Lively Life Scenes

The attempt to capture a moment fascinated the Impressionist painters of 19th century France. Their loose, rapid brushstrokes sought to create a snapshot of a scene before them. However, it can be argued that an element of realism is necessary to ensure that the artist is indeed a witness to a scene bursting with vitality. In the years that predated the emergence of the Impressionist artists, artists like Edouard Manet were moving away from a background in realism and using such scenes to redefine the artist’s ability to immortalize a moment. In his Music in the Tuileries (1862), the artist is present in the scene himself. As a fashionable and wealthy crowd gathers in this garden of Paris, the musicians aren’t even visible, but the viewer can almost hear the children playing or the strains of music over the incessant chattering of a gathered crowd. With Manet in the scene, off to the far left, clutching a cane - he offers an understanding of how to retell this lively life scene, he was there. Frantically painted faces suggest constant movement, whilst thick tree trunks separate the crowd only for a moment. In Artsper’s own selection of works, elbow your way through the works depicted by Michel Boulet, or indeed through the crowded scenes of Marco Santaniello as he conveys the energy from the everyday life of those who fill the streets.

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Lively Life Scenes

Green Skyline

Southolm Street Londres

Devant l'opéra

Sans titre 16

Avalon-Tapestry 2

Poisson bleu Opéra

Rue chanoinesse

Notre-Dame et bateau mouche

First light

N° 998 La nausée

N° 982 Gaspard de la nuit.

N° 602 La Commanderie 1.

N° 494 Le Lac vu du château de Chatillon.

Market day in Kawangware

Facade of Survival

Le jeu le plus dangereux

La belle époque

Pluto

Mister mignon

It's you?

Mujer y amante

N° 1211 La Rochelle. Parc Charruyer.

N° 891 Quiétude dans la plaine

N° 987 Mathématiques.

N° 986 Un mot pour un autre.

Eating in Hongik University Area, Seoul

Old & New Taipei

Hey carrot

Taipei Main Station Area

Krazty Betty

Magik Paris 2024

Magik Paris 2024

Monde extatique

Thor

Hey Batman

Amazing Superman

Madonna

Paris 2024

Opera Garnier

Inner Rhythm

Mains

Rhythms in Blue

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

N° 972 En garde !

De-ci, de-là...

Ranch Chivalry

Red

Relax

Yo grafield

Imagine

Hype

Goldorak

Enjoy

Betty rolling

Albator

Shooting stars

Plaça mercadal

Père et enfant (Série par dessus les grillages)

Force florale

Stepping Out, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Chantier

Feng Chia Night Market Taichung

Squatter Building in Berlin

Sbarro, NYC

San Marco, Venezia

Victoria Street, Edinburgh