Life Portrait Artists

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.

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Yayoi Banner

Girl with a hammer

Eternal baby

Equilibrium part 3

Equilibrium part 2

Dreamworld

Louvre

Canadian Trucks

Early morning

Yellow

Street of Mercy

Bridegroom 2

Peace and Tranquility 2

Living in the Moment of Peace 2

Living in the Moment of Peace

Bridegroom 1

In Her Space

Old Sailor’s Stories

Golden Memories

All Gold in the World

Giuseppe Forever (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)

Saga about Normans

Ancient Scottish Songs

Home for Two

Noir

White

Réception

La espera

Sunset Ouest

Relax

Meeting in the forest with a curator

Complicité

Levich - van Dyck Sketches for the Portrait of Sir Roderick David Stewart

Balos beach boat, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Marilyn

Canzone Napoletana

Blues for Blue Bus

Purple Rain

Enjoying the Pomegranate Fruit

Equilibrium equation

Taking a warm bath

Autoportrait

Iris

"Button in the house" - part 2

On-line

Portal

Papess

Chocolate bunny

Tomos tour

Snow King

Negotiation

Once upon a time in Tibet part 15

Once upon a time in Tibet part 8

Once upon a time in Tibet part 6

The sky is silent

Marginal

Kravchuchka

Green interior

Good morning

Voices of love

The Velvet season

Oranges part 1

Vitality

Pink

Hybrid dream

Beige 8 femmes