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!

Femme chinoise

Gris De Garance

Painting . 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€100

Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€866

Blue Reverie | Elegant Minimalist Blue Watercolor Artwork

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€410

Les silencieuses 2, partie 1/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Fantasy with Flowers 206

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€350

Vivid

Dorit Levi

Painting . 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch

€2,188

Let's Go Horseback Riding

Li Qingyan

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€800

Majestueux !

Noël Granger

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€150

Oriental Motives 14

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€690

Brothers

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.3 x 6.3 inch

€280

Douceurs aux lèvres châtaigne

Christy

Painting . 41 x 31 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

€1,100

In her eyes, a lifetime

Natalya Mougenot

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€250

Aquarelle

Julien Raynaud

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€750 €600

La dedica del violinista (il violino e il suo eco)

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€10,000

Accumulation XIX (SG110)

Sylvie Guyomard

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

La luna duerme y sueña

Micaela Piñero

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Danseur du Simb. Sénégal

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Enfants pendant le rite initiatique. Tanzanie

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Retrato infantil III

Serra Grau

Painting . 74 x 52 cm Painting . 29.1 x 20.5 inch

€600

Adoration

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 46 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€185

Le bal du 14 juillet

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 97 x 146 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Florra

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 97 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,100

Thétis

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Delicacy grey and chesnut colors

Christy

Painting . 41 x 31 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

€1,100

Il cielo e la pancia

Grazia Salierno

Painting . 31 x 41 x 0.2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch

€330

Blue rose

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 51 x 36 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€650

Ose!

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€225

Mother 2

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€175

Umbrella Man (framed, original mixed media on paper) (1)

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€3,078

faire face 2

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

Dans tes bras 5, prendre soin

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

Dans tes bras 1

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

Dans tes bras 2, prendre soin

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

Stranger

Alla Kechedzhan

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€1,100

Metamorphoses of a collective effervescence

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch

€848

La route qui mène au fond de soi...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

Emotion

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€160

Cosmic Profile (framed, original mixed media on paper)

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€3,078

Jeremy Abbott and Oliver Hartt Diptych, Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,647

Memory I

Shilpa Joglekar

Painting . 44 x 44 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch

€700 €630

Sight

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 56 x 76.2 cm Painting . 22 x 30 inch

€1,136

Philippe Eric Marius

Cécile Colombo

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€280

Family

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€175

Paule

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 29.7 x 21 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€148

Gisèle

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€143

les gardiennes 2

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 180 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Hasha

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 180 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Ces dames élancées

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 180 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Brightly color chesnut, portrait de femme

Christy

Painting . 56 x 38 cm Painting . 22 x 15 inch

€1,450

Hommage à Jean-Paul Goude - Coeurs brisés

Anka Matei

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

L'essentiel

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting . 12.5 x 12.5 x 0.15 cm Painting . 4.9 x 4.9 x 0.1 inch

€109

Jane

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€215

Mon bilan est sans mélancolie...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

La belle époque

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€95

Ian and Oliver Hartt Diptych, Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,647

Metaphysics of the hushed indifference

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch

€848

El baile

Gabriel Rigo

Fine Art Drawings . 51 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€800

Blue Rug

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€165

Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini

Sergio Barletta

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€600

Fiddler On The Roof

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch

€420

A Portrait Of Blue Eyes

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 72 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 28.3 x 19.7 inch

€290 €261

The Kiss

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Asprat - Composition abstraite

MucheArt

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€225

Filtrecafe135_S

Feng Kaixuan

Painting . 13 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 5.1 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Giordana

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€8,600

Portrait 2

Ivan Afronskiy

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€890

Al mar

Juan José Fuentes Reyes

Fine Art Drawings . 45 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.7 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€2,300

Nurse and dog

Ray Smith

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€1,100

Feeding The Birds

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch

€420

Lord and Lady Eliot.

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,368

Kurhessisches Corps

Herbert Knotel

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch

€380

Madame et Monsieur

Georges-Henri Tribout

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 6.7 x 0 inch

€300

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 21.7 inch

€1,800

Artémis

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 76 x 57 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€500

UN TEMPS POUR SOI

Feng Kaixuan

Painting . 13 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 5.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Filtrecafe131_S

Feng Kaixuan

Painting . 13 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 5.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Venise

Vincent Pompetti

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

€1,100

Petit rat - Série portrait de femme

Michel Verclytte

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€200

Quantum Entanglement

Johnathan Ball

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 15.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 6 inch

€9,119

Steel Woman

Alla Kechedzhan

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€1,150

La cheminée

Jean-Louis Toutain

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Temple of Artemis

Viktor Goryaev

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,800

La prétresse païenne

Vincent Pompetti

Painting . 48 x 64 cm Painting . 18.9 x 25.2 inch

€1,100

Hombre Monte

Eduardo Candil

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€600

Diaquarelle n°149

Stéphane Belzère

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Peacock Diva

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,150

This Little light of Mine

Mina Mond

Painting . 88 x 58 cm Painting . 34.6 x 22.8 inch

€1,500

A Boy With A Golden Fish

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€230

En costume

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€830

Sonia Spider Quenell

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€1,185

Drink My Tears ll

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11 x 8.7 x 0 inch

€750

Swallow My Silence

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,250

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