Poetry of Daily Life

The tradition of depicting everyday life in art dates back to the 17th century in Europe, when artists turned away from idealized depictions of royalty and classical figures. These artists instead created representations of contemporary life and ordinary people, known as “genre painting." With the elimination of any imagined or idealized content, genre paintings were rooted in the reality of modern life.

Since this period, artists have turned increasingly to the contemporary world as artistic inspiration. From photography to painting to fine art drawing, artists of diverse forms and styles look for the beauty in their present, lived reality as the principal source of inspiration for their work. Some of our current favorite artists inspired by the everyday include Jean-Christophe Béchet, whose photographs capture candid moments in both urban and natural settings, and Isabelle Lebret, who illustrates the poetry of the human form in her monochrome portrait paintings. Discover the works of these artists among many others inspired by the poetry of everyday life, today!

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Poetry of Daily Life

Chromatic butterfly - white

Koi 1

Clear as our love

Le ranch

What Ever Will Be...

Iroise Sunrise

Muse on Stage

Pschitt!

A Man Brushing up the Sky

Sowing Seeds in the Sky to Nurture the Earth

Ring-a-ring O’Roses, the Circle Goes Around and Takes You to an Unknown Place

Faces, Berlin

Monde Riant

Yellow Car

Silence, Bagan

Elisa, Civitella Alfedena

Watermelon Girl, Myanmar

Dreaming, Verona

Sunbath, Serbia

The Lines Re-United, And The People Who Across Them

When The Sky Had Breath To The Ocean, Clouds Were Rising Up And Fog Layed Down And Made A Rainbow - It Was The Beginning Of The World

The Bird Flies To God, The God Name Is Abraxas

Where The Gushing River Flows Into The Warm Sea

Floating Island

Cosmic Medley

Tracing A River To Its Source, You Will Find Yourself In The Sky

Where The Sky Meets The Ocean

Flying In The Water

You Should Go To See The World's End, If You Have There In Your Heart

Tomorrow We Are Going To Run For Further, And The Day After, We Will Leave For Much Further Away

An Apple Falls Though, The Moon Keeps Turning In The Sky, And We Gravitate Each Other

Beyond The Summer

An Explorer And His Blue Boat

Citizens Of A Commune Making A New World

Someday, We Will Go There In A Sparkling Green Boat

Let’s Talk About A Republic, Which Was Born At The World’s End

Antongil Bay

Waiting To Cross

Gold fishes

Front desk

Witty Games

Nature's Signature

Freezing Gaze

Rag Paper

They had lots of Kids

In the Wanderer’s Shadow

Lift to Heaven

Dance to the Stars

Sea Breeze

La Course

Rescue Team, Riviera Romagnola

Belle de Ville

Danse Macabre

Reno

Harlem rain

Honduras Life

Harlem Buildings

Hangzhou Lake

Amtrak Dining Car - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Bluegrass Reunion - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Eel Pie Dining - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Aquamarine

Reef

Med 2

Med 1

Ballerina