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![Print, Goldenrod, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lean on me, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145505_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Social butterfly I, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145487_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Social butterfly III, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145442_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Social butterfly II, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145439_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Solaire, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086308_1_grid.jpg)
Solaire
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 67.5 x 53 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.6 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$2,795
![Painting, La confiance, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1161540_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Live Wire, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Steak out, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783959_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strong features, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1644600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Last Performance, Natia Sapanadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/991554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Santa Marina, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200227_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hospice, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195597_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Weisz, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195558_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait de Margot, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133313_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait de Margot
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12 inch
$559
![Print, Rose, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182269_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled (Flying Carpet), Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Guggenheim Museum, Kevin O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1012845_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086281_1_grid.jpg)
Étude pour Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$3,689
![Fine Art Drawings, Étude pour Clémentine & Café, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086278_1_grid.jpg)
Étude pour Clémentine & Café
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,584
![Painting, After Party, Daniel Freaker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1321260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Suspicion, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1144635_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grease, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304991_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rob, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476063_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled (plants, bodies, child), Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1045479_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (plants, bodies, child)
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 49.5 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.5 x 16 x 0 inch
$661
![Painting, Zenith, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Judo, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gounod 21, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mam2, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Saint-Sulpice, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197932_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195589_1_grid.jpg)
Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Frederic Weisz
Painting - 130 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 2 inch
$4,081
![Painting, Bruxelles, Frederic Weisz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193210_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tourbillon de la vie, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155243_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Up there, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764975_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tropical light, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764972_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Envol, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764945_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Echo, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764900_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two Girls on the Roadside, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722375_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Polo à Deauville, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133499_1_grid.jpg)
Polo à Deauville
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.4 inch
$671
![Print, L'ange, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182266_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Soleil irradiant, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155242_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elevation, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155238_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Up to the sky, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764978_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vendangeurs, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1181982_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuances de gris, Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125234_1_grid.jpg)
Nuances de gris
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,739
![Painting, Femme à la cigarette, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1995330_1_grid.jpg)
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Partir, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993644_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Serie Bailando 9, Arancha Tejedor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1250877_1_grid.jpg)
Serie Bailando 9
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$134
![Painting, Italian town, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051283_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The First One Always Sticks, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175292_1_grid.jpg)
The First One Always Sticks
Zena Blackwell
Painting - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$727
![Painting, So I'm Like, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761591_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, One Size Fits All, Zena Blackwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1676019_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On The Hill in the Valley, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605369_1_grid.jpg)
On The Hill in the Valley
Alexander Levich
Painting - 130 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,596
![Painting, Despidiendo, Pipi Pírez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416753_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En busca de luz, Pipi Pírez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416750_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portée par les eaux, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764969_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jeux de bouée, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260441_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Look at this beauty, honey, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181413_1_grid.jpg)
Look at this beauty, honey
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Olivia, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017665_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To be at home and drink coffee, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620027_1_grid.jpg)
To be at home and drink coffee
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
![Print, Bain estival, premiers pas, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252437_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'estérel, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1244808_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Immersion, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/596937_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bouée rouge, temps suspendu, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764897_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bain estival flamboyant, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sicilian beach, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051124_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melancholy Trees, Natia Sapanadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446420_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jeux de jambes I, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260465_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monde extatique, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning Fowles, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178831_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Diffraction, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pret pour la baignade, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140570_1_grid.jpg)
Pret pour la baignade
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Philharmonic, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/116263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dolce vita II, Eleonora Drumeva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/53072_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, And There Is Thinking Over Something, Eleonora Drumeva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52565_1_grid.jpg)
And There Is Thinking Over Something
Eleonora Drumeva
Painting - 90 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,683
![Painting, Moment de Tambour avec un seau, Victorien Bazo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176926_1_grid.jpg)
Moment de Tambour avec un seau
Victorien Bazo
Painting - 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$3,578
![Print, Autum 4, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Echantillon, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140574_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rêve, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764957_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les baigneuses, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764954_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le dompteur, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133337_1_grid.jpg)
Le dompteur
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.9 inch
$894
![Fine Art Drawings, Terrasse à Tunis, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133295_1_grid.jpg)
Terrasse à Tunis
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.4 inch
$894
![Fine Art Drawings, Promenade au bord de la Moselle, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117902_1_grid.jpg)
Promenade au bord de la Moselle
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 inch
$894
![Fine Art Drawings, La Maison de Rabelais, Metz, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117851_1_grid.jpg)
La Maison de Rabelais, Metz
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 inch
$894
![Print, Irina, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/771081_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New York Morning, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182770_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring symphony#1, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178187_1_grid.jpg)
Spring symphony#1
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,453
![Print, Volupté, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155244_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Dream story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978989_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,453
![Print, Instant divin, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764951_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Equilibre, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764948_1_grid.jpg)
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.