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.

Surfeuse

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

N° 1301 Mieux qu'à la maison !

R. Cavalié

Painting . 38 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€620

I know I´m not alone (red)

Jana & JS

Print . 60 x 60 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€200

Camouflage

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€1,400

Motorbike Tsunami

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Sea crowd II

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 72 x 50 cm Painting . 28.3 x 19.7 inch

€1,500

Un pomeriggio in casa

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€6,400

Don't Look at Me : Unseen Elegance

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 50 x 67 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 26.4 x 2 inch

€2,000

New chapter always comes

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,800

Qiang Lang

Su Yu

Painting . 40 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

William Dunas Dance, Pamela-American Dance Festival

Alex Katz

Print . 74.9 x 50.8 cm Print . 29.5 x 20 inch

€1,085

Etude pour "Avec Mona Lisa"

Francine Van Hove

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

€2,000

On the market

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Kiss

David Jamin

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

€800

Sasha 1, Archival pigment print, Hand Signed, Framed

Alex Katz

Print . 80.6 x 39.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 31.75 x 15.625 x 0.1 inch

€10,846

Highs & Lows

Mihai Florea

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Balance

Mónica Castanys

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

€2,500

Urban Pastel Hues

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 60 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,007

Healing

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,800

Summer Green

Alexandra Djokic

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

€1,500

Il fulmine

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€5,000

Le portrait aux yeux bleu

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,700

With a kite

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,200

Au tribunal

David Jamin

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

€800

Fruit market in Embakasi

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 87.5 x 97.5 x 2 cm Painting . 34.4 x 38.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Nameless, Faceless

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 70 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

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

Bateau au mouillage, Nauplie, Péloponnèse

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

La Pause Pipe

Victorien Bazo

Painting . 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€3,200

Gondolier devant la Punta della Dogana, Venise

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 45.5 x 62 cm Painting . 17.9 x 24.4 inch

€2,300

N° 1293 Célébration vibrante au carré.

R. Cavalié

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

€1,200

Bound in Layers of Connection

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Soulmate

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Society II

Lianne Kocks

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

€3,000

Un’altra vita

Ilaria Del Monte

Painting . 80 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€4,250

Fragments d'enfance

AE2

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

€380

Rejoicing

Haibat Balaa Bawab

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

€6,600

Into the light

Harry Ergott

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,500

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

Sentimental Beauty - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

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

€1,672 €1,505

Palazzo a fine giornata

Luigi Iona

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

€150

Awakening Together

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Renault F1 (Alain Prost)

Victor Spahn

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

€220

Être simplement

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€3,000

Cérémonie d'ouverture

Alione

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

€4,200

N° 890 Le château de Fortis.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2.4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch

€1,000

Koi 1

Fabrizio Alzati

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

€1,500

L'hésitation du Loup

Marabout

Print . 53 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.9 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€900

Antongil Bay

Alain Le Garsmeur

Photography . 76 x 101 cm Photography . 29.9 x 39.8 inch

€1,355

Cumbia

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€1,500

For Your Eyes Only

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€900

Yangtze River

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Entrecote I

Dzovig Arnelian

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

€2,260

And Now Summer Has Left…

Alexander Levich

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

€890

Marta & Ciara, City Series

Mario Sughi

Print . 46 x 66 cm Print . 18.1 x 26 inch

€900

Recalcitrante pancia

Luigi Iona

Painting . 56 x 37 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch

€170

Favorite Tune

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,265

A Moment Together

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Concerning Portrait

Matteo Fieno

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

€950

Ueno Secondary Street, Tokyo

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 70 x 94 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 37 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Still in Awe Over Me -21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

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

€1,672 €1,505

Único

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Black Dress

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 63.5 x 21.6 x 7.9 cm Sculpture . 25 x 8.5 x 3.1 inch

€24,268

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

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

€2,100

Beach

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

A Girl in a Yellow T-Shirt

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,100

Le piano de François

Matthieu Delfini

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

€2,800

Body And Soul

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 46 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Of Grey and Colors

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,200

Préparatifs

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

Beef

Alexander Levich

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

€870

Irish Coffee

Alexander Levich

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

€870

Over the Deck

Alexander Levich

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

€1,500

Chiens N.1

Helen Uter

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Gage Street Fruits corner, HK

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,300

Melanin Magic is Beautiful - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Modern

Joshua Salami

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

€1,672 €1,505

Romantic Landscape - III

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Romantic Landscape - IV

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Sun of Barcelona

Mónica Castanys

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

€2,900

Ship

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

The Man Who Would'nt Be King

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 75 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Ferryboat

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,220

Eric

Alex Katz

Print . 66 x 38.1 cm Print . 26 x 15 inch

€6,000

Horned Armchair

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€900

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 113 x 71.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.5 x 28.1 x 0 inch

€2,200

The forest road

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€800

I Am Golden - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Floral Modern

Joshua Salami

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

€1,672 €1,505

Medicine

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

Cold bed

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.9 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,350

Sister Delaunay

Edvarda Braanaas

Print . 88 x 54 cm Print . 34.6 x 21.3 inch

€980

Lithographie originale de Spahn

Victor Spahn

Print . 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€250

Road Story

Alexander Levich

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

€3,300

A New Day

Alexander Levich

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

€3,300

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