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.

About of socks

Igor Shulman

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

€2,460

Chiens N.3

Helen Uter

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Coq

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Nicole 2

Alex Katz

Print . 150 x 102 cm Print . 59.1 x 40.2 inch

€16,000

Opale

Hélène Hubert

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

€1,250

En se promenant dans la ville

Cristiano Sidoti

Painting . 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Le luci del Litorale

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Palazzo a fine giornata

Luigi Iona

Painting . 65 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€150

Le marais

Topolino

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

€200

Good vibes Lyon

Rico Sab

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

€650

Campagne et paysans

Adrien Holy

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

€1,807

Le furet dans l'ombre des bois

Sébastien Nadin

Painting . 118 x 84 x 1 cm Painting . 46.5 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Nos Récoltes

Yutao Ge

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

€3,500

City Living

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 60.5 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting . 23.8 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,344

Blackout Beauty

Mathieu Questel

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

€2,900

Jeux de jambes II

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Jane, Carol and Louise, After the Bath

Mario Sughi

Print . 50 x 66 cm Print . 19.7 x 26 inch

€950

Equestrienne 3, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€456

Sac bleu

Xavier Jambon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Aujourd'hui Circus

Boreli

Painting . 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€1,900

Les âmes jumelles

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

Arone011

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 50 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Spring

Mónica Castanys

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

€2,900

Délire

Christian Raffin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€660

The Dutch pastoral - The last flowers

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

City Street Silhouettes

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 70 x 60.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.8 x 0 inch

€2,200

The Hug

Wencke Uhl

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

€2,004

Massis Kabob

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 88.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 inch

€4,920

Le Père Lachaise

Simon Pradinas

Painting . 73 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,570

Les joncs

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 52.5 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€2,300

Sidonia

Matteo Fieno

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

€990

In Harmony

Christine Drummond

Painting . 119.4 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47 x 23.5 x 2 inch

€6,742

Le patio

AE2

Painting . 65 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

L'ozio ( Il regista)

Pierluca Cetera

Painting . 176 x 314 x 0.3 cm Painting . 69.3 x 123.6 x 0.1 inch

€6,000

Bateaux à Honfleur

Pierre Wuillaume

Painting . 80 x 80 x 6 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,200

Akihabara Street

Marco Santaniello

Fine Art Drawings . 67 x 90 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Saint Tropez

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 180 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

Paris la journée

François Boisrond

Print . 27 x 21 x 0.2 cm Print . 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€600

N° 140 Le boeuf de la rue du Boeuf

R. Cavalié

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€540

Sortie de bunker I

Victor Spahn

Print . 36.5 x 29 cm Print . 14.4 x 11.4 inch

€100

Camouflage

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 96 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Red Old School

Antoine Rose

Photography . 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€4,800

L'appel des couleurs

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Untitled 7

Layla Dagher

Sculpture . 27 x 21 x 8 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 8.3 x 3.1 inch

€1,549

Untitled

Leonard Ngure

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

€2,100

A Beach chair

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,100

Untitled

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 137 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 53.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Les Pieds dans les nuages

Francine Van Hove

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

€23,300

Amour Bobigny 2

François Boisrond

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

€200

Amazing Paris

Rico Sab

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

N° 1014 Fugato risoluto.

R. Cavalié

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

€800

Sweet tears of healing

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,800

Femme Parfaite II - Douce

Patricia Dubois

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

€2,910

Pallenque

Maude Ovize

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

€2,400

Winter Tear

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,380

Des eaux claires

Lucia Buccini

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

€2,200

Eze-sur-Mer

Camille Hilaire

Print . 51 x 37 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€200

Nina

Marta Lafuente

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

€850

Paysage Corse

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

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

Morning throughouts about wander

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,800

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Gente

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 53 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Beach. A Step

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

La sépia photographe

Marc Desgrandchamps

Print . 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch

€450

J+ Boubous

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,200

Tree

Alexander Levich

Painting . 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,090

Untitled (Flying Carpet)

Alex Katz

Print . 34.8 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€5,000

Kimono I

Mónica Castanys

Print . 50 x 50 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€250

Kimono de dos

Eugène Bégarat

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Magik is real

Rico Sab

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

€600

N° 1303 Quand on est petit, on voir grand.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€520

Je déborde carrément trop

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 60 x 60 x 6 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,200

From the Streets of South East London

Ray Richardson

Painting . 112 x 112 x 2 cm Painting . 44.1 x 44.1 x 0.8 inch

€10,500

Balance

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Trame Tropicale

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,000

Art décoratif

Frederic Weisz

Painting . 130 x 89 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 2 inch

€3,650

She Returns to Herself

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 200 x 180 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 70.9 x 1 inch

€7,300

Seeking Peace

Haibat Balaa Bawab

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€7,000

Contours of Community

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Jeux d'été

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Face of Danger

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

Les pinces

François Boisrond

Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€450

Entre chien et loup

David Jamin

Painting . 50 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Automne

Carole Leprince

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

€1,100

A Moment of Thought

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€437

Le bouquet

AE2

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€380

Coin Speech

Su Yu

Painting . 53 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Not everyone will be taken into the future

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Le sud

Léa Augereau

Painting . 115 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€5,000

Cobra

Rico Sab

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

€600

Juste un moment

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€3,000

Nuances de gris

Valérie Zimmermann (Anna Mya Zimmer)

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

€2,450

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