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.

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€857

Eden VI (Etude)

Maude Ovize

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

€1,000

Leçon de conduite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Selfie

Alexander Levich

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

€950

Les soeurs

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Au Cap Martin

Camille Hilaire

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

€2,300

Ajaccio 03

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Kateryna

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€820

Around Shinsekai, Osaka

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 79 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.1 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,500 €3,825

Flora

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,850

Untitled

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,900

Il va déguster

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 120 x 120 x 10 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch

€4,100

A Walk

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,100

True colors

David Jamin

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

€800 €720

Rencontre

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Unified Emotion

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Giuseppe Forever (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Alexander Levich

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

€9,300

Summer reflections

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 101 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.8 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,100

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,500

Drowning

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

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

J+ en automne

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch

€1,200

Les heures paresseuses

Alione

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

€4,500

Tropical

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

R. Cavalié

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

€300

Moment of Wonder - 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

€1,669 €1,368

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

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

€2,300

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

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

€1,400

Skaters California

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,600

Carghese, Corse

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Il a un p'tit grain...

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 95 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Félie chez Morphée

Francine Van Hove

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

€12,000

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

Aspettando nel salotto

Luigi Iona

Painting . 62.5 x 47.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 24.6 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch

€220

Ballerina

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,200

Formentera, Parasol Rouge

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,700

Où est mon chapeau

Béatrice Terra

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

€550

Our Greece Morning

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 65 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€800

Les citrons

David Jamin

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

€690

The Hug

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,985

A Beach. A Dog

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,000

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

Spring

Mónica Castanys

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

€2,900

Warm Night 2

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€950

Big Jump

Dima Filatov

Painting . 200 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

The Dapper

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 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

Introportrait au grand soir

David Jamin

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,500

Cover Book #2

Jana & JS

Painting . 27.5 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€950

Maybe (Peut-Etre)

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€390

Oiseau de feu V2

Sébastien Nadin

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

€1,200

The Weeds of the Long Night

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Les VRP du Seigneur

Alain Godon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch

€33,000

Qualcuno ci osserva

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€5,000

City Street Silhouettes

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 70 x 60.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.8 x 0 inch

€2,200

Self portrait with between clock and bed

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,777

Emancipation

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,976 €1,620

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,682

Love duo

Mathieu Questel

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

The Gaze between courses

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€866

Rainbow Building

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,500 €3,825

LLum de matí

Alejandra Caballero

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

€2,300

J+ la Marque jaune

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 162 x 111 x 4 cm Painting . 63.8 x 43.7 x 1.6 inch

€4,700

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

Les Indépendantes

Matthieu Delfini

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

€3,200

Attelage de rêve

Marabout

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

€10,500

La sera sul prato

Luigi Iona

Painting . 70.5 x 57.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.8 x 22.6 x 0.1 inch

€280

The foresight

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,128

Les passantes

Pierre Wuillaume

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

€1,500

Cuerdas de contención

Nicole Tijoux

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

€6,999

Partage secret

Maude Ovize

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

€2,400

Les envoyés spéciaux

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,900

Dancing in the light III

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€800

Ballon blanc

Christian Raffin

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Suite 305

Alione

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

€4,500

Outlaw State of Mind

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

Pain

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Astral Laundry TVs

Maria Luisa Azzini

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

€880

Starting Block

AE2

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Lena

Lianne Kocks

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

€800

Sera Italiana

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€3,500

The heat. July

Igor Shulman

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

€3,428

Midsummer Night Blues

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,250

Nina

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 49 x 36 cm Painting . 19.3 x 14.2 inch

€850

Into The Forest, Where A Man Who Brings Rain Lives

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 45.5 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€902

Singing in the rain

David Jamin

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

€1,380 €1,242

Our Tuscany Morning

Dasha Pogodina

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

€900

The Heart of Humanity

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,400

Workday Conversations

Gegham Hunanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€316

Andy Warhol Camera

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Robe rouge

Xavier Jambon

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Roma

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,000

Maison normande

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 52 x 36.5 cm Painting . 20.5 x 14.4 inch

€1,750

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