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!

Marilyn, Amagansett, NY, 1957 (1D)

Sam Shaw

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,250

So Eager

Gongas

Painting . 85 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€610

Joyous - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Children

Oyeleye Feranmi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,047

Petite parenthes robe

Josepha

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 18 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.1 inch

€7,500

Mona Lisa la Joconde Pop Style

Maria De Campos

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,990

Frog woods

Stéphane Frey

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Whisper of grayscales

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 167 x 127 x 4 cm Painting . 65.7 x 50 x 1.6 inch

€24,000

Sans titre (code 2502)

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Nora

Erró

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

€500

Mademoiselle 43

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Voices in the Wind

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,900

Moses

Marco Araldi

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,159 €1,043

La belle en chair - série portrait d'huitre

Alexandra Baudin

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Agora

ARySQUE

Painting . 116 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 57.5 x 1 inch

€1,900

Girl in Her Fro (Afro) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,686

La bulle de l'enfance

Christine Desplanque

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€580

Empreintes

Gaelle Weissberg

Sculpture . 23 x 19 x 11.5 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 7.5 x 4.5 inch

€1,300

Vernissage

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Le baiser vénitien

Etienne

Sculpture . 26 x 56 x 12 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 22 x 4.7 inch

€24,900

Pile

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 41 x 17 x 28 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 6.7 x 11 inch

€10,100

John Lennon, NYC T-shirt, 1974

Bob Gruen

Print . 137.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Print . 54 x 40 x 2 inch

€6,556

Profile

Richard Lindner

Print . 71 x 55 cm Print . 28 x 21.7 inch

€1,300

Tuer le temps

AKET

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

Jacques Brel

HMI

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,650

Shamanic moon fire: Mystical Shamanic Oil Artwork on Canvas

Nata Sakti

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,093

El viajero & Compradito (Silver)

Antonio Segui

Sculpture . 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

€5,500

Extinction lente

Bryan Magnin-Feysot

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€3,600

State Your Name

Snik

Painting . 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500 €1,200

Coup d'archet

Claude Weisbuch

Painting . 55 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

La fièvre

Jazzu

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

€1,950

Sans titre

James Coignard

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

€2,700

Threshold (Presence) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,047

Naturaleza II

Joseph Firbas

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€4,300

Ceci n'est pas un belge

Clara Castagné

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,200

Marguerite

Liselotte Andersen

Sculpture . 185 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 72.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€9,800

La liseuse assise rouge

Patricia Grangier

Sculpture . 30 x 10 x 30 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 3.9 x 11.8 inch

€3,000

Water Is Everything

Trayko Popov

Painting . 99.1 x 124.5 x 1.3 cm Painting . 39 x 49 x 0.5 inch

€3,005

Brotherhood 1

Ekele Francis

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,821

Soul Meditation (Journey to Inner Peace) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,320

Portrait de Palenquera 2

Rosario Heins

Painting . 25 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Le clin d'oeil

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€800

We were happy that day

Kseniya Rai

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Tête de profil en dégoulinage expressif skinanbones.

Robert Combas

Painting . 22 x 14 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch

€38,000

Little Drama Queen

Mariia Kotiuzhynska

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,380

Flottement

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 45 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Composure Ritual -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Men

Tolulope Adigbo

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,595

Solitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Modern Men

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,595

Man In A Big Coat with No Audience

Jane Munro

Print . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€950

The Guardian

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture . 160 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 63 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€6,707

Human

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€11,900

Maria and the Callas #2268. Homage to Horst P. Horst limited edition photograph

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€4,553

Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,958

Maternité à l'ananas

Louis Toffoli

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€500

Voisins

Helder Batista

Painting . 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,200

L'âme azurée

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Uplift Justice

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 91 x 61 cm Print . 35.8 x 24 inch

€500

Inflatable Doll

Bret Polok

Painting . 89 x 145 cm Painting . 35 x 57.1 inch

€1,500

Sculpture Shetani

George Lilanga

Sculpture . 65 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,500

Aquarium at Coney Island, Ny

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography . 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20 x 20 x 0.04 inch

€2,504

The Queen

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Alice et le Flamant

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

The Kiss, Hand Embellished Canvas, Hand Signed Edition, 20x16 in. Stretched

Pino Daeni

Print . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Print . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€892

L'enigma del volto

Sandro Chia

Print . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Eye Catching

Bjarne Kyed

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

Composition II

Virginia Benedicto

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

La Dame de Trefle (Queen of Clubs), Hand Signed Etching and Pochoir, Framed

Man Ray

Print . 64.1 x 50.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 25.25 x 19.75 x 0.1 inch

€2,049

Virginia

Olga Marciano

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€8,778

Nos jours heureux - 25

Elise Poinsenot

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

€2,200

Sitting Pretty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Surrealism, Fashion

Oniudele Gold

Painting . 121.9 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 38 x 1 inch

€3,187

Masques Songye

Arman

Painting . 75 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€10,000

Intimidad en el estudio con florero azul

Antonio Camaró

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€21,500

Bashfulness

Cléophée Donnais

Painting . 52 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Matinal

Disek

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€500

Woodstock, pink & Piet

Lydi

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

€800

Visages

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 93 x 74 x 0.2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch

€4,000

Bulan

Roby Dwi Antono

Print . 50 x 44 cm Print . 19.7 x 17.3 inch

€1,200

Seule sous l'ombre du jaune

Arnold Fokam

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€4,000

Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,958 €1,566

Wires

Galya Popova

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,080

Afterglow

Li Deyang

Painting . 173 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Graffiti with love

Artwhos

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

€879

Checkmate

Gillian Brin

Painting . 100 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€690

Dans la même barque

Gilles Perain

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

€1,800

Protection

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 19 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 7.5 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,400

Blue one #1

O Gringo

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Snik Escape Turquoise Edition

Snik

Print . 70.5 x 94 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.8 x 37 x 0 inch

€2,400

Lonewolf - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Oguche Junior

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,685 €1,348

The Power of Thoughts III

Gor Avetisyan

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

€890

Figures in Arches

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€546

Frida kahlo (réhaussée à la main)

C215

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

€800

Reflets silencieux

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 68 x 25 x 10 cm Sculpture . 26.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch

€980

Audrey Hepburn 2010

Russell Young

Painting . 91 x 71 x 1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 28 x 0.4 inch

€16,300

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