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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Life Portrait Artists

Heart of the sea

No name

Weekend

First Snow

The Way Life Should Be

Green Apple

Two Riders

Old Friends

A Day at the Races (Blue)

A Day at the Races (Yellow)

Romantic Meeting

Edge of the Land

No Name - I

The Couple

Yellow Flag

Labyrinth

Tree

Dry Grass

Horizon Line – I

Horizon Line – II

Horizon Line – III

Horizon Line – IV

Horizon Line – V

Horizon Line – VI

Sunset Road

Windmills

Call of the Road

East Direction

Call of the Road – II

Lucky

Water Lilies - I

Romantic Landscape - II

Romantic Landscape - III

Romantic Landscape - IV

Over the Hills – I

Over the Hills – II

Secret World

Big Picture

Building the palace

Velo Karoussell

Entretien précieux

Sunset Ouest

Teenagers

Fouras

Yellow Beach

Sirène

Ruelle

Rose

Père et Fille

Ostende

Châteaux de Sable

Cabourg

Bleu

Museum's Night - Nacht der Museen

Weekend

Savona

Lederzeele

A Little Rest

Malo les Bains

Dance in the Castle

Gull 5 (Starbuck)

Gull 2 (Ahab)

It's time for the bells

Project Gravity.#16.

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