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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Arone 6 Personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,000
Série : Mois de juin - 3ème tableau
Yu Dan Zhou
Painting - 130 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch
€12,989
Les oreilles
AE2
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 150 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
€780
Sunday Gathering
Haibat Balaa Bawab
Painting - 90 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
€10,922
EQUILIBRIUM : BRIDGES OF SERENITY
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 170 x 167 x 5 cm Painting - 66.9 x 65.7 x 2 inch
€7,100
Back to Okiya : an onyx silent ballet
Ryoko Watanabe
Sculpture - 170 x 85 x 30 cm Sculpture - 66.9 x 33.5 x 11.8 inch
€32,000
Il a peur de son ombre
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
€7,850
My spring sounds even in this darkness
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
I will lead you to the light
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,800
Fruits of our faith
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
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For the first time I see myself so clearly
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€1,600
Madonna with roses
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
L'appel des couleurs
Matthieu Delfini
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 73 x 116 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 inch
€20,300
Ukrainian Christmas
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Les Pieds dans les nuages
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 89 x 116 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 inch
€23,300
Touche pas à mon pote
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Le café de la place
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,300
Allure, variations sur fond ocre
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,200 €3,864
Introportrait au grand soir
David Jamin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
€3,500
La vie en couleur II
Maude Ovize
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,300
Portrait du fumeur
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,100
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
€4,300
Mon instinct maternel débordant !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Bain estival - Premiers pas
Maude Ovize
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,600
Confident blue
David Jamin
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€5,100 €4,845
Composition I (Polyptyque)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 150 x 195 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch
€7,500
La mer. diptych
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 144 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 56.7 x 0 inch
€2,200
Chaises Longues Bois de Boulogne
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,600
Introportrait à la nuit
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,200 €3,864
Variations sur l'introportrait
David Jamin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
