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!

Les gardiens du silence

Laurence Verney

Photography . 180 x 120 x 5 cm Photography . 70.9 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€4,500

Amy WineHouse Pop Style

Maria De Campos

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,890

Sonny Rollins

Jimmy Katz

Photography . 43 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography . 16.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,500

The Assembled Soul #3

O Gringo

Sculpture . 160 x 160 x 5 cm Sculpture . 63 x 63 x 2 inch

€11,000

Serie geisha 00095

Josep Pozo

Painting . 122 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 48 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€2,200

#6

David Siodos

Photography . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Travail sous le soleil

Hugo Kevelaer

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

€1,300

Encensé 2

Catherine Carrée

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€900

Flower of Tibet

Virut Panchabuse

Painting . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€13,000

Rodeo 34/51

Atsuko Ishii

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.5 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch

€50

Grégolos (n°3)

René-François Grégogna

Sculpture . 18 x 9 x 8 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 3.5 x 3.1 inch

€450

Girls

Nico Pichon

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€1,500

The Librarian

Raluca Arnautu

Fine Art Drawings . 61.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.2 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€950

Dessin à l'encre N°2, silhouette

Christophe Hohler

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,950

Halcyon

Guy Sargent

Photography . 90 x 112 x 0.2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 44.1 x 0.1 inch

€889

Le baiser - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 180 x 135 x 1 cm Print . 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

The Mystery of the Mouth

Tyler Shields

Photography . 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography . 45 x 60 inch

€13,750

La Cage, béatitude ravageuse

Sandra Chevrier

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€17,416

Stay On Target!

Batik

Print . 50.8 x 76.2 x 0 cm Print . 20 x 30 x 0.01 inch

€920

Portrait

Joanna Woyda

Painting . 100 x 200 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 inch

€1,300

Aftersun

Maïlys Derville

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.27 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€950

Oriental Motives 15 (Mother)

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€690

Nuit étoilée - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Untitled

Jules Be Kuti

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Dernier Regard

Tanguy Mendrisse

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

€290

Theodore Roosevelt

Marie Serruya

Print . 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€229

Secret

Lihina Yulia

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

€1,400

L’eau

Beatrice Sartori

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

€3,400

Elohim - Collector's card

Dina Goldstein

Print . 10 x 15 x 1 cm Print . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€15

Queen 1024

Kim Soo Young

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 38 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns Bird

Marian Williams

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch

€125 €113

The Little Prince

Natalia Obada

Painting . 25 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€390

Untitled drawing

Clemens Briels

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 26.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 10.5 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Manifeste

Nadja B.

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

€900

Et puis une fois, vos yeux

Blu_451

Painting . 29 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€450

Blue one collection #9

O Gringo

Painting . 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Breath

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

L'oreille cassée

Wabé

Sculpture . 56 x 24 x 19 cm Sculpture . 22 x 9.4 x 7.5 inch

€3,900

Bleu profond - un regard blau 2

Nina Urlichs

Fine Art Drawings . 43 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€700

Zen

Liz Gartz

Painting . 50 x 50 x 5.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 2.2 inch

€1,170

Anjou - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 135 x 180 x 1 cm Print . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

Regard bleuté

Jean-Louis Mendrisse

Print . 60 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€290

For Your Eyes Only 23

Marian Williams

Fine Art Drawings . 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch

€250

Spirit of Cobalt #2

O Gringo

Painting . 90 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Ophidienne influenceuse

Michèle Coudert

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€390

Picasso - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Portrait of a Man

Ildebrando Urbani

Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 21.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.4 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

La femme et le diable; un nain de l'espagnole

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 39 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

In the shade of the foliage

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,200

Roi & reine

François Passerini

Photography . 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

In stillness, in solitude, i count 12

Christa David

Photography . 25.4 x 22.86 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10 x 9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Via Appia Antica

André Laurenti

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

€3,400

Parallel Lies

Kateryna Kostyk

Print . 52 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€90

Reflection

Liz Gartz

Painting . 52 x 31.5 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 12.4 x 0.4 inch

€800

Tirana woman

Stinkfish

Painting . 55 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,006

Vert

Hossein Borojeni

Print . 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€299

Ray Charles

Jimmy Katz

Photography . 56 x 43 x 0.1 cm Photography . 22 x 16.9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Tomorrow

RNST

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

€290

Theatral II

Kazuhiko Tanaka

Sculpture . 8 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture . 3.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch

€160

Queen 12345

Kim Soo Young

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 38 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Salvador

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125 €113

Série Geisha 00093

Josep Pozo

Painting . 122 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 48 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€2,150

La lectrice

Christiane Dumon

Painting . 73 x 93 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch

€925

Mer noir

Ayoka Zahir

Painting . 42 x 58 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€500

Wanna be loved by you

Lasveguix

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€950

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Ballerine Galaxie

Déesse

Sculpture . 21 x 8 x 7 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 3.1 x 2.8 inch

€350

Pink Lady

Marcus Cederberg

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€200

Impossible behaviour - 4

Galya Popova

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,900

Blue one collection #8

O Gringo

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

€5,000

Symbiosis

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture . 69 x 50 x 13 cm Sculpture . 27.2 x 19.7 x 5.1 inch

€4,700

Jardinero - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 180 x 135 x 1 cm Print . 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

Marilyn on Bright Blue

Marian Williams

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

€950 €760

Une comète 37/51

Atsuko Ishii

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.5 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch

€50

Marinas dress

Liz Gartz

Painting . 54 x 41.5 x 1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 16.3 x 0.4 inch

€850

Photographie de John Steinbeck

Roy Schatt

Photography . 24 x 23 x 1 cm Photography . 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

€690

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Unbreakable

Kateryna Kostyk

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Barman danseur

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€950

Favorite Tune

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,283

Victoire

Appaloosa

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€870

Les amants imaginaires

Tanguy Mendrisse

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

€940

Blue one collection #7

O Gringo

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

€5,000

#4

Romane Grammond

Photography . 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch

€150

The Cash Machine

Otto Schade

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€900

No title

Philippe Pasqua

Photography . 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch

€15,000

Tic Tac

Britt

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

€2,000

Holy Sleep

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125 €113

Diptych IV: Soñar que Tiene las Manos Muy Grandes, and In Every Dream Home a Heartache

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,750

Punch Magazine

Robert Robinson

Sculpture . 29 x 23 x 7 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€700

Aladdin Sane

Appaloosa

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€870

Queen 26-2-02

Kim Soo Young

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 59 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 23.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

La persée

Léa Fischer

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€800

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