Lively Life Scenes
The attempt to capture a moment fascinated the Impressionist painters of 19th century France. Their loose, rapid brushstrokes sought to create a snapshot of a scene before them. However, it can be argued that an element of realism is necessary to ensure that the artist is indeed a witness to a scene bursting with vitality. In the years that predated the emergence of the Impressionist artists, artists like Edouard Manet were moving away from a background in realism and using such scenes to redefine the artist’s ability to immortalize a moment. In his Music in the Tuileries (1862), the artist is present in the scene himself. As a fashionable and wealthy crowd gathers in this garden of Paris, the musicians aren’t even visible, but the viewer can almost hear the children playing or the strains of music over the incessant chattering of a gathered crowd. With Manet in the scene, off to the far left, clutching a cane - he offers an understanding of how to retell this lively life scene, he was there. Frantically painted faces suggest constant movement, whilst thick tree trunks separate the crowd only for a moment. In Artsper’s own selection of works, elbow your way through the works depicted by Michel Boulet, or indeed through the crowded scenes of Marco Santaniello as he conveys the energy from the everyday life of those who fill the streets.
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Pétanque à Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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In the Land of Smiling Trees
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Inspiración
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Souvenir de Notre-Dame
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
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Sous le soleil des tropiques
Christine Drummond
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 10.2 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 4 inch
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Celebrating nature
Christine Drummond
Painting - 91.4 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 18 x 2 inch
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Celebrando a amazonia
Christine Drummond
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 inch
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Embrace of Innocence
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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The planet of three moons
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
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Somewhere in my mind
Layla Dagher
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Woman with the mirror
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Des doutes planent (Diptyque)
Alione
Painting - 162 x 194 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 76.4 x 1.2 inch
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Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona III
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch
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Espirito carioca
Christine Drummond
Painting - 101.6 x 71.1 x 10.2 cm Painting - 40 x 28 x 4 inch
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N° 1089 Dresde 3. Le garçon de café.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1022 Piagendo perdendosi.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
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Futuristic View of St. Paul's London
Maria Luisa Azzini
Painting - 14.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm Painting - 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1191 Aix. La maison de rêve 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1107 Belgrade 4. Kafeterija Magazin C. Vue d'un balcon.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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Today's Specials
Ray Richardson
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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N° 1216 Oléron. Le port des Salines.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1173 Oléron. La plage à La Brée les Bains
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1165 Rochefort. Bassin Lapérouse.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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N° 961 Toilettage en cours.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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N° 1012 Staccato capriccioso.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Afternoon in Montmartre
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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