Life Portrait Artists
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Adversary on the asphalt
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Portrait of a gypsy woman
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$893 $580
Lanzarote Famara 02
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,563 $1,328
Le rouge nous va mieux au teint
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Sans titre 10 (DED359708)
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$268
Chaises Longues Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,786 $1,518
Bateau pour Formentera
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,563 $1,328
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,674
Archangel Michaela
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$1,005 $854
Saint Georgina
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$1,005 $854
16:00 Catagne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,507 $1,281
Ocean Beach San Francisco
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 90 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Rue de Paris
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,563 $1,328
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
$1,563 $1,328
Vignes en Provence
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 60.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 23.8 inch
$1,563
Portrait XII
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,688
Flowers & picture book
Su Yu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,567 $2,182
Ballerina, the dark room II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$893
In the kingdom of the nature III
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Souvenir d’un café parisien
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 65 x 80 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 inch
$5,581
La chanson d'amour du papillon
Yutao Ge
Painting - 60 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,912
Bouée rouge, temps suspendu I
Maude Ovize
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,679
Bateau, 7 personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,507 $1,281
Bain estival - Premiers pas
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,126
Think of a place we could go
Jana & JS
Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$2,735
Untitled (with dog)
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$893 $759
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.