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.

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

La Tierra

Helen Uter

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

€1,000

Au jardin

David Jamin

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

€1,200

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

I Got By In Time

Ray Richardson

Painting . 29 x 29 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Evanescence

Maude Ovize

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

€2,100

Danaé

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

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

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

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 III

Lianne Kocks

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

€1,400

Roof

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

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

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

Equilibrium part 1

Konovalov Igor

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

€2,500

Firmament

Anne-Sophie Larcena

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

€1,600

Notturno con pistola

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€2,800

Cold bed

Igor Shulman

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

€2,318

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

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

4 O’clock Meeting

Julia Whitehead

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

€2,675

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

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

Farandole estivale

Maude Ovize

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

€1,900

Ciclico

Luigi Iona

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€150

El Cielo

Helen Uter

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

€1,000

African flavor

Christine Drummond

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

€3,655

N° 1300 La Duchère. L’éblouissement.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€520

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

Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams

Dasha Pogodina

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

€2,500

Éclat

AE2

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

€1,800

Love Life and Wait for Spring

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,100

White cat

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,300

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

The Artist and His Visions

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€401

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

€2,139

Ukraine

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€790

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

After Hours

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€2,250

Redhead Froggie

Alexander Levich

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

€690

Shoes in Berlin

Marco Santaniello

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

Stepping Out

Julia Whitehead

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

€3,951

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

Banana

Gerard Boersma

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

€590

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

Tank War

Su Yu

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

€3,300

Ave Maria

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,100

Temporary escape

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,300

Horizon

Maude Ovize

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Eden VIII

Maude Ovize

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Sister, do you remember sea#2

Dasha Pogodina

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

€900

Spring brings hope

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Let's keep them for ourselves

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,300

Morning

Alexander Levich

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

€750

Little Woman

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€900

Spring symphony#1

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

White Transparent Apples

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

I Won't Die, I'll Live Forever

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,400

Garden guardian

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 3 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Abajo

Helen Uter

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

€1,000

My dear princess

Dasha Pogodina

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

€980

Olivia

Dasha Pogodina

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

€1,200

Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

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

La vie en couleur II

Maude Ovize

Painting . 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Pablo Picasso

Dasha Pogodina

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

€900

Bain estival - Premiers pas

Maude Ovize

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Be my guest

Dasha Pogodina

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

€4,300

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

€2,229

De guerre lasse

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

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

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

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

Giada

Luigi Iona

Painting . 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€210

Chargé II

Patricia Dubois

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

€1,945

Ma chatte est possessive !

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,350

Expectation. Allegory.

Igor Shulman

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

€2,318

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

Window Shopping

Julia Whitehead

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

€2,675

First day of the year

Mónica Castanys

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

€2,900

Délire

Christian Raffin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€660

Ray of light

Nicole Tijoux

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

€5,500

Pop-impression au soleil couchant

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€900

Spark in the Sunlight

Su Yu

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

€3,100

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