IV
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Over the Hills – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Over the Hills – II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,464
Where is the borscht
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£2,244
Squirrel curator
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 170 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,376
Project Gravity.#16.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 130 x 89.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
£4,306
Building the palace
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£333
Entretien précieux
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 32 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,300 £2,070
Museum's Night - Nacht der Museen
Christine Seiterle
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,700
