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.

Destroyer

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

Shooting stars

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Vue du musée Picasso

Frederic Weisz

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

€2,150

In His Space

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,982 €2,446

N° 140 Le boeuf de la rue du Boeuf

R. Cavalié

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€540

N° 1212 La Rochelle. Bastion du Gabut.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€550

N° 1202 La Rochelle. Bienvenue.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€550

N° 1120 Fin de partie.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1197. Entracte. Jardinière 3.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€550

N° 1196 Entracte. Jardinière 2.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1190 Aix. La maison de rêve

R. Cavalié

Painting . 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1189 Aix. La station de taxi.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1105 Belgrade 2. Kafeterija Magazin. A

R. Cavalié

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€580

N° 1181 Ile d'Aix. Eglise abbatiale. Place de Verdun.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€540

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° 1065 The best place

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Painting . 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1096 Prague 1. Place de la Vieille Ville (est).

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Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€500

Don't go to the Garden of Flowers

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€2,600

N° 997 Le Renard et les Poulets d'Inde

R. Cavalié

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

N° 994 Ce sont amis que vent emporte

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Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 992 Choses du soir.

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Painting . 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

N° 893 Dorlier 1.

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Painting . 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 891 Quiétude dans la plaine

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Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

N° 1135 Marquis(e) et Marquis(e) de La Côtinière.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 41 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

€650

Moth

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Last Performance

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Daily Monologue

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 55 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

White

Helen Uter

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,500

N° 985 La jeune Tarentine.

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Painting . 60 x 73 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 inch

€600

N° 833 Chessine 1. Le Sarto

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Painting . 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

N° 725 Conjux. Les dessous du port.

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Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

€600

Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€859

Old School

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 74 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

€650

Medical Error

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 74 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 29.1 x 0.2 inch

€640

Floracion

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 27 x 35 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 inch

€330

Joker

Isabelle Lutter

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

€3,500

The space between

Layla Dagher

Painting . 95 x 112 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

The White mountain

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Cubist Embrace

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€542

Spring is ahead

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€945

No ritma da alegria

Christine Drummond

Painting . 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 inch

€9,942

Señoritas en el burdel

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Restaurant place des Vosges

Jeff Bayley

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

€600

Coffee time

Rudyard Heaton

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

€380

Corridoio

Luigi Iona

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

€240

Night People, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.2 inch

€687

Herbie Hancock

Ray Richardson

Painting . 152 x 152 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 59.8 x 1.2 inch

€17,000

Waves Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 140 x 109.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.1 x 0 inch

€5,000

Water Reflection No 4

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,800

Iris

Konovalov Igor

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

€1,100

Jump

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

The sadness of Maria Magdalena

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 60 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€1,800 €1,260

Bibliothèque au fauteuil rouge

David Jamin

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€690

N° 1074 Congratulations 9

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Painting . 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Cheers to our Lunch

Su Yu

Painting . 180 x 255 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 100.4 x 2 inch

€20,000

Dollar Masquerade

Su Yu

Painting . 280 x 344 x 5 cm Painting . 110.2 x 135.4 x 2 inch

€23,000

The eternal city

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 51 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€300

A Man Brushing up the Sky

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€5,050

Plaça Mercadal, Reus

Josep Moscardó

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€2,000

Downtown Study I

Fabrizio Alzati

Photography . 20 x 27 cm Photography . 7.9 x 10.6 inch

€350

Réception

Carole Leprince

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€300

Come rain or come shine

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,750

LaBor

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€760

The ark

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 80 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Bluetime favella

Christine Drummond

Painting . 101.6 x 71.1 x 10.2 cm Painting . 40 x 28 x 4 inch

€7,050

Por las marismas

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 160 x 250 cm Painting . 63 x 98.4 inch

€15,500

Perro y guitarra

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Ocean Girl

Helen Uter

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

€2,200

Power of persuasion.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 119.9 x 140 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 2 inch

€5,062

Venus in a Fairy Tales

Su Yu

Painting . 100 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€10,100

Twisted Mirror Image

Su Yu

Painting . 130 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€22,700

N° 493 De l'esplanade de la Maison de Boigne.

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Painting . 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Morning Snowfall

Fabrizio Alzati

Photography . 20 x 27 cm Photography . 7.9 x 10.6 inch

€350

Ramlet Al Baida

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 89 x 82 cm Painting . 35 x 32.3 inch

€1,130

Brasa

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 27 x 19 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 inch

€250

10 de Pique

Isabelle Lutter

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

€3,500

Western Sunset, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.5 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.2 inch

€687

Unusual Taste

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 30.5 x 35.5 x 3 cm Painting . 12 x 14 x 1.2 inch

€790

Lines & Light

Layla Dagher

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

€2,900

"Button in the room" - part 2

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 60.5 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 23.8 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€950

La biennale

François Boisrond

Print . 54 x 72 cm Print . 21.3 x 28.3 inch

€500

Warsaw - Marszalkowska Street

Joanna Woyda

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€650

N° 1115 Belgrade 12. Ada Ciganlija B

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Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€480

N° 1062 L'aujourd'hui

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

€400

N° 1060 The Quadrant

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Painting . 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€420

N° 1103 Vukovar : l'émotion.

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

€480

N° 1092 Elbansteingebirge.

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Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€420

N° 1028 Calando con fuoco. Fermata.

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

€350

N° 1051 Camden Market

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Painting . 45 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€420

N° 1050 The Cock Tavern 4

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Painting . 33 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€420

N° 1049 The Cock Tavern 3

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Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€400

N° 1047 The Cock Tavern 1.

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

€400

N° 1169 Rochefort. le musée de la Marine

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Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€420

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