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![Painting, Petite ballerine, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introportrait en mars, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Coronation Of The Heiresses, Mathieu Questel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218460_1_grid.jpg)
The Coronation Of The Heiresses
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Eden IX, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eden VIII, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217582_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eden (Diptyque) VII, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217567_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le grand saut, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je t'aime moi non plus, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214282_1_grid.jpg)
Je t'aime moi non plus
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Summer reading, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Echappée, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209688_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Work always bears fruit, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217715_1_grid.jpg)
Work always bears fruit
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Délice estival, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eden V, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194842_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eden IV, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194841_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eden (Diptyque), Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Intro en novembre, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introportrait, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tendre messager, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329714_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dandy, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Instant précieux, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Diffraction III, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151396_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le fauteuil rose, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757019_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les oiseaux voyageurs, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Promenade d'été, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769958_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couple d'inséparables, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le gars du port, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseau fond bleu, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introportrait aux jours d'été, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107143_1_grid.jpg)
Introportrait aux jours d'été
David Jamin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Mimosa, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les oiseaux, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903623_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cheminées de carnaval, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229098_1_grid.jpg)
Cheminées de carnaval
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 70 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,369
![Painting, Avalon-Tapestry 2, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229040_1_grid.jpg)
Avalon-Tapestry 2
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,031
![Painting, Sans titre 16, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229039_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mouche-au-Louvre, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229037_1_grid.jpg)
Mouche-au-Louvre
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,467
![Painting, Reconstruction, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229035_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Assis sur le quai, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tour rouge, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229033_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tag du soir, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notre maison, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green Skyline, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Southolm Street Londres, Rudyard Heaton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229024_1_grid.jpg)
Southolm Street Londres
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,257
![Painting, Soleil irradiant (Etude), Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228915_1_grid.jpg)
Soleil irradiant (Etude)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,128
![Painting, Le plongeon pétillant (Etude), Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228913_1_grid.jpg)
Le plongeon pétillant (Etude)
Maude Ovize
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,128
![Painting, 4 jambes (Etude), Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Origin Stories - Warpath, Matt Lambert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228873_1_grid.jpg)
Origin Stories - Warpath
Matt Lambert
Painting - 22.7 x 15.1 x 3 cm Painting - 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch
$316
![Painting, Le pacha, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseau fond rose, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tropical Light, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1525368_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mientras duermes, Didier Lourenço](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/436368_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tronches de vies, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090064_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Blue sofa, Didier Lourenço](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/436311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Art Rock, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330899_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ensemble, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330878_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Santa Giulia Ponton 02, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262946_1_grid.jpg)
Santa Giulia Ponton 02
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Sisters, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Older sister, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176795_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Charleta, Pipi Pírez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416762_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7 Personnages Arone, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1502556_1_grid.jpg)
7 Personnages Arone
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Oiseaux voyageurs, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Castagne Sourire, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568734_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plage de Porto, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1762995_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, L'Ange de Léonard, Francine Van Hove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1723662_1_grid.jpg)
L'Ange de Léonard
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Scène au Figuier de Barbarie, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1085844_1_grid.jpg)
Scène au Figuier de Barbarie
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Orange Juice, Alejandra Caballero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/158452_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144568_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soleil, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190302_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dream of you, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107035_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rêverie, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395657_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dilettante, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introportrait en novembre, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329708_1_grid.jpg)
Introportrait en novembre
David Jamin
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Nous deux, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329696_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introportrait 2023, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166250_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bonheur, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984371_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Séverine aux fleurs, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prairie, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107107_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La boîte de jazz, Christiane Simon-Roques](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283460_1_grid.jpg)
La boîte de jazz
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, L'étudiante, Christiane Simon-Roques](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/912801_1_grid.jpg)
L'étudiante
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les 3 serveurs, Christiane Simon-Roques](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1205124_1_grid.jpg)
Les 3 serveurs
Christiane Simon-Roques
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Vélos Californie, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/568752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Formentera Salinas 05, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/489730_1_grid.jpg)
Formentera Salinas 05
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, A portrait with a glass of red wine, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177948_1_grid.jpg)
A portrait with a glass of red wine
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Bussaghia Bateau Blanc, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1928343_1_grid.jpg)
Bussaghia Bateau Blanc
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Sous l’eau, AE2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1525287_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme et Enfants Bussaghia, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262943_1_grid.jpg)
Femme et Enfants Bussaghia
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 65 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Rouge 8 - Femmes, Arancha Tejedor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187206_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crique à Eden-Roc, Camille Hilaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/803676_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Avril, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spinning, Gerard Boersma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1484295_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A travers, Anne-Sophie Larcena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204419_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At the forest river, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer night, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1599174_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.