Poetry of Daily Life

The tradition of depicting everyday life in art dates back to the 17th century in Europe, when artists turned away from idealized depictions of royalty and classical figures. These artists instead created representations of contemporary life and ordinary people, known as “genre painting." With the elimination of any imagined or idealized content, genre paintings were rooted in the reality of modern life.

Since this period, artists have turned increasingly to the contemporary world as artistic inspiration. From photography to painting to fine art drawing, artists of diverse forms and styles look for the beauty in their present, lived reality as the principal source of inspiration for their work. Some of our current favorite artists inspired by the everyday include Jean-Christophe Béchet, whose photographs capture candid moments in both urban and natural settings, and Isabelle Lebret, who illustrates the poetry of the human form in her monochrome portrait paintings. Discover the works of these artists among many others inspired by the poetry of everyday life, today!

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Poetry of Daily Life

Snow-Bike

Snowberries

Out of the Blue

Straight to the Point

Ice Boulevard

Red Hood

Rings a bell

The Analysis

Rabelais Building's Heart

Leaves to the Wind

Backyard

Fish in the Water

Princess ?

Who am I ?

Where am I ?

Magnetic Ring

My Patronus

Angelcat

Horse Bath

Flying high, Florence

Classic Girl, Rome

EUR, Rome

Caffé del Porto, Riviera Romagnola

Le dortoir

La Maison Rose

Before thinking, Pietrasanta

Diego, Italy

Freedom, Estonia

Metal Friar, Italy

From the train, Hungary

Loneliness, Germania

Red day, Hungary

The big child, Myanmar

Before sunset, Bellagio

Play for today, Neuburg

The day after, S. Maria di Leuca

Buddhist monastery, Bagan

Free jump, Copenhagen

Monks, Mount Popa (Myanmar)

Birds, Danube Delta

Two lovers, Tolfa

The horizon, Sacrofano

Girls on the river, Serbia

The end, Estonia

Match, Estonia

Suburbs, Belarus

The show, Italy

Toilet, Hungary

Woman on the river, Serbia

Trees, Germany

Busòjàràs festival, Hungary

Red love, Austria

The horse, Austria

Dusk, Hungary

Jesus, Germany

Towards the future, Hungary

Solitude, Hungary

Kids, Romania

Birds, Germany

Music, Hungary

Light, Romania

Baloon, Serbia

Meditation, Denmark

My World, Mauritius

Les bas fonds

Aylin