Portrait

Portraits are one of the oldest genres of painting known to art, and it first appeared in ancient Egypt. For several centuries, there was a tendency to idealize features in order flatter important patrons for whom the portrait was for. Then, progressively, artists started to turn to ordinary people for their sitters, with fewer requirements limiting their choices, they were able to paint increasingly realist works.

Portraiture was influenced by the many movements of the 20th century and, rather than getting closer to reality, painters used portraits as a means to experiment with new artistic techniques and theories. Photography and sculpture followed a similar path, thus showing the incredible creativity and interpretation of artists.

Today there is an enormous variety of unusual portraits that don't aim flatter their sitters in the least but rather be expressive. Disfigured faces, surprising collages, distorted human forms and even creatures that are half-human, half-animal: there are no rules and creativity flows!

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Love is Blind

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 inch

$1,574

Weekend

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Untitled

Ian Kuali'i

Print - 43.18 x 43.18 x 0.02 cm Print - 17 x 17 x 0 inch

$357

Emotion

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$194

Perou

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,199

White Lotus 1 (from the Portfolio of 10)

Alex Katz

Print - 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print - 32 x 48 inch

$11,505

Danse et performance

Jacob Diboum

Print - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$121

Tropical huntress

Catherine Clare

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,029

Together

Brian Calvin

Print - 50 x 41.7 x 1.25 cm Print - 19.7 x 16.4 x 0.5 inch

$2,500

Etude pour un dîner

Ludovic Simon

Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$1,151

La courtisane

Patrick Villas

Print - 120 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$4,239

Ecoute II

Bze Bzeland

Fine Art Drawings - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13 x 0 inch

$242

A Courtesan in the Field of Silver Grass

Chiho Aoshima

Print - 44 x 33 cm Print - 17.3 x 13 inch

$2,079

El Duende 16

Clara Cena

Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,029

J'aime la douceur de l'été

Myriam Mechita

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 inch

$2,241

Dream

Guillaume Piot

Print - 29.7 x 21 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$73

Coffret de luxe - Soul in the horn Edition

Dan Witz

Print - 25 x 25 x 5.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.2 inch

$218

They come down hard

Olivier Massebeuf

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$85

Code 1934 (Estampe)

Thierry Carrier

Print - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$969

Paradis perdu 9 - série portraits de femmes

Stéphane Vereecken

Photography - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$606

Les Contemplateurs, Paris

Laura Samori

Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$339

Ivailo & Denis

Samuel Lugassy

Photography - 80 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,304

"Monster Book For Girls" - Hand Finished Limited Edition (Large Format)

Gavin Mitchell

Print - 140 x 94 x 0.1 cm Print - 55.1 x 37 x 0 inch

$3,028

This is a beautiful portrait of a Japanese geisha

Natalie Shiporina

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$1,332

The Reader

Dana Schutz

Print - 76 x 64 cm Print - 29.9 x 25.2 inch

$5,087

Gucumatz

Boss Arts 115

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$1,574

Pola Molitor

Gil Rigoulet

Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.02 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,664

Coste - La grue jaune - Nantes- île Beaulieu - 2012 - série danse et architecture

Lucas Perrigot

Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch

$700

Chanel lady

Costum de biest

Print - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Print - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$4,178

Le M.U.R

Andrea Ravo Mattoni

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$242

Masque (print) (AP 1/2)

Ohad Ben-Ayala

Print - 30 x 20 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.9 inch

$412

Victoire Montmorency

Pierre Schwartz

Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch

$969

Ambrosia

Andy Julia

Photography - 105 x 75 x 5 cm Photography - 41.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

$1,998

Glimpse

Alexander Benz

Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$557

Life

Tehos

Print - 54 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.3 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$363

Manifeste

Nadja B.

Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,090

Muhammad Ali vs Smokin Joe

Francois Thevenet

Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$145

Camp

Ivan Peev

Painting - 40 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch

$545

Boxer Bruce

Sebastian Riemer

Photography - 125 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 49.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$8,478

The Fun Archaeology #1 - “Bosom Oddities”

Thomas Mailaender

Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$97

En campagne

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$1,817

Mirabelle

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Untitled 620

Françoise Nielly

Print - 110 x 110 cm Print - 43.3 x 43.3 inch

$4,057

Daniel Craig

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,452

938

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Yasmina

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Flower Child

Hikari Shimoda

Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch

$727

Perry (from White Shirt)

Alex Katz

Print - 66.7 x 37.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 26.25 x 14.875 x 0.1 inch

$6,000

Vivien (On Green)

Alex Katz

Print - 81 x 61 cm Print - 31.9 x 24 inch

$10,294

Tigres

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$1,453

Le Bel Essor

Yoann Merienne

Print - 60 x 40 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$484

Refuser les yeux ouverts

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$2,907

Psychedelic Andre Pinnacle

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print - 18 x 18 cm Print - 7.1 x 7.1 inch

$400

L'homme est un loup pour l'homme

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,422

Rêve de scène II

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$145

Dernier Regard

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$351

L'art de la Guerre

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$1,817

Cha Fille Brune BCBG

Chanoir

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$6,903

Le Philosophe

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$1,817

Elle m'adore

Philippe Geluck

Print - 77 x 53 cm Print - 30.3 x 20.9 inch

$2,180

Ashley

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Quand je croise la bétise

Miss.Tic

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,453

Aba Novak

Eduardo Arroyo

Print - 30 x 40 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 inch

$242

Neo Raigo Zu

Hikari Shimoda

Print - 61 x 51 cm Print - 24 x 20.1 inch

$969

Consentir C'est Abdiquer

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch

$3,028

Augmenter le Taux des Echanges Amoureux

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$2,907

Bricole-moi un été

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.05 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$2,907

That Look

Sumit Mehndiratta

Print - 103 x 68 x 0.5 cm Print - 40.6 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch

$1,332

She is Luminous

Sumit Mehndiratta

Print - 107 x 107 x 0.5 cm Print - 42.1 x 42.1 x 0.2 inch

$1,332

Réflexion sur une union

Ludovic Simon

Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$1,151

La Méduse

Jean Christophe Stauder

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

$3,390

Vancouver

Françoise Nielly

Print - 99 x 170 cm Print - 39 x 66.9 inch

$5,087

Brian

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,940

710

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Miss Tic Présidente : descendre dans la rue ou y rester

Miss.Tic

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,938

Untitled 904

Françoise Nielly

Print - 110 x 110 cm Print - 43.3 x 43.3 inch

$4,057

Quiproquo

Françoise Nielly

Print - 97 x 146 cm Print - 38.2 x 57.5 inch

$4,542

523

Françoise Nielly

Print - 89 x 170 cm Print - 35 x 66.9 inch

$5,087

Wesley

Françoise Nielly

Print - 165 x 110 cm Print - 65 x 43.3 inch

$5,450

513

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Anastasia

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 inch

$3,936

Bryan

Françoise Nielly

Print - 110 x 110 cm Print - 43.3 x 43.3 inch

$4,057

Untitled 934

Françoise Nielly

Print - 110 x 110 cm Print - 43.3 x 43.3 inch

$4,057

Surrogate Mother Abstract

James Chiew

Print - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Print - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$7,872

Word games

Ben Frost

Print - 18 x 18 cm Print - 7.1 x 7.1 inch

$727

Psychedelic Andre Pinnacle

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print - 18 x 18 cm Print - 7.1 x 7.1 inch

$400

Fiore

Brian Calvin

Print - 80 x 65.5 x 1.25 cm Print - 31.5 x 25.8 x 0.5 inch

$3,500

Leo

Robert Longo

Print - 114.4 x 85 x 0.01 cm Print - 45 x 33.5 x 0 inch

$47,233

Feu Tricolore

Enki Bilal

Print - 40 x 50 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

$957

Les amants imaginaires

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,138

Hong Kong Urban Arch IV

Sven Pfrommer

Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,289

D'or et de Platine

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 105 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 41.3 inch

$12,111

Julius

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 105 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 41.3 inch

$12,111

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