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° 891 Quiétude dans la plaine
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Eating in Hongik University Area, Seoul
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Old & New Taipei
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Taipei Main Station Area
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€300
Force florale
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 116 x 73 x 3.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.4 inch
€2,551 €2,296
Funny Paris Barcelona Bruxelles
Rico Sab
Painting - 89 x 116 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.7 inch
€900
Feng Chia Night Market Taichung
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66.5 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Squatter Building in Berlin
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
San Marco, Venezia
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Victoria Street, Edinburgh
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 90 x 67.4 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 26.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Dotonbori, Osaka
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 68.5 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Bleecker Street and Lafayette, NY
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 63 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Folk in Krakow Square
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,800
Hennessy Road, HK
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 62.5 x 66 x 3 cm Painting - 24.6 x 26 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
From M29 in Kreuzberg
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 47.55 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 18.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Edinburgh View
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66.5 x 96 x 3 cm Painting - 26.2 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Brighton boardwalk, UK
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 65 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70.5 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 27.8 x 37 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Cascais Beach, Portugal
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 92.5 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Restaurant Paris
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 61.3 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 24.1 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Fruttivendolo in Naples
Marco Santaniello
Print - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€300
Squatter Building Berlin
Marco Santaniello
Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€300
Ho Chi Minh Diner
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 65 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,000
Walking Tall (Respect)
Ephraim Udoka
Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 1 inch
€1,391
Père et enfant (Série par dessus les grillages)
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 60 x 80 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
€2,000
The transparent time of creation
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 90 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
Flamenco Seville
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€3,800
Ready to take a risk
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 77 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 30.3 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
€500
Good faith efforts
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€780
N° 1074 Congratulations 9
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€600
N° 1253 Jérusalem. Le Kotel. Section Sud. 3.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€540
Les gollandieres
Antoine Rose
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€2,200
N° 1252 Jérusalem. Le Kotel. Section Sud 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€520
N° 1251 Jérusalem. Le Kotel. Section Sud 1
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€500
N° 1249 Jérusalem. Bethesda.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€520
N° 1248 Jérusaleme. Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€500
N° 1244 Jéricho, Jéricho !
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€550
N° 1209 La Rochelle. Le marché dedans.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€520
N° 1112 Belgrade ç. Musée Zepter D. Flagrant délit 3.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€520
N° 1069 Congratulations 4
R. Cavalié
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€500
N° 994 Ce sont amis que vent emporte
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
N°1004 Pianissimo quanto possibile.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Stepping Out, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
€775