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!

Healing

Rosa Maria Gallego

Painting . 41 x 31 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Ayanmo (Fate)

Abiola Olabamiji

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

€1,964

Rizière VI

Gabriel Schmitz

Painting . 56.5 x 62.5 x 2 cm Painting . 22.2 x 24.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

She Carries Tenderness

Liana Asatryan

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

€411 €329

Flammarion. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€986

Come Grooving Up Slowly

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 122 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,085

Flor de Africa

Candy

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

€900

Comme un parfum d'été

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€26,100

Eyes

Cagla Misirli

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Creu VIII

Albert Gonzalo

Painting . 30 x 30 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€1,450

Lost Years 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Restoration, Mixed Media

Paul Ayihawu

Painting . 160 x 144.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 63 x 57 x 1 inch

€3,973

Untitled

Miguel Torner de Semir

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

€2,200

Wrapped in Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fabric, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

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

€1,142 €913

Sans titre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 53.5 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting . 21.1 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch

€800

Le parfum

Cacou

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

€850

Nature

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,300

Portrait 45B Pop art - Italian School - NSWE

Dario Moschetta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Karl

Aiiroh

Painting . 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,466

Baby girl

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

Gaston

Député

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

€1,820

Nageur

Michel Lablais

Painting . 42 x 32 x 6 cm Painting . 16.5 x 12.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,200

Brut II

Jazzu

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

€400

Face of my world

Dorit Levi

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

€4,932

Liz

Karen Schremmer

Painting . 74 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Surreal composition 2

Candido Ballester

Painting . 65 x 80 x 0.04 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€1,400

Vendredi 20h17

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€380

Road to becoming

Toheeb Bankole

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,690

Essen 19., Mixed Media on Canvas

Jason Lincoln Jeffers

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,233

Sweet Temptation

Noir Visualart

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

€370

Portrait of a Woman

Pascal Marlin

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

€1,500 €1,275

Médusa Médusée

Karine Langevin

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

€3,500

Espace Expressif

Yann Letestu

Painting . 73 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

The Lady with the Necklace

Elisabeth Constantin

Painting . 34 x 34 x 4 cm Painting . 13.4 x 13.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

La réveuse au chignon

Michèle Coudert

Painting . 83 x 49 x 5 cm Painting . 32.7 x 19.3 x 2 inch

€950

Comme la gourmandise

Joël Kermarrec

Painting . 75 x 56 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Untitled

Lluís Barba

Painting . 55.5 x 75 x 0.2 cm Painting . 21.9 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

Escena de playa

Celso Miranda

Painting . 24 x 34 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,400

Untitled

Alain Berckvitz

Sculpture . 58 x 40 x 1 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€900

Marguerite

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

In Out

Jo Di Bona

Painting . 88 x 63 x 4 cm Painting . 34.6 x 24.8 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

Je n'avance pas en ligne droite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Murmurer du Silence

Nathalie Sizaret

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,375

Bring them home

Alain Lumbroso

Photography . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,950

Detroit

Francesco Neo

Painting . 150 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Reboot

Helen Burkova

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

€822

Water keeper

DB Waterman

Painting . 119.9 x 89.9 x 4.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,499

Perséphone

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

A Life of 14 cycles around the sun

Victory Anthony Nted

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 inch

€731

Quand le carton a des yeux

Eric Doisy

Painting . 88 x 58 x 1 cm Painting . 34.6 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch

€900

Zion

Stéphane Frey

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

€4,000

Out of shape

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Eternal Recurrence #9. Mixed media Collage on Paper

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 10 x 7 x 0.1 inch

€913

Untitled 1

Raffi Yedalian

Painting . 22 x 15 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.9 inch

€800

The Queen

Normunds Braslins

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€3,900

Renoma & Warhol

Maurice Renoma

Painting . 95 x 86 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch

€25,000

Reminiscence

Salma Mbarek

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

€1,700

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Wo$h

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

€800 €640

Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals

Paul Kostabi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Oris 3 (série de 40 têtes)

Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Painting . 48 x 28 cm Painting . 18.9 x 11 inch

€1,500

Native

Mateo Andrea

Painting . 114 x 146 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 inch

€3,900

Sans Titre

Jean-Charles Blais

Painting . 52 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€6,300

La Ballerine - Portrait de femme en relief, série: Résille

Chrystel Floriot

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

€3,250

Sailor

Thomas Berthier

Painting . 105 x 60 cm Painting . 41.3 x 23.6 inch

€800

Resonance II

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Notre Dame des Mondes

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

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

€2,100

Frida

Maria De Campos

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,700

I Can't Recall It Lightly At All (Copper)

B.D. White

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,050

Narciso

Ruse

Painting . 35 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€953

If I Bloom, I Bloom Better -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Women Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€2,421 €1,936

Untitled

Simón Vázquez

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Between prayer

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Pearl

Abayomi Odetomi

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€4,567

SunFlower Face

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 21 x 13.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.3 inch

€250

Compassion

Zied Lasram

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Le baiser

Agnès Salle

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

African Woman (Blue)

N. Gail

Painting . 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,550

Idia

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,512

Portrait

Avi Ben Simhon

Painting . 85 x 66 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 26 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Anima della selva (diptyc)

Lorena Fonsato

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

€680

Red Dress - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of an African Woman in Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,836

Verdant Soul 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Africa Women

Damilola Olusegun

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

€594

Ciel antérieur - Art sacré et peinture poétique : une œuvre existentielle

Espolisto

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

€3,300

Awa ma petite fleur

Daouda Traoré

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

€4,500

Woman

Iglesias15680

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

€1,300

L'ange

Marie-Paskale Perrin

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

€1,100

I be lady

Moses Ndubuzo

Painting . 73.7 x 55.9 x 6.4 cm Painting . 29 x 22 x 2.5 inch

€502

Queen

Vladimir Prodanovich

Painting . 86.4 x 68.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 34 x 27 x 2 inch

€5,024

El gato de Velázquez o Paseo en la eternidad

Juan Carlos Romano

Painting . 99 x 99 cm Painting . 39 x 39 inch

€4,500

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #11 — Emotional Architecture of a Face

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€3,200

Liturgy of light

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Vibrant Life

Salama K. Almazrouei

Painting . 160 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,750

Self-Portrait #4

Emanuele Ravagnani

Photography . 44 x 30 cm Photography . 17.3 x 11.8 inch

€1,540

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