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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Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
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Musiciens de manège
Jean-Jacques Kugel
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Jeu de dame
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Parfum de magie
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Keep the children away #2
Dada Wa
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
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Blues du jazzman
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Portrait De Jacques De Chapeaurouge / Portrait Of Jacques De Chapeaurouge (1744-1805)
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
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Untitled
Alexandre Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
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Beautiful daughter
Alexander Litvinov
Painting - 35 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€410
The Litvinov Family
Alexander Litvinov
Painting - 68 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 26.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
I. Vishnevetsky and the Cossacks
Alexander Litvinov
Painting - 88 x 98 x 2 cm Painting - 34.6 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Champagne And Bling! (large original painting on canvas)
Jozza
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 2 inch
€4,096
Watchmen (Bird Divination)
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 50 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€900
Waiting Time - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,685
Hope (When The Time is Right) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,412
The Trinity! (Batman Superman Wonder Woman)
Jozza
Painting - 96.5 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 38 x 38 x 2 inch
€3,186
Loyal Friend - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Girl, Dog, Modern
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,184
Popeye In The Run (large original painting on canvas)
Jozza
Painting - 96.5 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 38 x 38 x 2 inch
€3,186
Sunbeam - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Young Girl, Modern
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,184
Africa Allure 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Woman, Hair
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,184
Against All Odds - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Men
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,684
Confidant 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Modern Love
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,594
Solitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Modern, Love
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,594
I feel more stronger with you
Hani Badawi Leo
Painting - 93 x 193 x 3 cm Painting - 36.6 x 76 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Marilyn Chanel Small Diamond
Russell Young
Painting - 71 x 53 x 7 cm Painting - 28 x 20.9 x 2.8 inch
€12,000
Autoportret (Self-portrait)
Flaviu Pop
Painting - 50 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,350
Carole
Jean-Philippe Richard
Sculpture - 140 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€25,500
Mistress of the copper Mountain
Iurii Dzhinaliev
Painting - 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,551
Among the poppies
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 76 x 102 x 1.6 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 0.6 inch
€3,144
Untitled. From The series Buscando Papá
Celso Castro
Photography - 100.3 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,365
Roli. From The series Buscando Papá.
Celso Castro
Photography - 100.3 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,365
Temporaire & L'Éternel Recommencement. Pharrell Williams Live forever
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 76 x 122 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.9 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€9,102
Elena the beautiful
Alexander Litvinov
Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€995
Strangers and Autre Moi. Pharrell Williams. Live forever series
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 76 x 122 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.9 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€9,102
Flower Power 1
Guillaume Girardot
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,390
BLUE#2 N°8/23
Guillaume Girardot
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
New York, Houston, Pop Art Influence Réf : CPBD1129
Claude Frégère
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€450
Whisper of Nature
Temitope Ojumoro
Painting - 104 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
La violoncelliste Réf : CPBD1143
Claude Frégère
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€450
Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€120
Ascension (Everyone desserves to groove)
Vincent Carpentier
Painting - 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 7
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,700
Danse dans les bras du vent
Nancy Vuylsteke de Laps
Sculpture - 48 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
€5,900
Arc-en-ciel
Nancy Vuylsteke de Laps
Sculpture - 28 x 47 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11 x 18.5 x 6.7 inch
€4,900
Le fil d'Ariane
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€3,950
Just survive somehow
Christian Dugardeyn
Painting - 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch
€5,500
