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.

Le Blouson

Helen Uter

Painting . 120 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Nabis

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 60 x 72 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,232

Underwater June

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€6,800

The Ying-Yang Game in the Age

Su Yu

Painting . 150 x 200 x 6 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch

€21,000

The Flowers of Death

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,080

A Corner In Sofia

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Un’altra vita

Ilaria Del Monte

Painting . 80 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€4,250

Not everyone will be taken into the future

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Cérémonie d'ouverture

Alione

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

€4,200

Bateau pour Formentera

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

View of Porto beach

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 45 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Ça bulle sévère !

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 150 x 150 x 8 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 3.1 inch

€7,700

Cherry Delight

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€900

Formentera Beach 10

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

2 Singers

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Plage de Bussaghlia

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,900

Moroccan Pop Art

Annaelle Myriam Chaib

Painting . 46 x 36 x 5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.2 x 2 inch

€800

Promenade des Anglais

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

L.A 2 Personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Village

Adrien Holy

Painting . 26 x 46 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10.2 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,091

Lanzarote Famara 02

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 72 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Malo les Bains

Carole Leprince

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

€300

Into the light

Harry Ergott

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

€4,500

Joueurs de foot Bois de Boulogne

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Porto 08

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Lisière

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€250

Balance

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Être simplement

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Diffraction IV

Maude Ovize

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

€1,800

Bateau au mouillage, Nauplie, Péloponnèse

Matthieu Delfini

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

€1,850

Awakening Together

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

The Horse Fair

Alexander Levich

Painting . 20 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch

€750

Bateau, 7 personnages

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,700

Des eaux claires

Lucia Buccini

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Salumi e formaggi

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Soft Gravity

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

A sky full of stars

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Backstage

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Best Budies

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€580

Mother

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Bateau Alain

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Porto

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

16:00 Catagne

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,700

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

202 Mott Street, NY

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 67 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 26.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Skate Park Venice Beach

Karine Bartoli

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

€1,300

Cuerdas de contención

Nicole Tijoux

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

€6,999

250USdollar

Su Yu

Painting . 126 x 255 x 6 cm Painting . 49.6 x 100.4 x 2.4 inch

€26,000

Ageless eyes

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 180 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€1,800

Juliette

Frederic Weisz

Painting . 73 x 54 x 5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 2 inch

€1,000

A cup of the sky

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 41 x 31.8 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.5 x 1.2 inch

€850

Iles Lavezzi

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 81 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Summer Sensation

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 184 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 72.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Skater 03

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

N° 1305 - Oh ! le beau violet.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€520

Arone011

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 50 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Surfeuse

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 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

Roof 2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€500

Clapotis II

Maude Ovize

Painting . 72 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Les Indépendantes

Matthieu Delfini

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

€3,200

La chance se provoque

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,550

Concerning Portrait

Matteo Fieno

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€950

Ease your feet in the sea

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€1,350

Recalcitrante pancia

Luigi Iona

Painting . 56 x 37 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch

€170

Único

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Of Grey and Colors

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€2,200

And Now Summer Has Left…

Alexander Levich

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€890

Beef

Alexander Levich

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€870

Irish Coffee

Alexander Levich

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€870

Summer Day II

Alexander Levich

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

€980

Romantic Landscape - III

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

For Your Eyes Only

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€900

We, the Ants

Natia Sapanadze

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

€1,300

Sunset Road

Alexander Levich

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Tropical light II

Maude Ovize

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Fantasmagorie

Maude Ovize

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

€1,800

Favorite Tune

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,250

Chemin Formentera

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Marseille

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Calanques

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,600

Caspiu

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,600

Variations sur l'introportrait

David Jamin

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

€3,400

Pallenque

Maude Ovize

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

€2,400

Ferryboat

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,220

Summer Day

Alexander Levich

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

€980

Bathing at sunset

Alexander Levich

Painting . 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€980

Morning Sunbathing

Alexander Levich

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

€870

Autoportrait

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Geese and universe

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch

€1,964

The Milky Way

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 45.5 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Over the Deck

Alexander Levich

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Saint-Paul de Vence

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 46 x 32 cm Painting . 18.1 x 12.6 inch

€1,850

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