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.

See you again

Mónica Castanys

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

€4,850

Mes vœux

Yutao Ge

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€2,200

Two young ballerinas

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 50 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€615

Auto-portrait

Dzovig Arnelian

Print . 15 x 9.8 x 0.5 cm Print . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.2 inch

€183

Bathing in the unseen

Harry Ergott

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

€6,800

Pathways

Layla Dagher

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,095

Waiting in New York

Helen Uter

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch

€2,000

June

Helen Uter

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

€2,200

Train Is Leaving Again : Transient Farewells

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 80 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€4,300

Orbital Time

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 60 x 100 x 1.4 cm Print . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Olympics

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 94 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 37 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Tisana

Luigi Iona

Painting . 30 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€145

Volupté

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Nostalgie bleue

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Dress Code for the Afterlife

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€600

Trace of Dracula

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 74 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€400

Bad Boy (Jump)

Dima Filatov

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

€780

Pluto

Rico Sab

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

€290

Spongesaï

Rico Sab

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

€320

High jump

Igor Shulman

Painting . 119.9 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.4 x 2 inch

€4,211

San Goku yeah

Rico Sab

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€320

Bruxelles

Frederic Weisz

Painting . 140 x 89 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 35 x 2 inch

€3,650

Tulips in february

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€700

Wedding

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€700

Rain

Dima Filatov

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

€650

Electric Train

Dima Filatov

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

€580

Bright Streak 2

Dima Filatov

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

€780

Roof 2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€660

Combi VW Seventies

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Vespa verte

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€2,200

Basilique Santa Maria Della Salute

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Porte Saint Denis

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 93 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Composition à la danseuse

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,600

Printemps républicain

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Whisper

Dima Filatov

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

€600

The Crow

Helen Uter

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€500

Amtrak Dining Car - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Alain Le Garsmeur

Photography . 121 x 182 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.6 x 71.7 x 0 inch

€1,445

Game over

Dima Filatov

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

€650

SMS

Dima Filatov

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

€750

Casa Navás

Josep Moscardó

Painting . 65 x 82 cm Painting . 25.6 x 32.3 inch

€3,500

Soir

Helen Uter

Painting . 121 x 41 x 4 cm Painting . 47.6 x 16.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Noir

Helen Uter

Painting . 150 x 48 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 18.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,700

Red Creek

Helen Uter

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

€3,500

Hello Kitty

Dima Filatov

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€790

Purple Rain

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,850

Cheverny’s Dogs

Helen Uter

Painting . 73 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€5,500

Warsaw 3

Joanna Woyda

Painting . 22 x 49 cm Painting . 8.7 x 19.3 inch

€350

Bleu intérieur

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€250

La sphère

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Unexpected Meeting

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€366

Alméria

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Noirmoutier

Carole Leprince

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€180

Private Party

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 60 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€480

And He Wears It Well

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 3 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Hey Baby Whatchhu No Good

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

The Bay Dog

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

A carefree plein air

Igor Shulman

Painting . 79.8 x 119.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€4,394

All Around the World

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 120 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Attendre

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,100

I want to go home

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Rooftop Pool

Rudyard Heaton

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

€900

Non-smoking carriage.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.6 x 89.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.4 x 35.3 x 2 inch

€3,194

The fences of my childhood.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 129.8 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 51.1 x 23.5 x 2 inch

€3,468

La vitrine

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€900

Rome

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch

€690

2023

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€600

On the Roof ("Jump" series)

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€760

Messenger 2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch

€700

The propeller

Helen Uter

Painting . 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€6,500

Berta

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 23 x 29 cm Painting . 9.1 x 11.4 inch

€400

JR : Silent Commute

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 80 x 118 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 46.5 x 2 inch

€4,300

Maya endormie

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Symbiose

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,750

Interlocutors

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 49 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€490

La porte est ouverte ou bleu marine

Hélène Hubert

Photography . 60 x 40 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 inch

€850

A summer evening

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€500

Underwater Turquoise

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 162 x 111 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63.8 x 43.7 x 0 inch

€8,900

King, queen and pins

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 85 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Primavera na comunidade

Christine Drummond

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 10.2 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 4 inch

€7,301

El primer passeig

Mónica Castanys

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

€5,400

Ukraine

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€790

Imagine

Rico Sab

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€320

Blue dances variation

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 61 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€569

Ring-a-ring O’Roses, the Circle Goes Around and Takes You to an Unknown Place

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch

€6,300

Shogun

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch

€763

First light

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch

€763

Stepping Out, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

€763

Eel Pie Dining - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print

Alain Le Garsmeur

Photography . 121 x 182 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.6 x 71.7 x 0 inch

€1,445

Plaça Mercadal

Josep Moscardó

Painting . 50 x 100 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 inch

€2,900

Warsaw 4

Joanna Woyda

Painting . 22 x 49 cm Painting . 8.7 x 19.3 inch

€350

Untitled

Brigitte Cailleau

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,950

Butterfly : Whispers of Transformation

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 160 x 110 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€5,600

Fragment écarlate

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€250

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