Pictorial Genre

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.

Proper Treats

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 95 x 75 x 4 cm Painting . 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,891

Sail Ho, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.4 inch

€678

N° 1289 Guillotière. La chance.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Summer game

Maude Ovize

Print . 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Fantasmagorie

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Foot 02

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Purple Irises on White

Alex Katz

Print . 61 x 76 x 0.05 cm Print . 24 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€14,236

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

Classe 4A

Matteo Fieno

Painting . 200 x 220 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 86.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,800

Liseuse

Pierre Wuillaume

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1 inch

€600

Jump (Sfumato)

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

We can cry and laugh together

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,300

White cat

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,300

Porto Capu Seninu

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Mujer y amante

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Ukrainian Christmas

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Maria

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Janne

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Eze-sur-Mer

Camille Hilaire

Print . 51 x 37 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€200

Lithographie originale de Spahn

Victor Spahn

Print . 56 x 75 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

Palimpseste

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 114 x 146 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 inch

€2,800

La vie en couleur II

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

At the Bottom

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 46.5 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

A cup of coffee for good start III

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Daily as I Bloom - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,672 €1,505

La pedrera

Josep Moscardó

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€950

Madonna with roses

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€1,800

Women Running

Beryl Cook

Print . 76 x 61 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,256

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

Mother

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

The alleged portrait.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch

€1,446

The Milky Way

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 45.5 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

La femme qui chasse

AE2

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

N° 998 La nausée

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

N° 950 Ariane Mnouchkine

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 948 Virginia Woolf

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 946 Maurice Béjart

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 945 Sarah Vaughan

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 944 J.M.G. Le Clézio

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 943 Agatha Christie

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 942 Giuseppe Verdi

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 941 Jane Birkin

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 940 Léo Ferré.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 939 Simone de Beauvoir.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 938 Michelangelo Merisi dit "Le Caravage".

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 1007 Bruscamente con bravura.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

N° 982 Gaspard de la nuit.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 81 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch

€800

La Douceur de Vivre

Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,450

Rosa

Hossein Borojeni

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€720

N° 1294 Lyon 1. Sur les pentes.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€520

All Day Long

Ray Richardson

Painting . 10 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Royaumes

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 150 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Hare in the Fog

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,280

White Daisy

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,500

Dos genios

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 100 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch

€9,000

Classe 2A

Matteo Fieno

Painting . 200 x 220 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 86.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,800

Parmigiano grattugiato

Luigi Iona

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€170

Cranes fly

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Temporary escape

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,300

Bouquet nappe bleue

Camille Hilaire

Print . 60 x 44.7 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.6 x 0.1 inch

€250

Promenade des Anglais

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

L.A 2 Personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Le York de Jean-Paul

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 10 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings . 3.9 x 5.5 inch

€300

Bateau, 7 personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Selva

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 90 x 130 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 inch

€2,500

Connections (Pastel Light)

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€4,560

Bustle

Gegham Hunanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€316

Special Delivery, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting . 12 x 16 x 0.3 inch

€560

Un Petit Bonheur

Christian Raffin

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€660

Stairs

Nicole Tijoux

Print . 46 x 52.4 x 0.2 cm Print . 18.1 x 20.6 x 0.1 inch

€250

Formentera Beach 10

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

2 Singers

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Una piazza, in estate

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Saturday

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,675

Childhood

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,500

Niñas

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Autoportrait

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Our Moon

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,850

Le dompteur

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 8.9 inch

€800

Iced Palm

Antoine Rose

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Bateau pour Formentera

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

La Bataille

Maude Ovize

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Femmes 25

Arancha Tejedor

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€160

9 de Trèfle

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 84.3 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 33.2 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Temps blanc

Hélène Hubert

Photography . 120 x 80 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 inch

€1,250

The Ash Within

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 65.5 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 25.8 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Pretty in Yellow

Joshua Salami

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,265 €1,038

Evanescence

Maude Ovize

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Dancer 3

Alex Katz

Print . 152 x 91 x 1 cm Print . 59.8 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

€32,539

Coca-Cola Girl 4

Alex Katz

Print . 101.6 x 127 x 1 cm Print . 40 x 50 x 0.4 inch

€32,403

Plage de Bussaghlia

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,900

Danaé

Maude Ovize

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Asortment of Fruits and Sunrise

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 53 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

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