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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
$1,591
Grey Ribbon | Ada 3 times from the Alex And Ada Suite
Alex Katz
Print - 82.5 x 91.4 cm Print - 32.5 x 36 inch
$14,210
Le Petit Prince et le serpent
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$284
Plongée sur William's Street
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1 inch
$2,387
L'homme et les coquelicots
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 83 x 70 cm Painting - 32.7 x 27.6 inch
$1,535
Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award
Su Yu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,345
Aleck 2
Helen Uter
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$568
Moutons Baldwin
Helen Uter
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$568
No Interview at the Intersection
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 540 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 212.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,997
Trip Around the World
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$10,231
Old Sailor’s Stories
Alexander Levich
Painting - 98 x 148 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.6 x 58.3 x 1 inch
$10,231
All Gold in the World
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$11,368
Giuseppe Forever (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 140 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 45.3 x 1 inch
$9,094
Saga about Normans
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,231
Ancient Scottish Songs
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,231
Art market in Zaandam
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$539
The view of Schiedam 4
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$535
I don't trust my memories (oblivious)
Jana & JS
Painting - 23 x 60 cm Painting - 9.1 x 23.6 inch
$443
Rencontre improbable
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,684
Concerning Portrait
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,080
Stay Bold, Stay Gold
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
Personnages en mouvement 4
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$182
Femmes 8
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$182
Alice in Wonderland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
Serie Bailando 6
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$136
Personnages I
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$182
Bleu
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,705 $1,364
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.