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.
Maude Ovize
Joanna Woyda
Francine Van Hove
Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,684
Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 73 x 116 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 inch
$22,660
Les Pieds dans les nuages
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 89 x 116 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 inch
$26,009
Etude pour "Avec Mona Lisa"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$2,233
Solaire
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 67.5 x 53 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.6 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$2,791
L'Oeil en Coulisse
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,809
Karine Bartoli
Plage de Bussaghlia
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,674
7 Personnages Skate Park
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,674
Formentera, Parasol Rouge
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,507
Camille Hilaire
Canotage sur la Moselle, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 5 inch
$893
Portrait de chien
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 17 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.7 inch
$726
Les amoureux au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.1 inch
$893
Le York de Jean-Paul
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.5 inch
$335
David Jamin
Tant qu'il aura des fleurs
David Jamin
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$949
Sergio Ceccotti
Salumi e formaggi
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$3,126
Su Yu
No Interview at the Intersection
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 540 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 212.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,023
Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award
Su Yu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,158
No Heroes in Troubled Times
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$25,674
Rudyard Heaton
Sans titre 4 (DED359702)
Rudyard Heaton
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$268
Sans titre 10 (DED359708)
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$268
Serghei Ghetiu
The beauty of dance XII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,898
The ballet friends
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,233 $1,674
A boy with a violin
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,005 $854
The beauty of dance XIII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
A girl who loves the sea II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
Walking on the beach
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,009
The grape picker
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,451 $1,161
The Mediterranean sunset
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$279
Alex Katz
Maine Cow
Alex Katz
Sculpture - 124.5 x 184.2 x 26 cm Sculpture - 49 x 72.5 x 10.25 inch
Price upon request
Ada 8 (from the Ada Portfolio)
Alex Katz
Print - 102.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Print - 40.5 x 54 x 1 inch
$34,950
Vivien (On Green) - Guggenheim Show Gathering 2022
Alex Katz
Print - 81 x 61 cm Print - 31.9 x 24 inch
$9,488
Béatrice Terra
On ne choisit pas sa famille
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Le rouge nous va mieux au teint
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Elle est tombée du ciel
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Ma chatte est possessive !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,567