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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N° 1019 Adagietto. Guggenheim (suite)

Moustache

Barbershop Pole and Streetlamp

Girl with Doll

Nick Joins In

The Boy Who Loved Music

Donkey

Tennis Court

Owl City

Dog

Inspiration

Camouflaged Ship + Sub

Fontaine de Jouvence

Cena para dos

Posando en el sofá

À Nous

Cérémonie d'ouverture

Night time London

London Spray Festival

Et Hop ! A la poêle le pinok

Le départ

Amalia, Paloma, and Bindongo

Ternura

Mantel y frutas

Mano y seda

El Cachorro

Bondadoso

Red Plume

Leyenda

Redención

Ayudado por bajo

Dos genios

Expresión. Keith Richards

Elegante. Roger Federer

Bohemio. 'Bob Marley'

Marilyn Monroe. La alegría

El Rey del Pop

L'Envole II

God save the queen

Untitled 7

Untitled 5

Untitled 4

Untitled 3

Covid à Sète, une spaghettade sétoise

Herbie Hancock

The Quiet Contemplation

In the basement

Refugees

Wind

The artist

N° 1217 Oléron. Le Port des Salines 2.

N° 1213 La Rochelle. Pointe des Minimes

N° 1207 La Rochelle. L'hôtel de ville.

N° 1109 Belgrade 6. Musée Zepter A.

Chargé I

Músicos

Fontaine de Jouvence III

Spring

The Battle of Bruegel Bay

Isombard Bow-Wow Brunel

Gross Domestic Product

Buffalo

Pinocchio & Gepetto

Pinocchio fait une pousse

Estampida

Salida de toriles