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![Painting, Mountain barns, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, After surf, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842711_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Wildflowers in Vase, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512933_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Lecture 01, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I put a spell on you, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602070_1_grid.jpg)
I put a spell on you
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,651
![Painting, Look at them, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/571011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'ami secret, Irina Drozd](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147222_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Up all night 3, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Up all night 1, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807572_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945641_1_grid.jpg)
Belated Manai Olympia Gold Award
Su Yu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,268
![Fine Art Drawings, Aleck 2, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797180_1_grid.jpg)
Aleck 2
Helen Uter
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$564
![Fine Art Drawings, Moutons Baldwin, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797177_1_grid.jpg)
Moutons Baldwin
Helen Uter
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$564
![Painting, No Interview at the Intersection, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1743465_1_grid.jpg)
No Interview at the Intersection
Su Yu
Painting - 255 x 540 x 6 cm Painting - 100.4 x 212.6 x 2.4 inch
$53,594
![Painting, Feminine Anchor, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1743450_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Capital and Art, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722378_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trip Around the World, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687926_1_grid.jpg)
Trip Around the World
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$10,155
![Painting, Old Sailor’s Stories, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687920_1_grid.jpg)
Old Sailor’s Stories
Alexander Levich
Painting - 98 x 148 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.6 x 58.3 x 1 inch
$10,155
![Painting, All Gold in the World, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687911_1_grid.jpg)
All Gold in the World
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$11,283
![Painting, Giuseppe Forever (Les Pêcheurs de Perles), Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687908_1_grid.jpg)
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
$9,026
![Painting, Saga about Normans, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687905_1_grid.jpg)
Saga about Normans
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,155
![Painting, Ancient Scottish Songs, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687896_1_grid.jpg)
Ancient Scottish Songs
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,155
![Painting, Home for Two, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jazz Ball, Christine Seiterle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/53488_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red lipstick., Igor Shulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Non-smoking carriage., Igor Shulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061699_1_grid.jpg)
Non-smoking carriage.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 69.6 x 89.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 27.4 x 35.3 x 2 inch
$3,500
![Painting, Rainy city, Igor Shulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In the Mirror, Christine Seiterle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/149188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I don't trust my memories (oblivious), Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/574344_1_grid.jpg)
I don't trust my memories (oblivious)
Jana & JS
Painting - 23 x 60 cm Painting - 9.1 x 23.6 inch
$440
![Painting, Rencontre improbable, Anna-Lisa Unkuri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35417_1_grid.jpg)
Rencontre improbable
Anna-Lisa Unkuri
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,641
![Painting, Redhead Froggie, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190965_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Autumn 1, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189363_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arribada, Alejandra Caballero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177273_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Freesia - Flowers, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153074_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The eternal city, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Denkräume, Alejandra Caballero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140066_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Release Joy, Anna-Lisa Unkuri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135506_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Diabolik à Paris, Sergio Ceccotti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1444125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, She wants her to see reality, Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/121492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tree, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051268_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alice in Wonderland, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051265_1_grid.jpg)
Alice in Wonderland
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
![Painting, Les marcheuses R, Xavier Jambon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915851_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer Solstice, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1676232_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sidonia, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Priscilla, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miss Marvel, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prosperity, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Concerning Portrait, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675434_1_grid.jpg)
Concerning Portrait
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,072
![Painting, Profession of Faith, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venus in a Fairy Tales, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1986915_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iceberg Melting, Su Yu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Horse Fair, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Races, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187944_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deer, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Living in the Moment of Peace 2, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186952_1_grid.jpg)
Living in the Moment of Peace 2
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
![Painting, Living in the Moment of Peace, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181018_1_grid.jpg)
Living in the Moment of Peace
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
![Painting, Bridegroom 1, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176768_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stay Bold, Stay Gold, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175006_1_grid.jpg)
Stay Bold, Stay Gold
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
![Painting, I am not alone 1, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In Her Space, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, David's Journey, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Star girl 2, Joshua Salami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'emprise, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1995807_1_grid.jpg)
L'emprise
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,498
![Print, Sissel, 2006, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512201_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eco City, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1239054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réception, Carole Leprince](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/939690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky inside me, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Complicité, Carole Leprince](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/938679_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Why didn't you wait?, Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/326425_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Verdure, Sergio Ceccotti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/28396_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Femmes 8, Arancha Tejedor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155376_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes 8
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$181
![Painting, Birth Song, Nathalie Lemaître](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Medical Error, Dima Filatov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1084911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le bain, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915861_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'homme et les coquelicots, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/913644_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme et les coquelicots
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 83 x 70 cm Painting - 32.7 x 27.6 inch
$1,523
![Painting, Attente et iris, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aquatic, Claudio Malacarne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/804414_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Petit Prince dans l'herbe, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013798_1_grid.jpg)
Le Petit Prince dans l'herbe
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Print - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$282
![Painting, Purple Rain, Laëtitia Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1229841_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, #1277A, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937485_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, #1064A, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937464_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sasha 2, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188434_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Erinnerung An Graz, Jana & JS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1779543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Early morning, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992904_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/991587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’Escalier, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Girl, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152369_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mother, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152368_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les fleurs ont fané à force de vous attendre, Ada Kafel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108946_1_grid.jpg)
Les fleurs ont fané à force de vous attendre
Ada Kafel
Painting - 25 x 48 cm Painting - 9.8 x 18.9 inch
$790
![Painting, Room in New York, Gerard Boersma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2103105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spining, Gerard Boersma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2103060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cold bed, Igor Shulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061804_1_grid.jpg)
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.