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.

Les soeurs

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Chorégraphie

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Untitled

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Bord de l'Epte

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 54 x 74 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€2,300

Gray Interior, Rare Hand Signed Screen Print, Edition 8/50, Framed

Alex Katz

Print . 49.8 x 62.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 19.6 x 24.6 x 0.1 inch

€10,698

Springtime 2026

Alex Katz

Print . 107 x 183 cm Print . 42.1 x 72 inch

€52,000

Suite 305

Alione

Painting . 97 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Red Sails, 2008

Alex Katz

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

€5,000

The Big Zongzi

Su Yu

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

€3,020

Formentera, Parasol Rouge

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,700

Alex Katz Sunny Silkscreen on Aluminum Signed 2004 Edition of 70

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 12.5 x 15 x 3.75 cm Sculpture . 4.9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inch

€12,926

Les heures paresseuses

Alione

Painting . 92 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Au Cap Martin

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 55 x 74 cm Painting . 21.7 x 29.1 inch

€2,300

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,300

Grey Ribbon | Ada 3 times from the Alex And Ada Suite

Alex Katz

Print . 82.5 x 91.4 cm Print . 32.5 x 36 inch

€7,500

Astral Laundry TVs

Maria Luisa Azzini

Painting . 60 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€880

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

Piano

David Jamin

Painting . 33 x 41 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 16.1 x 1 inch

€900

L'enlèvement de la poule aux oeufs d'or

Marabout

Print . 64 x 92 x 2 cm Print . 25.2 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Girl and coffee

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€1,600

Minimal Crowd (1)

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 97 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,100

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€300

Roma

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 46 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Attelage de rêve

Marabout

Painting . 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€10,500

Amour Bobigny

François Boisrond

Print . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€900

Outlaw State of Mind

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 50 x 61 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 2 inch

€1,200

Sera Italiana

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€3,500

Dimanche, à la plage

Lucia Buccini

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

€800

Lena

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€800

Where shall we hang the moon?

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 41 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€850

Unfinished story

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

The sky is silent

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 135 x 185 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 72.8 x 0.8 inch

€3,100

Singing in the rain

David Jamin

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

€1,380

The heat. July

Igor Shulman

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€3,388

Night: William Dunas Dance 2 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

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

€5,349

Together

Mónica Castanys

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

€3,900

Market day in Kawangware

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 70.5 x 96.5 x 2 cm Painting . 27.8 x 38 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

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

€1,440

Pesage

Camille Hilaire

Print . 38 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 22 x 0 inch

€300

Untitled

Layla Dagher

Painting . 15 x 60 cm Painting . 5.9 x 23.6 inch

€1,000

Eyes of God (Based on painting by J. M. W. Turner)

Alexander Levich

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

€1,350

Clear as our love

Fabrizio Alzati

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

€1,500

Compra en el mercadillo

Jordi Turbau

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

€1,200

Riding the Wind, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 53.3 x 66 x 7.6 cm Painting . 21 x 26 x 3 inch

€865

Old Books Street, Shanghai

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 68 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Étude pour Il pleut au Luco

Francine Van Hove

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

€2,000

I put a spell on you

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,350

Landscape

Alex Katz

Print . 66 x 112 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 44.1 x 0 inch

€10,000

La Songeuse

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,600

Running from the wave 2

Elena Sokolova

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

€478

Choregraphie

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

News Feed

Michael Krzeminski

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

€2,950

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

Les Deux Chaises longues

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€15,800

Une religion politique

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 182 x 318 x 5 cm Painting . 71.7 x 125.2 x 2 inch

€14,000

Maisons Tessinoise

Adrien Holy

Painting . 54.5 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 21.5 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,407

Paysage Corse

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Jonathan Livingston

Dima Filatov

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

€720

Echo of My Village

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€2,100

Traveler

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

Passage vivienne

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 1 inch

€1,800

Ramblas de Barcelona

Agustin Rio

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€999

Amour Bobigny 2

François Boisrond

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

€200

La grande course

Marabout

Print . 50 x 100 x 2 cm Print . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Without WiFi

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 110 x 135 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Bord de l'Epte au printemps

Camille Hilaire

Print . 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€490

Tree

Alexander Levich

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

€3,090

Untitled

Leonard Ngure

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

€2,100

Meeting of eyes

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

A Ball (Dance)

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

The Family

Malgorzata Rozmarynowska

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

€2,100

Sail Shadows, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 45.7 x 50.8 x 7.6 cm Painting . 18 x 20 x 3 inch

€865

Violoncello e piano forte

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€5,000

Domenica

Pipi Pírez

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€3,530

Frozen in Time

Fabrizio Alzati

Photography . 30 x 40 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€500

Le trafic dans le quartier

Cristiano Sidoti

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

€900

C´est le primtemps

Lucia Buccini

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

€1,600

Piccadilly People

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 50.5 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 19.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,520

Le plongeon pétillant (Etude)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Marta & Ciara, City Series

Mario Sughi

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

€900

Turner Tribute

Alexander Levich

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

€1,350

God save the queen

Marabout

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

Femme parfaite I – Serville

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 113 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,637

Together, Forever

Jana & JS

Painting . 100 x 121 x 7 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.6 x 2.8 inch

€5,850

Twilight (Portfolio of 3)

Alex Katz

Print . 118.7 x 287.1 x 0.01 cm Print . 46.7 x 113 x 0 inch

€84,000

Ondulation (Etude)

Maude Ovize

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,200

Romantic Landscape - IV

Alexander Levich

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

€1,500

MacDonald - Mascate

Annaelle Myriam Chaib

Painting . 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€2,000

Sans issue

Hélène Deghilage

Painting . 70 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Elévation

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,500

Dollar Burger under Stars

Su Yu

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

€2,500

Catechismo Classe 2

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

I want to break free

Marabout

Print . 63 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 24.8 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€900

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