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L'Oeil en Coulisse
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$7,033
And Now Summer Has Left…
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,026
Bathing at sunset
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,003
Les jambes de la Joconde
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$922
Reflection 2 - Ropac Paris Pantin 60 Years of Printmaking
Alex Katz
Print - 119.4 x 100.3 cm Print - 47 x 39.5 inch
$17,294
Serie Laque 9
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$138
Dressing for dance
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$817
Two young ballerinas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$674
No Heroes in Troubled Times
Su Yu
Painting - 200 x 360 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 141.7 x 2.4 inch
$26,517
Le deuxième sexe ou la lecture 03
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 82 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,306
Les Deux Chaises longues
Francine Van Hove
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$18,216
I don't trust my memories (oblivious)
Jana & JS
Painting - 23 x 60 cm Painting - 9.1 x 23.6 inch
$450
La fille aux cheveux noirs
Ada Kafel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
The Troubadour's Love
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,882
Peace and Tranquility 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
The Lares and Di Penates
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,188
Catacomb of Callixtus
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,343
A Well in the Comitium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,343
The Town I've Never Been To
Alexander Levich
Painting - 65 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$3,171
Surprised Veritas
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,496
Tanto Nomini Nullum Par Elogium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,496
Where the Wild Things Are – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 71 x 71 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,171
The Pursuit of Loneliness
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$3,171
Where the Wild Things Are - II
Alexander Levich
Painting - 71 x 71 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,171
A Little Secret
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,496
Mystery of Camargue
Alexander Levich
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$4,496
Jesuit's Journey
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,496
The Town I've Never Been To
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,496
Thanksgiving day
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,496
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,171
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,153
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,729
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.