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 Laughing in Black Dress

Bert Stern

Photography . 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography . 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€2,490

La Confianza

James Sparshatt

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

€832 €749

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Coyoacan, 1943

Leo Matiz

Photography . 41.9 x 37.3 x 0.3 cm Photography . 16.5 x 14.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,212

Marilyn on the Roof

Ed Feingersh

Photography . 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography . 30 x 20 inch

€890

Breakfest

Noa Grayevsky

Photography . 60.69 x 45.72 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.9 x 18 x 0.2 inch

€1,500

Terrasse St Trop

Alain Daussin

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

€1,980

Ebony Jet. Girlfriend, NYC

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€7,078

À l’intérieur

Charlotte Brunstein

Photography . 57.97 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€990

Yankees

LAT Archives

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

€1,450

Vigilant

Monica Denevan

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

€1,615

Silent mourner

Shulan Wang

Photography . 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Andy Warhol and Keith Haring

Christopher Makos

Photography . 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography . 15 x 19 inch

€3,982

Björk

Renaud Monfourny

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

€1,500

Nadja, New York

Patrick Demarchelier

Photography . 70 x 57 x 1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Shoot again (887)

Yves Cham

Photography . 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Portrait

Serge Delaune

Photography . 62 x 52 x 3 cm Photography . 24.4 x 20.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

ANDRE R - Naomi & Azzedine Alaia

André Rau

Photography . 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€9,900

Carolyn Carlson 2

Claude Lê Anh

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

€300

Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris

Philippe Robert

Photography . 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

Jack Krine

Studio Cui Cui

Photography . 54 x 40 x 2 cm Photography . 21.3 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€670

Portrait of Sabau (too much pressure)

Andrei Cristian Petrescu

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

€3,500

Nick Cave

Detlev Schneider

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

€900

Glimpse

Alexander Benz

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

€460

Self Portrait R

Damien Hirst

Photography . 21.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Photography . 8.5 x 10 x 0 inch

€2,500

Jump

Mourad Cherifi

Photography . 40 x 60 x 0.02 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€550

Paysanne dans le train, Chine

Marc RIBOUD

Photography . 29.5 x 19.5 x 1 cm Photography . 11.6 x 7.7 x 0.4 inch

€7,600

Ray Charles

Jimmy Katz

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

€1,500

Woman in Chiapas, Mexico

Larry Snider

Photography . 44 x 33 x 0.2 cm Photography . 17.3 x 13 x 0.1 inch

€200

Fool’s Gold

Marc Lagrange

Photography . 80 x 120 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€16,000

Portrait de Evander Holyfield

Richard Aujard

Photography . 115 x 62 x 1 cm Photography . 45.3 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€8,000

Sára + dívka (Sarah and girl)

Jan Saudek

Photography . 17.9 x 13.9 cm Photography . 7 x 5.5 inch

€1,500

Zach à Caro

Zach

Photography . 30 x 20 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€180

El Dandy

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,496

Skate - L'homme aux skates - Série : Human's belongings (1)

Moz - David Vuillermoz

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

€1,350

Maiden of Tsonga

James Sparshatt

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

€832 €749

Viejo maestro

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography . 16 x 20 inch

€2,094

Oblivion. Hidden identity.

Joanna Chudy

Photography . 50 x 60 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 inch

€850

El revolucionario

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€832

La Santiaguera

James Sparshatt

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

€832 €749

El Revolucionario

James Sparshatt

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

€951 €857

El caballero

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,316 €1,185

Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Elan

Yevgeniy Repiashenko

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

€2,620

El Ensayo

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 21.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€3,051 €2,746

Pow wow. Indiens. Amerique du nord.

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde 1

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Sadhus sur les ghats de Bénarès. Inde

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,000

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

Joueurs de cartes pendant le Holi Festival. Rajasthan. Inde

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,298

Femme Kényane. Kenya. Afrique

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femme Karo et son enfant. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femme au miroir. Femme Mursi. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Enfants Kaeo. Vallée de L'Omo. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Enfants Karo. Ethiopie. Vallée de L'Omo

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femme Hamer. Marché. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femmes Hamer au marché. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,298

Lire dans les mains. Inde du nord

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Femme voilée dans le Bengale occidental. Inde

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Jeune Fille Indienne du Nord de l'Inde

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 70 x 89.99 x 2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Indiens Sioux. Pow Wow

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord 1

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,200

Schumi. Le baron rouge en pole à Monaco. Michael Schumacher

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,500

Ayrton Senna. Brésil. Sao Paulo 1992

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,500

Concentration du pilote Mika Hakkinen. MacLaren

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,300

David Coulthard. MacLaren. Formule 1

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,000

La Densité du regard. Ayrton Senna

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,400

Réflexion avant course. Ayrton Senna

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,400

Regard Ayrton Senna

Dominique Leroy

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

€1,400

Puro... alegria

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,735

La tristeza

James Sparshatt

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

€712 €641

New horizons

James Sparshatt

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

€712 €641

Hombre de la Luna

James Sparshatt

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

€712 €641

Jacquelina

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350 €1,215

A Confiança

James Sparshatt

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

€712

Saudade

James Sparshatt

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

€712 €641

No29 SPIRIT Series

Yevgeniy Repiashenko

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

€785

Fashion on the Street, Paris 1963

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,106

Rue Mouffetard

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch

€1,327

Rue Mouffetard - Triptych

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch

€1,460

Autoportrait II

Feng Hatat

Photography . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Photography . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€600

La Confianza

James Sparshatt

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

€832 €749

Dagoberto - Cuba musician

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€951 €857

Set of 5 artworks intervened by the artists. From the Blue series

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 214.6 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography . 84.5 x 32 x 0.1 inch

€9,733

Ayrton Senna concentrer. F1

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Ayrton Senna, Préparatif. Brésil F1

Dominique Leroy

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

€800

Ayrton Senna, quel Regard. F1

Dominique Leroy

Photography . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€800

Las Memorías

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,530

Dagoberto

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,530

Bluesman on Beale

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,071 €964

Mujer de Viñales

James Sparshatt

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

€2,028

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