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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Madonna with Frenchie

Posing in the Garden

Posing in the Garden

Like an angel

The Miracle of Christmas

Family Tapestry: Grandma and Sister’s Picnic

I Am Strong

Play for me

Entwined in Serenity

Whispers of Venus

Driada - I feel the Earth

You rise me up

I want to go home

Kitties

Golden Garden

Naked sincerity

Guardian of the Enchanted Grove

Flora 13th

Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile

Pleasure

Nude woman naive modern art - Warrior

Sirens Art Modern Woman Nude, Bird Woman,

Towards the Real me

Détente

Underwater

Nude Abstract

Nude Abstract

Woman nude, Pop art - Antifragile

I need your friendship so much

I have the horse. Am I a knight?

My main enemy

Nude Abstract

Diffraction (Etude)

Reflet rouge (Etude)

Le Baigneur

Nude sketches

Meditation in the heart of nature

Beach 3 Personnages

Bussaghia, Bouée Bleue

Formentera Ses Illêtes 09

Step

Espièglerie

Cariatides

De l'autre côté du miroir

Swimmer

Tiny Feet

Swimmer

Relaxation

Contemplating the Inarticulate

Plurielle

Model in the studio

Kot

Nessi

Elévation

Underwater Mediterranean

Underwater

Underwater

Le clown Auguste sur la piste

Pause entre deux poses

Avec Mona Lisa

Underwater

Bain de soleil

Mais ce n'était que le soleil

Underwater Turquoise Red

Swimmer

Underwater Turquoise