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.

Our Tuscany Morning

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 85 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€900

Cuerdas de contención

Nicole Tijoux

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€6,999

Our Moon

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,850

Départ

Rudyard Heaton

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

€1,500

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

€5,349

Traversée

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Skaters24

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Double Treble Top

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Little Town

Alexander Levich

Painting . 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,900

Mémoire Chromatique

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,900

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

Into the woods

Jana & JS

Print . 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€200

Windmills

Alexander Levich

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

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

€447

Casa Navás

Josep Moscardó

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

€3,500

Trois petits oiseaux

David Jamin

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Les Pieds dans les nuages

Francine Van Hove

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

€23,300

Conversation Pit

Edvarda Braanaas

Print . 80 x 104 cm Print . 31.5 x 40.9 inch

€1,200

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

Amour Bobigny 1

François Boisrond

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

€200

Formentera Beach

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Ayudado por bajo

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€5,500

Bord de l'Epte

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 28.5 x 46 cm Painting . 11.2 x 18.1 inch

€1,850

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

No Name - I

Alexander Levich

Painting . 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,050

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

€49,922

Le patio

AE2

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

€2,000

La partida

Marta Lafuente

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

€950

Jeux d'été

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Paris la nuit

François Boisrond

Print . 55 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€600

St Louis Ladies

Alain Le Garsmeur

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

€875

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

Soft Pavement Colours

Julia Whitehead

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

€1,459

Morning Sun

Alexander Levich

Painting . 90 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Up all night 7

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

Canzone Napoletana

Alexander Levich

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

€4,300

La Défense, 8 Personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Jane, Carol and Louise, After the Bath

Mario Sughi

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

€950

Tropical light (Etude)

Maude Ovize

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

€800

Without Words

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Seeking Peace

Haibat Balaa Bawab

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

€7,000

Station

Karine Bartoli

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

€2,600

Working day

David Jamin

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

€2,100

Le matin, au bord de la rivière

Lucia Buccini

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

€2,200

Canapé Perico-Didier

Didier Lourenço

Print . 40 x 91 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

€650

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

Horizon Line – III

Alexander Levich

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

€2,600

Paris Plage 1940

Marabout

Print . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,000

Contours of Community

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€4,000

Il fulmine

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€5,000

Un temps pour soi

Alione

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,400

Arone 7 Personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

A sandy for Edward Hopper

Cristina J. Rey

Photography . 28 x 39 cm Photography . 11 x 15.4 inch

€210

Lifebuoy in the Sea

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

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

Open water

Nicole Tijoux

Painting . 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

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

Maserati

Boreli

Painting . 65 x 92 x 1.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.6 inch

€1,600

Heart of the sea

Alexander Levich

Painting . 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Coq

David Jamin

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

€1,200

Catechismo Classe 5

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

La place animée et la Piazza Governo, à Bellinzone

Adrien Holy

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

€1,315

N° 972 En garde !

R. Cavalié

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

€420

Portrait of a Fortune Teller

Anatoly Varvarov

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

€3,500

Same Meat Different Gravy

Ray Richardson

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

€3,000

Dustbin Men

Beryl Cook

Print . 61 x 67 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 26.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,587

Moviegoer

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€800

Les joncs

Camille Hilaire

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

€2,300

Yangtze River

Su Yu

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

€1,300

Ueno Secondary Street, Tokyo

Marco Santaniello

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

€4,500

I Wake Up, But Never Awake From The Dream

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€891

Formentera 11

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 114 x 195 x 4 cm Painting . 44.9 x 76.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,400

Jaws

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 97 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.19 x 57.48 x 1 inch

€6,000

Beach

Su Yu

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

€1,300

Pallenque

Maude Ovize

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

€2,400

Portrait of Yoongi, Portrait of the Guru, Portrait of a Monkey- Triptych

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 140 x 280 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 110.2 x 0.8 inch

€9,500

Ship

Su Yu

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

€1,300

Night: William Dunas Dance 3 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

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

€7,132

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

7 Personnages Skate Park

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Le Moulin Rouge

François Boisrond

Fine Art Drawings . 23.5 x 30.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.3 x 12 inch

€900

Un pomeriggio in casa

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€6,400

Petit-déjeuner aux clémentines

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 73 x 116 cm Painting . 28.7 x 45.7 inch

€20,300

Amigos de fiesta

Jordi Turbau

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

€1,100

Portrait

Joanna Woyda

Painting . 100 x 200 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 inch

€1,300

The Avionette

Marek Okrassa

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

€14,500

Day Off

Haibat Balaa Bawab

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

€7,000

Porto Capu Seninu

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Soulmate

Dasha Pogodina

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

€3,200

Entre chien et loup

David Jamin

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

€800 €720

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

Soleil d'été

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

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