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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"Button in the room" - part 2
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 60.5 x 52 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,133
The Troubadour's Love
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Paysage à Troyes. ( Bassin de la Préfecture).
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 73 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,980
Bateaux à Honfleur
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 80 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
$1,431
Port D'Honfleur.
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,384
Les amitiés solitaires
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$5,365
Attendre
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,696
Synergie
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Weekend by the sea
Anatoly Varvarov
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$608
Marilyn Monroe
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$3,100
Unstable bouquet.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch
$2,300
Don't go to the Garden of Flowers
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch
$3,100
Susanna and the Elders
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$823
Birds and beach
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 100 x 93 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 36.6 x 0 inch
$9,299
The rear window
Alejandra Caballero
Painting - 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,530
Water reflection No 2
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 210 x 111.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 43.9 x 0 inch
$30,995
Water Reflection
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 102 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$7,034
The Dream will Continue
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$101,331
Racconto di una sera
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,338
Chat gourmand
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 85.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 33.7 x 0.4 inch
$9,179
Adversary on the asphalt
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
A Little Secret
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,649
Contemporary Dancers
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 99.5 x 125.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.2 x 49.4 x 0 inch
$3,815
Excitingly Waiting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
Moment He Gave Me Flowers
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,650
My Favorite Head Gear - 21st Century, Expressionist, Figurative Landscape, Men
Joshua Salami
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,650
La méridienne
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
En attendant Léo
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
Café Saint Lazare
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
Introspection
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Juillet à Paris
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Au café de l'Ile St Louis
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
La vitrine
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,073