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!

Oeil bleu

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

CHF 818

Bondieuserie # 5

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

CHF 1,058

Bondieuserie # 6

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

CHF 1,058

Femme à l'écharpe rouge

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 1,202

Untitled 1

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 98 x 240 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 38.6 x 94.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 27,990

Enfant de rose et d'ombre

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

CHF 769

Roméo et Juliette III

Hastaire

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 433

Big Horns

Gouzy

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

CHF 529

The Architecture of Memory: The Neo-Gothic Cathedral: Red Brick Architecture Fine Art Collage Print, Nostalgic Surrealist Photomontage, Terracotta and Sky Blue Giclée Wall Art for Modern Home Decor

Ines Fragm

Print . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 16 x 12 x 0 inch

CHF 179

Enfants avec ballon

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

CHF 240

The Phoolawalas

Jane Munro

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

CHF 914

Persévérance

Aurélie Salvaing

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

CHF 1,539

Stil Ikonen II

Miss Mouse

Painting . 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,847

Sade n°3 - Série Série les femmes et la nature, portrait de femme iconique

Esther Essounga

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

CHF 577

Everything is falling into place, selah

Christa David

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

CHF 1,443

Femme à la coiffe

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 1,443

Homme et paysage

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 1,924

Untitled 21

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 16

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 15

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 13

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 11

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 10

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 8

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 7

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 6

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 5

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 4

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 3

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 2

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 1

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Ame révélée

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

CHF 962

Madonna art is my weapon

Maria De Campos

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 5,309

dissection en rose

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 769

Femme à l'enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,202

Femme aux rubans

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,202

Autoportrait à l'orchidée

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 818

Tête à pois

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

CHF 769

Femme brune

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 1,202

Duality Unveiled

Sephora Venites

Print . 114.3 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 45 x 31 x 0.1 inch

CHF 2,039

Les paradis perdus #9

Haude Bernabé

Painting . 35 x 45 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 inch

CHF 2,212

L’amico pallico

Giuseppe Madonia

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

CHF 577

Asian girl

Nadezda Stupina

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

CHF 1,635

On s'aime

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 30 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

CHF 471

Mélodie

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 30 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

CHF 471

Avec panache

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 30 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

CHF 471

Wrote a Letter to you

Isabelle Hirtzig

Design . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Design . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 168

Roméo et Juliette II

Hastaire

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 433

Les orpailleurs

Thaddée

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 19.2 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 7.6 x 0 inch

CHF 404

Silhouette - 3 - série Enfantine poétique

Denise Crolle-Terzaghi

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

CHF 183

Mind, the Gap 3

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

CHF 192

Mind, the Gap 4

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

CHF 192

Mind, the Gap 5

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

CHF 192

Mind, the Gap 1

Marian Williams

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

CHF 192

Venus Azul

Fernando Alday

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,891

Quelque chose demeure

Sophie Hors

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

CHF 433

Untitled 18

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 17

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled 12

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Fille aux colibris - série: Femmes lumière - Portrait féminin sur univers imaginaire

Dalent

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

CHF 1,443

enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

CHF 1,924

Enfant au ballon

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

CHF 1,443

In stillness, in solitude, i count 26

Christa David

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

CHF 1,443

Marionnette

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,202

Ballerine

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 3,174

Portrait sauvage

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 769

Petite chose 10

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 173

Generale Danzante

Enrico Baj

Print . 64 x 50 cm Print . 25.2 x 19.7 inch

CHF 385

Iris

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 64 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.2 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 649 CHF 585

Theia (Small)

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 601

Lost sioux

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 114 x 84 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,828

Untitled 9

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

CHF 1,924

Visage

Richard Vildeman

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

CHF 1,308

Madonna sur fond Jaune

Maria De Campos

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 5,309

Hommes à la cravate à pois

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,367

Hommes sous les lampions

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,367

Liberation of the mind 118 (1)

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,424

Visage d'homme

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings . 51 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.1 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 337

Resisting gravity IV - Primeval series II

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

CHF 3,809

Mind, the Gap 2

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

CHF 192

Songe 1

Nina Urlichs

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 2,693

Centaur and heads

Pascal Marlin

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

CHF 2,405

L'énigme Rimbaud

Olivier Daumas

Photography . 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

CHF 385

Retrato de cuerpo entero - Prometeo y el fuego

Pere Bennàssar Obrador

Painting . 190 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 38.2 x 1 inch

CHF 8,657

Harpiste aux cheveux rouges

Christiane Guerry

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,154

Whatever man

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

CHF 3,174

Sans titre (Icare)

Christos Kalfas

Fine Art Drawings . 79 x 59 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.1 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,731

O.T. 96

Peter Hofmann

Fine Art Drawings . 72 x 52 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 28.3 x 20.5 x 0 inch

CHF 2,164

Homme dans fauteuil et enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 130 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,078

L'échappée belle

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 100 x 55 cm Painting . 39.4 x 21.7 inch

CHF 1,924

Untitled, Mix media

Roberto Fonfria

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

CHF 881

Moondreamer: Ethereal Moonlit Escape Collage, Serene Blue-Gray Hues, Vogue Magazine Cutouts, Dreamy Figurative Artwork

Maria Vetkalova

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 223

Venus Verde

Fernando Alday

Painting . 60 x 130 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 51.2 x 1.4 inch

CHF 4,891

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