
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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Les canaux de Venise
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$142



Les fleurs ont fané à force de vous attendre
Ada Kafel
Painting - 25 x 48 cm Painting - 9.8 x 18.9 inch
$356



Vive la Bourgogne Libre
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 21 x 14.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
$95





Portrait d'Anne
Meriame Louattani
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$297



I structure my thoughts
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Now I know what it's like to love myself
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Our strange paradise
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$1,068



Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$593


We will protect you,dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Who we really are?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Everything is as it should be
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135


Let’s sin together dear
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

I'm always going somewhere
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135



You keep my heart and my secrets
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,305

The river will carry away everything except us
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135

Maria’s childhood
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,068

I gave you eternal life
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135


Faith is tested in difficult times
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,135


Apple juice, honey!
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135


No one knows better than you
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,135




Posing in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,424

Posing in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,729


The Miracle of Christmas
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,780

Family Tapestry: Grandma and Sister’s Picnic
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,780



Entwined in Serenity
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,898


Driada - I feel the Earth
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874






Guardian of the Enchanted Grove
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,135


Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874


Nude woman naive modern art - Warrior
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,602

Sirens Art Modern Woman Nude, Bird Woman,
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,491

Towards the Real me
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,874





Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,068

I need your friendship so much
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,796

I have the horse. Am I a knight?
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,796









Meditation in the heart of nature
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$569


Bussaghia, Bouée Bleue
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,305

Formentera Ses Illêtes 09
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,661






