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.

During the performance

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€800

On se marche dessus

AE2

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

€1,380

Nighttime Township

Christine Drummond

Painting . 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 2 inch

€4,068

Untitled

Layla Dagher

Painting . 15 x 60 cm Painting . 5.9 x 23.6 inch

€950

American Dance Festival 1987

Alex Katz

Print . 152.4 x 77.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 60 x 30.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,085

Marcheuse rose

Xavier Jambon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Her Secret Sanctuary

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,600

Returning Home

Alexander Levich

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

€1,450

Racconto di una sera

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Ramblas de Barcelona

Agustin Rio

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€999

LLum de matí

Alejandra Caballero

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

€2,300

Amour Bobigny 2

François Boisrond

Print . 35 x 50 cm Print . 13.8 x 19.7 inch

€200

Outfit

Su Yu

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

A Jetty

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Station Sèvres-Lecourbe

Helen Uter

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

La grande course

Marabout

Print . 50 x 100 x 2 cm Print . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100 €880

Nabis

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 60 x 72 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,260

Cover Book #1

Jana & JS

Painting . 18.5 x 17.5 x 1 cm Painting . 7.3 x 6.9 x 0.4 inch

€850

Sail Shadows, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 45.7 x 50.8 x 7.6 cm Painting . 18 x 20 x 3 inch

€877

Playful Imaginary City

Maria Luisa Azzini

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

€1,200

J+ Boubous

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

The Family

Malgorzata Rozmarynowska

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

€2,100

Paris la nuit

François Boisrond

Print . 55 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€600

Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines

Francine Van Hove

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

€20,300

Untitled

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 57 x 96 x 2 cm Painting . 22.4 x 37.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Papotage et prise de note

Alione

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Mundane Beauty -21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern Women

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,672

Beach. A walk

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Piccadilly People

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 50.5 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 19.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,521

Meeting of eyes

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

The Poacher

Ray Richardson

Painting . 137 x 127 cm Painting . 53.9 x 50 inch

€12,500

Ease your feet in the sea

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,350

Le trafic dans le quartier

Cristiano Sidoti

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€900

Without WiFi

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 110 x 135 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Unbound

Harry Ergott

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Conversation Pit

Edvarda Braanaas

Print . 80 x 104 cm Print . 31.5 x 40.9 inch

€1,200

Notre-Dame et bateau mouche

Rudyard Heaton

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

€900

4 faces

François Boisrond

Print . 67 x 53 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.4 x 20.9 x 0 inch

€750

Domenica

Pipi Pírez

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€3,530

Working Girl

Hossein Borojeni

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€520

Moviegoer

Dima Filatov

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

€800

Confidences

Sophie Geider

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Into the woods

Jana & JS

Print . 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Ayudado por bajo

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 73 x 92 x 1.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.6 inch

€5,500

Summer

Alex Katz

Print . 137 x 107 x 0.1 cm Print . 53.9 x 42.1 x 0 inch

€8,136

Femme parfaite I – Serville

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 113 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,637

Entrecote I

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 96.5 x 75.5 x 1 cm Painting . 38 x 29.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,260

Face of Danger

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

God save the queen

Marabout

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

€12,500

Le matin, au bord de la rivière

Lucia Buccini

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Plaça Prim. Reus

Josep Moscardó

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€950

Nina

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 49 x 36 cm Painting . 19.3 x 14.2 inch

€850

Marylin Halloween

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Where I Choose Myself

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,900

Drowning

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Zone Blanche

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 162 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Piano

David Jamin

Painting . 33 x 41 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 16.1 x 1 inch

€900

Hello Father Christmas

Alain Godon

Painting . 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€38,000

Bord de l'Epte au printemps

Camille Hilaire

Print . 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€490

Giuseppe Forever (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Alexander Levich

Painting . 140 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 45.3 x 1 inch

€9,300

Mémoire Chromatique

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,900

Good vibes Lyon

Rico Sab

Painting . 120 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€650

Earth

François Boisrond

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Tango Busking

Beryl Cook

Print . 45 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,338

Complicité d'été (diptyque)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 116 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Sous la nappe bleue à rayures

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Reflection I

Alex Katz

Print . 47 x 34.3 x 0.01 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.5 x 0 inch

€7,000

Elisa, Civitella Alfedena

Marco Bulgarelli

Photography . 28 x 20 cm Photography . 11 x 7.9 inch

€400

Open water

Nicole Tijoux

Painting . 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

MacDonald - Mascate

Annaelle Myriam Chaib

Painting . 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€2,000

Catechismo Classe 2

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

N° 784 A la ferme du Saget en Chautagne.

R. Cavalié

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 46 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€450

Shopping

Carole Leprince

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

€850

Sans issue

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 70 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Remain_5

Seonghwa Hong

Painting . 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Be Krazy Scooby

Rico Sab

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

€950

A Beach chair

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,500

Wall of Quiet

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch

€2,900

Le marais

Topolino

Print . 37 x 48 x 0.5 cm Print . 14.6 x 18.9 x 0.2 inch

€200

I want to break free

Marabout

Print . 63 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 24.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€900

Concern

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Gavinana

Luigi Iona

Painting . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€150

Balance

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Double Treble Top

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Clapotis II

Maude Ovize

Painting . 72 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Elévation

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Monde Riant

Hélène Hubert

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

€850

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 96 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.8 x 28 x 0 inch

€2,100

Série : Mois de juin - 3ème tableau

Yu Dan Zhou

Painting . 130 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€12,989

Abstrait

Frederic Weisz

Painting . 89 x 210 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,300

Ballon blanc

Christian Raffin

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Étude pour Clémentine & Café

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€4,100

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