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!

Pétale de sang

Christy

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Douceur aux Reines du Jardin

Christy

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

€1,000

L'éventail à la. danse captive

Christy

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Regard profond

Christy

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

€980

Prostitute

Shota Imerlishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 86 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.9 x 24 x 0 inch

€3,000

Violine seduction

Christy

Painting . 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Kiyomi

Christy

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

€1,500

2023

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€600

Sora

Christy

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Messenger 2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch

€700

Incandescence féminine

Christy

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Raffinement japonais

Christy

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

€2,000

Zen attitude

Christy

Painting . 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,700

Une certaine délicatesse

Christy

Painting . 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,700

Charme et Délice bleuté

Christy

Painting . 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,700

Beauté fatale

Christy

Painting . 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,700

Italian Futurists in Paris

Dima Filatov

Painting . 74 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 29.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€620

Nola

Marta Zawadzka

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

€5,800

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 17 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.7 x 4.7 inch

€195

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 17 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.7 x 4.7 inch

€195

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 17 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.7 x 4.7 inch

€195

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 7.5 inch

€235

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 7.5 inch

€235

Untitled

Hayri Sengun

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 7.5 inch

€235

La chute

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Symphonie Nuptiale

Joëlle Darmon

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

€560

Heaven knows i'm miserable now

Christian Dugardeyn

Painting . 150 x 200 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch

€5,500

Hommage à Jean-Paul Goude - Inès et Charlie

Anka Matei

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

€1,000

Eyes

Nathalie Cubéro

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

€390

Un petit air d'Angelina Jolie

Christy

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

€1,100

Pow Pow Pow

Tarek X Mat Elbé

Painting . 38 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€500

The Yellow Jacket

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€501

Neighbours

Shota Imerlishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€3,000

Franco

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Vetements fall 21

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€546

Jane

Sandra Detourbet

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€700

Selfie ours et chat

Hervé Maury

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€420

Mora: Symbolic Black & White Ink Drawing | The Flow of Time & Inner States | Original Art for Modern Collectors

Iana Cherepansky

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

€273

Overthinking Smile

Esther Cohen

Painting . 35 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€500

Thoughtful Man

Timi O

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.5 x 0 inch

€410

A l'opéra (encadrée)

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€129 €123

Large face - woman

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Painting . 64 x 46 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

Untitled 9

Keta Jikia

Painting . 100 x 74 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

€400

Hinata

Christy

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Nihon-Buyö

Christy

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Geisha azurée

Christy

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

€980

Regard lointain bleuté

Christy

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

€980

Douceur bleutée au regard lointain

Christy

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

€980

L'indien

Christy

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

€980

Attitude désinvolte

Christy

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

€1,400

Floral delicacy

Christy

Painting . 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€1,220

Bondieuserie # 2

Pascal Marlin

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

€700 €595

Roof

Dima Filatov

Painting . 122 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 48 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€620

Shopwindow

Dima Filatov

Painting . 74 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 29.1 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€760

Walking girls

Dima Filatov

Painting . 122 x 74 x 0.5 cm Painting . 48 x 29.1 x 0.2 inch

€550

Shopping day

Dima Filatov

Painting . 122 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 48 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€580

Guerre et paix

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€4,000

Threads of Fate

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€720

Ballerinas

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€760

Peter Max in His Studio

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography . 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€4,500

Goodbye Era

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€750

Big cone series Fairy tales

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€600

In my art

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€680

Turbulence

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 72 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 28.3 x 0.2 inch

€660

Baroque

Dima Filatov

Painting . 74 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 29.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€690

Dans l'ombre

Christy

Painting . 59 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,700

Shoe

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 120 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch

€590

Childhood

Dima Filatov

Painting . 74 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 29.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€600

Ville secrète

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 68 x 52 cm Painting . 26.8 x 20.5 inch

€2,800

Jaider

Celso Castro

Painting . 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.5 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€364

Peter Hujar Portrait

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€546

Dottore

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€260

Racontes moi une histoire

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

La favorite

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Les danseuses étoilées

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Petite Marcelle

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Les herbes hautes

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Miss America

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

La Discrète

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

De kink et d'eau fraiche

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Eclosion

Joëlle Darmon

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

€560

La Pharaonne

Herve Malcom Thomas

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€550

Danse aux femmes bleues

Christy

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

€970

Rossini 2

Albrecht Behmel

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,800

Johannesburg

Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 18 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.1 inch

€10,000

Hamana

Christy

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Ginko

Christy

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

The caress of flowers

Christy

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

€1,000

Indians never die

Tarek X Mat Elbé

Painting . 38 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€500

Jane Forth & Jed and Jay Johnson in NY in 1970

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€728

C.Z Guest Time cover

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€592

Genetics

Shota Imerlishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch

€2,500

Exquisite seduction

Christy

Painting . 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

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