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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Sunny forest

Fisher

Tuscany flashback

Lily girl portrait

Sarah

Solo

Girl with a fishing net

Along the channel 4

Girl at the sea

Sea walk 3

Magic ice 2

Girl at the beach

Children at the beach 2

Creation 2

Young surfer

Girl with a dog

Beach ball player

Les équilibres 2

Dandelion

Dog at the sea

Wet dog

Running with wet dogs

Wet dogs

Dog at the sea

Going to surf

Low tide

Wet dogs

Dog at the sea

Dog at the sea

Swimming dogs

Dog at the sea

Wet doggies, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Expanse

Walking seagulls

Winter windmill

Winter windmill in Maasluis

Forest road

Pastors lake pine

Sea gulls

Dog in the boat

Cat

Haystacks in Westland

Dog with a toy

Boats at the lake

Forest road 2

Rowan-tree

Rocks at the sunset

Spring in Holland

Spring in Holland, tree at the channel.

Spring in Holland, tulips worker

Spring in Baden - Baden

Tree at Port -Mort

Before rain

Boats haven

Lavenda flavor

Seagulls, Painting, Oil on Canvas

The street of Toledo

Sunrise

Roses

Waiting boats

Kassandra flashback

Spring moments

The last day of summer

Winter village

Spring windmill in Maasluis

The view of Schiedam