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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Joueurs de foot Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,400
Le York de Jean-Paul
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.5 inch
€300
Margot Endormie
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 11.4 inch
€500
A ballerina black swan
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€900
The sunset in the forest
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Le piano de François
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Coucher de soleil sur Bandjoun
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Night: William Dunas Dance 3 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
€7,282
Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
€7,282
Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela)
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch
€5,461
I want to ride my bicycle
Dima Filatov
Painting - 72 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch
€750
A boat is sailing, alone behind the water
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 16 x 12 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch
€795
On ne sait plus où on habite
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
€6,350
Portrait de Margot
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12 inch
€500
Montmartre à paques
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Regard de St Eustache
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
Série : Mois de juin - 6ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 90 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€12,989
Equilibrium part 1
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Big cone series Fairy tales
Dima Filatov
Painting - 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
€600
Baigneurs à Equihen-plage
David Jamin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,800
Le Livre-chapeau
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
€3,300
Seuls au monde
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€950
Water reflection with bird
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 69.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.4 x 0 inch
€1,890
Mediterranean street
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Underwater Light Blue No2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 28.3 x 0 inch
€1,300
Preparing for ballet classes
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Pret pour la baignade
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,000
