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Matinal
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Ici et maintenant
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
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Entre deux pluies
Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Whispers of the Wild
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 175 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 68.9 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Je l'ai fais toute fâner
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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Night: William Dunas Dance (Pamela) Suite
Alex Katz
Print - 63.5 x 78.7 cm Print - 25 x 31 inch
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The shade (she gave)
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
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Still preparation
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 150 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
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Maison du vitrail à Troyes
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
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Les toits de Paris
Pierrick Allemand
Painting - 93 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
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Terrasse à Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Pierre Wuillaume
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
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La zen du basset
Pierrick Allemand
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Encre grattée et gris marine
Astrid Steenbrink
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch
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Keeper of the Inner Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
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Kind IV (woman enjoying painting by Karel Appel)
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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A Place in the Sun
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Un petit pot de colle, et tout s'est étalé
Ada Kafel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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The dreams of voyeur.#6
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch
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Self-portret with pug.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
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Le petit Price et le renard
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Print - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Le petit Prince sur sa planète
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Print - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Inner correlation
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
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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.