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.

Perry

Alex Katz

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

€6,000

William Dunas Dance, Pamela-American Dance Festival

Alex Katz

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

€1,076

Surfeuse

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,200

For Your Eyes Only

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€900

Être simplement

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€3,000

Au commencement

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Cloud

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Juliette

Frederic Weisz

Painting . 73 x 54 x 5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 2 inch

€1,000

A cup of the sky

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 41 x 31.8 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.5 x 1.2 inch

€850

Vivien (On Green)

Alex Katz

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

€8,500

Asia e Liam in un abbraccio

Luigi Iona

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€260

N° 1306 L’envol de Vaise.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€540

Salumi e formaggi

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Alméria

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Danaé

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Girl With Hair Ribbon Lichtenstein

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€6,400

Único

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€4,000

Awakening Together

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,000

Back to Okiya : an onyx silent ballet

Ryoko Watanabe

Sculpture . 170 x 85 x 30 cm Sculpture . 66.9 x 33.5 x 11.8 inch

€22,000

Saint-Paul de Vence

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 46 x 32 cm Painting . 18.1 x 12.6 inch

€1,850

Les inspirations de Basquiat

Alione

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

We, the Ants

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Favorite Tune

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,255

Mother

Helen Uter

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

€2,400

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

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

Jeux Olympiques de Paris - Tous réunis

François Boisrond

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

€350

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

Allow Me to Be Your Friend

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 78 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 30.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

L'éveil

Sébastien Nadin

Painting . 42 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€600

Studio per figura femminile

Luigi Iona

Painting . 41.5 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.3 x 10.4 x 0 inch

€120

Taipei Main Station Area

Marco Santaniello

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

€3,500

His wife 1654

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,950

La jeunesse 1880

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,950

Bathing at sunset

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€980

Morning Sunbathing

Alexander Levich

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

€870

A magical Landscape

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 28 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€269

Autoportrait

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Pinocchio fait une pousse

Topolino

Print . 46 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 18.1 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch

€150

Le Père Lachaise

Simon Pradinas

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

€1,570

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

Sentimental

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

N° 140 Le boeuf de la rue du Boeuf

R. Cavalié

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€540

Variations sur l'introportrait

David Jamin

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

€3,400

Asortment of Fruits and Sunrise

Hiromi Sengoku

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

€1,100

Ignite2

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

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

€2,100

LaBor

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€760

La visita

Didier Lourenço

Print . 77 x 52 x 1 cm Print . 30.3 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch

€400

Beige 8 femmes

Arancha Tejedor

Painting . 100 x 81 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.2 inch

€850

Opale

Hélène Hubert

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

€1,250

Les Indépendantes

Matthieu Delfini

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

€3,200

Road Story

Alexander Levich

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

€3,300

Sister Delaunay

Edvarda Braanaas

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

€980

Fest-Noz au bois d'amour

Bruno Tremohars

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€880

Qualcuno entra in casa

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

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

€1,659

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

Flamenco Seville

Marco Santaniello

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

€3,800

Rod and Stella, City Series

Mario Sughi

Print . 70 x 66 cm Print . 27.6 x 26 inch

€1,200

Muretto

Luigi Iona

Painting . 62.5 x 48.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 24.6 x 19.1 x 0.1 inch

€260

Blackout Beauty

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch

€2,900

Reflecting pool

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Maternity 1

Agustin Rio

Painting . 65 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€700

Rêve

Maude Ovize

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

€300

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

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

Piqûre de rappel

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 196 x 130 x 6 cm Painting . 77.2 x 51.2 x 2.4 inch

€8,400

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 Temple Within

Dima Filatov

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

€1,600

Els sons d'un 23 d'abril

Mónica Castanys

Print . 39 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.4 x 13 x 0 inch

€200

Dancing on the QE2

Beryl Cook

Print . 76 x 69 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.9 x 27.2 x 0.1 inch

€3,584

Les fildeféristes

Camille Hilaire

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

€250

Extérieur Nuit

Helen Uter

Painting . 101 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 39.8 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Mes nuits apaches

Topolino

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€240

Untitled 4

Layla Dagher

Sculpture . 28 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 11 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

€1,524

Dusk Lighting

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 36 x 26 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€881

Summer game

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Black Dress

Alex Katz

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

€24,078

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

€1,659

Je t'ai trouvé

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Saga about Normans

Alexander Levich

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€9,300

Home for Two

Alexander Levich

Painting . 140 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 45.3 x 1 inch

€5,800

Les demoiselles d'artist

Edvarda Braanaas

Painting . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,200

New Day

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€800

Songe d'enfance

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Ageless eyes

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 180 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€1,800

Due ragazze

Luigi Iona

Painting . 31 x 26 x 0.2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch

€110

Incandescence

David Jamin

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

€5,100

Louvre

Helen Uter

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

€3,500

Elle bouscule ma libellule

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 197 x 97 x 7 cm Painting . 77.6 x 38.2 x 2.8 inch

€5,300

The Ash Within

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 65.5 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 25.8 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

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