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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Jeune femme en costume folklorique
Adrien Holy
Painting - 53 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,073
Vue du musée Picasso
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,150
King of the Beach
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Shellfish Gatherers
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
Construction de péniche
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Juliette
Frederic Weisz
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€690
Juliette
Frederic Weisz
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€690
Juliette
Frederic Weisz
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€690
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
€10,922
Seeking Peace
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€9,102
Around the Table
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€10,240
Alice in Wonderland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€400
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
€3,500
Don't extinguish yourself
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 190 x 151 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,450
The geese flew away
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 116 x 168 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 66.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,600
Became friends
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 135 x 175 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
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
€4,187
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
€1,315
Forest road in rain
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€261
Windmill in Maasland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€178
Pastors lake scene
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€369
Small chhapel at Gerani
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€212
Elafonissi beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 26.9 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
€307
Wasp (Adam and Eve)
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,300