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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Ukrainian Christmas
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,313
White Transparent Apples
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Spring symphony#1
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Window to the secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
Angel Painting - Secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
At the End of the Day
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,254
Mais je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 81 x 65 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 inch
$2,610
Formentera Beach 10
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,898
Touche pas à mon pote
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,559
Complètement vautré le gazier
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,186
Le café de la place
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
Portrait de chien
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 17 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.7 inch
$771
Canotage sur la Moselle, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 5 inch
$949
Introportrait au grand soir
David Jamin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$4,152
Les Pieds dans les nuages
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 89 x 116 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 inch
$27,642
La mer. diptych
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 144 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 56.7 x 0 inch
$2,610
Soleil irradiant (Etude)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,186
Le plongeon pétillant (Etude)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,186
Variations en bleu sur fond noir
David Jamin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,966
A Jean Paul Gaulthier
David Jamin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
Palais de Tokyo 1
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,661
Portrait du fumeur
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,864
Je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,872
Le portrait aux yeux bleu
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,440
Mon instinct maternel débordant !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,389
