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.

Antique shop

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,250

Le modèle

Adrien Holy

Painting . 55.5 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.9 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€2,816

Cochonnerie

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 81 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,364

Chargé VII

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 68 x 62 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,746

Chargé IV

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 62 x 111 x 3 cm Painting . 24.4 x 43.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,820

Nu couché de dos

Camille Hilaire

Print . 57 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€400

Perspective (3)

Isabelle Lebret

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

€1,200

Silence

Isabelle Lebret

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

€3,500

Swimmer

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 110 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.4 x 0 inch

€1,800

Intime

Boreli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,700

Reflet sous marin

Maude Ovize

Print . 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

N° 1114 Belgrade 11 Ada Ciganlija A

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Perspective (2)

Isabelle Lebret

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

€1,000

N° 963 L'atelier

R. Cavalié

Painting . 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Accordance

Isabelle Lebret

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

€2,200

Magical Summer

Su Yu

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€7,400

Interno inquieto

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Mélancolie

Isabelle Lebret

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

€1,500

Nude Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 70 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Nu au fauteuil

Camille Hilaire

Print . 65 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.5 x 0 inch

€300

Nu gros plan

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Lumière aquatique

Maude Ovize

Print . 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Entre deux eaux II

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Nymphe

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Summer day II

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Summer day I

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Splatch

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Murmures

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Le baigneur

Maude Ovize

Print . 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Jeux amoureux

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Douceur matinale

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Plaisir

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Liberté

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Evasion

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Manufacture

Su Yu

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

€15,000

La trapéziste

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€450

They are coming

Dima Filatov

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

€1,150

Vénus

François Boisrond

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

€550

In the Blue

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 56 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Odysseus

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€650

Dying beauty

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,273

This is Not Funny

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,273

La Danteuse

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 71 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 28 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€2,728

L'Oiseau Damoclès

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 116 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,551

Les jours heureux I

David Jamin

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

€2,550

Memories in Sleep

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€384

A soft collapse

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 23 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€503

Underwater

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 127 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting . 50 x 31.1 x 0 inch

€3,600

Swimmer

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 108 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 42.5 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€3,800

Velvet Goldmine

Su Yu

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€7,000

Monica & Cupid

Su Yu

Painting . 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,200

Relaxation

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,200

Vulnerability

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 95 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Let Titanic Fly for a While

Su Yu

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

€10,000

Money Family

Su Yu

Painting . 165 x 255 x 5 cm Painting . 65 x 100.4 x 2 inch

€35,000

Sketch - II

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€690

N° 983 Les chants de Maldoror.

R. Cavalié

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

€600

Underwater Mediterranean

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 106 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.7 x 39 x 0 inch

€4,200

Ave Maria

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 47 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 18.5 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

I have to save you

Dasha Pogodina

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

€500

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Dasha Pogodina

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

€500

Underwater Pink

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 160 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€12,000

La passion créatrice

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Sketch - VI

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€690

N° 1133 Covid 19 (6) La rage 1.

R. Cavalié

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

€720

Deviant Portrait

Matteo Fieno

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

€990

Les trapézistes

Camille Hilaire

Print . 53 x 73 cm Print . 20.9 x 28.7 inch

€300

Mimicry

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 79 x 126.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.1 x 49.8 x 0 inch

€6,800

N° 991 Etroits sont les vaisseaux.

R. Cavalié

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

€500

Trio sur la plage

Rudyard Heaton

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

€1,800

Underwater

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 113 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.5 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€6,000

Heartbreack Hotel

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Open Locks, Whoever Knocks

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 145 x 145 x 5 cm Painting . 57.1 x 57.1 x 2 inch

€10,000

Underwater Turquoise Red

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100.5 x 113 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.6 x 44.5 x 0 inch

€11,998

The golden hour

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 25.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10 x 4.9 x 0 inch

€183

Surrendered to You

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 15.5 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 6.1 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€183 €165

Collision

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 21.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.5 x 8.5 x 0 inch

€183 €165

Moments between the lines

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 10 x 16 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 6.3 x 0 inch

€183

Whispers in Red

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 24 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€229

Mermaid III

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 20 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€366

Mermaid II

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 39.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.6 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€366 €330

Swimmer

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 90 x 156 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61.4 x 0 inch

€10,000

Buste

François Boisrond

Print . 50 x 35 x 1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€350

Bain de soleil

Francine Van Hove

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

€12,200

N° 995 J'étais dans une dèche fabuleuse.

R. Cavalié

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

€600

N° 109 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 2.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2.4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.9 inch

€600

N° 108 Baalbek. Temple de Vénus 1

R. Cavalié

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

€500

Passion

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 11.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 4.5 x 8.5 x 0 inch

€183 €165

Mermaid I

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 21 x 44 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€366 €330

Mare

Luigi Iona

Painting . 78 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€390

For The Heart

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Toons Revolution

Marabout

Print . 62 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print . 24.4 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€900

Eva

Hossein Borojeni

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

€520

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