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.

Eden VI (Etude)

Maude Ovize

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

€1,000

Warm Night 2

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€950

New-York love

Rico Sab

Painting . 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

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

€866

Salumi e formaggi

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Un temps pour soi

Alione

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

€4,500

Révéler

David Jamin

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

€1,000

Books about Love

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,200

Big Jump

Dima Filatov

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

€1,800

Les soeurs

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Turner Tribute

Alexander Levich

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

€1,350

Singing in the rain

David Jamin

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

€1,380

Around Shinsekai, Osaka

Marco Santaniello

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

€4,500

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

Roma

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,000

N° 1298 En famille à Lyon 6.

R. Cavalié

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

€550

Les tresses

Matthieu Delfini

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

€2,400

Beach. The evening

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Au Cap Martin

Camille Hilaire

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

€2,300

Together, Forever

Jana & JS

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

€5,850 €5,265

Before performance

Serghei Ghetiu

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

Outfit

Su Yu

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Souvenir d’éléphant

Marc Desgrandchamps

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€50,000

Au commencement

Maude Ovize

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

€2,600

Matelot

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

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

Fais ce qu'il te plaît

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 146 x 114 x 10 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 3.9 inch

€5,300

Midsummer Night Blues

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,250

Blue Brigitte

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200 €1,140

Gavinana

Luigi Iona

Painting . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€150

Sera Italiana

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€3,500

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

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

€2,100

Salon rouge

David Jamin

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

€850

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

Amazing Lyon

Rico Sab

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

€950

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

Formentera, Parasol Rouge

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,700

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

Jump2

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

Les inspirations de Basquiat

Alione

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

€8,500

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

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

€1,687 €1,350

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

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

€1,440

Bord de l'Epte

Camille Hilaire

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

€1,850

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

Piccadilly People

Julia Whitehead

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

€1,527

Flora

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,850

L'âme azurée

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

A summer day

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,250

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

The Artist and His Visions

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€410

Frozen Immortality

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,100

Love duo

Mathieu Questel

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

€1,750

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

€1,797

Outlaw State of Mind

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,200

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

Violoncello e piano forte

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€5,000

Famara 04

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,400

Unified Emotion

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€900

Pain

Su Yu

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

€1,300

Les citrons

David Jamin

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

€690

Tarda de platja

Mónica Castanys

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

€1,700

Attelage de rêve

Marabout

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

€10,500

Starting Block

AE2

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

€2,000

Ballerina Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

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

€2,200

Beach. A Step

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Les Indépendantes

Matthieu Delfini

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

€3,200

Sous ton parapluie

Christian Raffin

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

€1,050

Une religion politique

Hélène Deghilage

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

€14,000

Wonder Woman

Mathieu Questel

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

€2,900

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

Couleurs ondulantes

Maude Ovize

Painting . 85 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Morning Glory

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,094

Cover Book #2

Jana & JS

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

€950

Robe rouge

Xavier Jambon

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

€3,000

Moment of Affection - 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

€1,687 €1,350

The Dapper

Ray Richardson

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

€1,000

Andy Warhol Camera

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200 €1,140

Returning Home

Alexander Levich

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

€1,450

Lena

Lianne Kocks

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

€800

Freelance.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 44.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17.6 x 23.5 x 1 inch

€1,733

Landscape 13

Layla Dagher

Painting . 26 x 26 cm Painting . 10.2 x 10.2 inch

€900

Stars

Rico Sab

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

€1,350

Ragazza davanti muro rosa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 90 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€520

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

Portrait sur Marie-Thérèse

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Skaters24

Karine Bartoli

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

€2,200

N° 1199 Entracte. Farniente.

R. Cavalié

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

€300

Astral Laundry TVs

Maria Luisa Azzini

Painting . 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch

€832

The spring fairy

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,400 €980

Spending a night scooping up the stars

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 45.5 x 33.3 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 13.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Dots (woman enjoying painting by Larry Poons)

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,600

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