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.

Abstrait

Frederic Weisz

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

€5,300

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

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

Her Secret Sanctuary

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,600

Je n'avance pas en ligne droite

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,100

About of socks

Igor Shulman

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

€2,444

Night: William Dunas Dance 1 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

Print . 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch

€5,431

You Do You

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 122 x 117 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 46.1 x 1.6 inch

€5,469

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

Massis Kabob

Gerard Boersma

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

€4,888

Casa Navás

Josep Moscardó

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

€3,500

Toits de Paris

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,400

Beach. The evening

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Matelot

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

Nos Récoltes

Yutao Ge

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

€3,500

Landscape 22

Layla Dagher

Painting . 27 x 27 cm Painting . 10.6 x 10.6 inch

€900

Essaouira, souvenir de la Medina

Matthieu Delfini

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

€3,000

Jane, Carol and Louise, After the Bath

Mario Sughi

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

€950

Sieste au bord de la Moselle

Camille Hilaire

Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 10.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 4 inch

€800

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

Canzone Napoletana

Alexander Levich

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,300

La Course

Clara Delaporte

Photography . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Aujourd'hui Circus

Boreli

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

€1,900

Le Père Lachaise

Simon Pradinas

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

€1,570

Vivien in Black Hat, Rare Screen Print, Hand Signed Ed. of 75, Framed, S. 464

Alex Katz

Print . 73 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 28.75 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€50,686

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

€6,698

Sac bleu

Xavier Jambon

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

€3,000

Clapotis II

Maude Ovize

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

€1,800

The Hug

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,991

Chiens N.3

Helen Uter

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

€2,000

Saint Tropez

Marek Okrassa

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

€11,000

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

Reeds channel

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 24.1 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€179

N° 1305 - Oh ! le beau violet.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€520

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

Amour Bobigny 1

François Boisrond

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

€200

Untitled 7

Layla Dagher

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

€1,539

By My Side 2

Antoine Rose

Photography . 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

The Town I've Never Been To

Alexander Levich

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

€4,800

Le patio

AE2

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

€2,000

Salida de toriles

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€5,500

Couleurs ondulantes

Maude Ovize

Painting . 85 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Black Dress; Yi

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 58.4 x 20.3 x 7.9 cm Sculpture . 23 x 8 x 3.1 inch

€24,302

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Soft Pavement Colours

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 60 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,458

Femmes 23

Arancha Tejedor

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€160

Radiance

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 90.2 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 35.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€1,358

Kimono I

Mónica Castanys

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

€250

Venice

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 104 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.9 x 31.6 x 0 inch

€4,900

Paris la journée

François Boisrond

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

€600

Plasticine City

Alexander Levich

Painting . 99 x 99 x 2 cm Painting . 39 x 39 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

La partida

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 30 x 55 cm Painting . 11.8 x 21.7 inch

€950

Ballerina

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,450

Salumi e formaggi

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Changes

Jana & JS

Painting . 45 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Feeling Vibrant

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.92 x 91.44 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,699

Gente

Jordi Turbau

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

€1,000

Rush hour

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 90.5 x 102.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.6 x 40.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

202 Mott Street, NY

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 67 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 26.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

A Beach. Veil

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,200

Au commencement

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

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

Winter Tear

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,380

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

St Louis Ladies

Alain Le Garsmeur

Photography . 51 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography . 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch

€875

Clown blanc musicien

Camille Hilaire

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

€250

Vivien (On Green)

Alex Katz

Print . 81 x 61 cm Print . 31.9 x 24 inch

€8,500

The Night Before Christmas

Alexander Levich

Painting . 155 x 235 x 2 cm Painting . 61 x 92.5 x 0.8 inch

€9,800

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

Station

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Parallel Souls on a Night Line

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 185 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 72.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Landscape of Tuscany

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,800

J+ les débuts

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,600

Love Life and Wait for Spring

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,100

Pret pour la baignade

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,000

Gestures of Everyday

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€407

Face of Danger

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

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

€1,674

Jonathan Livingston

Dima Filatov

Painting . 70 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€720

Des eaux claires

Lucia Buccini

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

€2,200

Automne

Carole Leprince

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

€1,100

On a leash

Michael Krzeminski

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

€2,950

Corso Mazzini Cosenza

Marco Santaniello

Print . 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€300

Coverack in a parallel Cornwall

Maria Luisa Azzini

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€275

Les joncs

Camille Hilaire

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

€2,300

Seeking Peace

Haibat Balaa Bawab

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

€7,000

Le sud

Léa Augereau

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

€5,000

Monde Riant

Hélène Hubert

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

€850

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

Bird Over the City

Alexander Levich

Painting . 118 x 198 x 2 cm Painting . 46.5 x 78 x 0.8 inch

€8,400

I was lost but I'm found

Dasha Pogodina

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

€900

A Girl in Red Swimsuit

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,100

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