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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Le dompteur
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.9 inch
€800
Terrasse à Tunis
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.4 inch
€800
Promenade au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 inch
€800
La Maison de Rabelais, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 inch
€800
Gondolier devant la Punta della Dogana, Venise
Camille Hilaire
Painting - 45.5 x 62 cm Painting - 17.9 x 24.4 inch
€2,300
Witness the time. Dawn
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€790
Mom, I'll call you back
Dima Filatov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Lady with a Pearl Necklace
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,600
Jeune femme au chardon
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€950
Café Monceau
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Réminiscence
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Comme un parfum d'été
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Enigmi in un giorno di pioggia
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
No Heroes in Trouble Time
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
€23,000
Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€15,800
Prunes bleues, Prunes jaunes
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 65 x 92 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 inch
€16,300
Who Deserves My Flower Most - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Women
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Princess of Dominance - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Beauty in Blackness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Anyways Life is Great - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
When I Choose To Be Myself 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
When I Choose To Be Myself 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Catch Me While I Care - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Feeling Awesome - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Silence of Attention - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Men
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Always Full of Cuteness
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,367
How Long Will I Have To Wait
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,686
Moment of Stillness
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,686
Bond - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love, Dog, Nature
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,458
Cityscape diptych
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 72 x 101 x 0.1 cm Painting - 28.3 x 39.8 x 0 inch
€2,500
Place de l'Etoile
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€600
Trio gagnant
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
