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.

Tutto chiaro in penombra

Luigi Iona

Painting . 68.5 x 48 x 0.4 cm Painting . 27 x 18.9 x 0.2 inch

€170

Roi de Pique

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 84.3 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 33.2 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Uccellacci sui fiori dell'amore

Luigi Iona

Painting . 63.7 x 47.7 x 0.4 cm Painting . 25.1 x 18.8 x 0.2 inch

€270

Maduixes

Didier Lourenço

Print . 76 x 51 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€250

Facade of Survival

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€740

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

Cena para dos

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 104.6 x 114 x 4 cm Painting . 41.2 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch

€3,300

Músicos

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 75 x 100.5 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

El Sol

Helen Uter

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

€3,700

El Fuego

Helen Uter

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

€3,700

Lithographie originale de Spahn

Victor Spahn

Print . 49 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print . 19.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€300

Valet de Cœur

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 84.3 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 33.2 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Colorindo nossas vidas

Christine Drummond

Painting . 80 x 80 x 10.2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 4 inch

€6,237

Regard de St Eustache

Rudyard Heaton

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

€900

A cup of coffee foe a good start II

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800 €400

Trace of Dracula

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€400

Marigold

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 85 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Femme à la robe bleu

Jeff Bayley

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

€600

Bailando

Helen Uter

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

€3,500

La luz

Helen Uter

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

€3,500

Seagull & Crows

Helen Uter

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2.3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch

€3,000

A seascape with waves III

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400 €700

Ombelles Mutines

Hélène Hubert

Photography . 80 x 80 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€1,050

Private Party

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€480

Tramonto freddo

Luigi Iona

Painting . 72 x 53 x 0.3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch

€255

Via Lazio di sera

Luigi Iona

Painting . 68 x 48 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€220

La psicologa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 71 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting . 28 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

€230

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

Secret passage

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Voices of love

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Under the Lemon Tree. Original painting

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€630

Inner Rhythm

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€700

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

Atomic fridge

Rudyard Heaton

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

€900

Gold (Hello KItty)

Dima Filatov

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

€700

Beside the Stone Wall

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€362 €289

The Treasure

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€362

Interlocutors

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€490

Papess

Konovalov Igor

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

€1,550

Winter portrait

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 82.5 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 32.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Two Olgas

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 91 x 75.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.8 x 29.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

September forest paradise apples

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 70 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Whirlpool

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Lodge

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,650

Game

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Air Force

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,650

Domino

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 110 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Connection

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,650

Sky

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,650

Blue thing

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Hourglass

Konovalov Igor

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

€1,700

Day of Confessions

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 79 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch

€680

La stampa di Martina

Luigi Iona

Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€120

Roadside Bar

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 45.7 x 58.4 x 0.8 cm Painting . 18 x 23 x 0.3 inch

€846

Surprising news

Haibat Balaa Bawab

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€7,700

Les bas fonds II

Clara Delaporte

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

€1,000

Training on the beach

Victor Spahn

Print . 43 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print . 16.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€220

Il Maestro Giapponese

Ilaria Del Monte

Painting . 50 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,750

Between the past and the future

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,950

Yayoi Banner

Konovalov Igor

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

€1,500

Green interior

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 115 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Self-portrait

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,970

A meeting

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Eternal baby

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Dreamworld

Konovalov Igor

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

€1,700

Terra incognita

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Poltrona da riparare

Luigi Iona

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€230

Ready to take a risk

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 77 x 69 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch

€500

Antonio

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€4,120

Autorretrato. Picasso.

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€4,120

Team

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 59.9 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€777

Show Jumping

Victor Spahn

Print . 60 x 43 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch

€220

Night of Hope

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€316

Appartamento in estate #2

Luigi Iona

Painting . 58 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€140

Inspirations méditerranéennes

Topolino

Print . 50.5 x 65 x 0.8 cm Print . 19.9 x 25.6 x 0.3 inch

€200

Autumn

Layla Dagher

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,712

Out of the Window

Layla Dagher

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

€3,163

The Mediterranean noon III

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,200 €840

Pensieri al muretto

Luigi Iona

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€170

Miradas en Venecia

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€6,100

Al pacino

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€6,100

Sea walk 2

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 46 x 55.1 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€509

Senza nuvole

Luigi Iona

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€170

En

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€750

Knock - you will open

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Amen

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,450

Blue dances variation

Elena Sokolova

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

€564

Jeune fille et le cygne

Eugène Bégarat

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

€3,200

Stolen summer

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 95 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Spring

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 55 x 69 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Snowflakes

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 114 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Gestures of Everyday

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€407 €325

13/18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Have a question?

Check the buyer's guide by clicking here.

Contact us by phone:
US : +1 646-844-7306
FR : +33 1 87 66 99 05
UK : +44 20 3890 6678
at 9:30 am - 6:30 pm CET, from Monday to Friday

By chat, clicking on the black bubble
at the bottom right of your screen.

By email, [email protected]