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.

Angel Painting - Secret garden

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Pablo Picasso

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 90 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€900

Strangers

Marta Lafuente

Painting . 41 x 69 cm Painting . 16.1 x 27.2 inch

€1,500

Lisière

Anne-Sophie Larcena

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€1,500

Departure Point

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 102 x 102 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 inch

€3,592

I Am Golden - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Floral Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,652

New Day

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€800

Travel Through Time 6

Su Yu

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

€3,700

The rear window

Alejandra Caballero

Painting . 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

I will lead you to the light

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€1,800

Denfert-Rochereau

Helen Uter

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

€3,800

For the first time I see myself so clearly

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€1,600

Cascais Beach, Portugal

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 60 x 92.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Social butterfly IV

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Regard d'Orient

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Spot the Difference

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,679

Early Morning

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 54 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€900

Madonna with roses

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€1,800

Caravan

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

We can cry and laugh together

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,300

Childhood

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,500

Embestida

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 114 x 162 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 inch

€5,500

Femme qui nage sur un lit

Victorien Bazo

Painting . 90 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€3,200

Ukrainian Christmas

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Maria

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,650

Janne

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,950

La serre

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 60 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€7,000

L'océan, Portugal

Camille Hilaire

Painting . 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Le Lac

Carole Leprince

Painting . 73 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€600

The New Frontier

Ray Richardson

Painting . 10 x 10 x 2 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Here's To You, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 38.1 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting . 15 x 18 x 0.3 inch

€598

Les tentes de cirque

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

N° 1278 Saint-Jean. Incursion dans la salle d’étude.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€460

Medicine

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

Notturno con pistola

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Social butterfly III

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Luce e ombra vicino casa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 30.4 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€90

Zebras' booties

Matthieu Delfini

Painting . 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,300

The Meeting of Maybes

Gaëtan de Séguin

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

€3,200

Firmament

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,600

La Tierra

Helen Uter

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

€1,000

Cold bed

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.9 x 100.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,322

An Explorer And His Blue Boat

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€14,000

Au jardin

David Jamin

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

€1,200

Dance by the River

Su Yu

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

€3,700

Jeu d'eau

Maude Ovize

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

€2,000

Shoes in Berlin

Marco Santaniello

Painting . 50 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

African flavor

Christine Drummond

Painting . 71.1 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 28 x 20 x 2 inch

€3,661

La Bataille

Maude Ovize

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

€1,000

4 O’clock Meeting

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 88 x 109 x 2 cm Painting . 34.6 x 42.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,679

Jaune souffre, bleu bébé (et les festivités à venir)

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Éclat

AE2

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

€1,800

Youth

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€900

Futuristic London at night from Nunhead Reservoir

Maria Luisa Azzini

Painting . 83 x 83 x 4 cm Painting . 32.7 x 32.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,450

Cretan beach 2

Elena Sokolova

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

€207

Equilibrium part 1

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Truth

Jana & JS

Painting . 50 x 20 cm Painting . 19.7 x 7.9 inch

€1,100

Social butterfly II

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

N° 1302 La belle connivence

R. Cavalié

Painting . 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€500

Venice

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 104 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting . 40.9 x 31.6 x 0 inch

€4,900

Contre-jour

Pierre Wuillaume

Painting . 92 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Dancing on Roof Tops

Wencke Uhl

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

€2,143

Knock - you will open

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Susanna and the Elders

Alexander Levich

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

€690

Daydream

Alexander Levich

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

€690

Evanescence

Maude Ovize

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

€2,100

Redhead Froggie

Alexander Levich

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

€690

Danaé

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

El Cielo

Helen Uter

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

€1,000

La forêt

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Instant Divin

Maude Ovize

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

€2,300

Let's Talk

Natia Sapanadze

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

€1,500

Shared Secret 2

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€800

Tank War

Su Yu

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,300

Queue in NYC

Marco Santaniello

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

€2,500

Echos d'atelier

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,600

Mémoire du Soleil Levant

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Stepping Out

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,957

Ray of light

Nicole Tijoux

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

€5,500

Very Demure - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Expressionism, Women

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,232

Banana

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€590

A cup of coffee for good start III

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Feu d'artifice

AE2

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800 €1,620

Pezzo di salotto

Luigi Iona

Painting . 29 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€130

The Sky of Children

Su Yu

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

€4,800

Enigmi in un giorno di pioggia

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Farandole estivale

Maude Ovize

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

€1,900

After Hours

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,250

Chargé II

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 62 x 84 x 3.5 cm Painting . 24.4 x 33.1 x 1.4 inch

€1,945

Morning

Alexander Levich

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

€750

Expectation. Allegory.

Igor Shulman

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

€2,322

Sowing Seeds in the Sky to Nurture the Earth

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€5,900

Suspicion

Lianne Kocks

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

€1,000

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