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!
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Salpetrière, portrait #1
Gwendoline Hausermann
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.5 inch
€600
Huntress
Eléonore de Moffarts
Sculpture - 48 x 65 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 25.6 x 11.8 inch
€9,099
Mr Chino - Prayers (S)
Brice Gelot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Gaze 2 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Ayotunde Ayomide
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
€1,006
Embrace (Nature) 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 111.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 32 x 1 inch
€2,058
Dotted Blue
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 73.7 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 29 x 1 inch
€1,784
Totem Portrait of Modern People
Liu Bolin
Sculpture - 43 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€7,900
Tête de femme
Amedeo Modigliani
Sculpture - 54 x 11 x 14 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 4.3 x 5.5 inch
€18,000 €16,200
Stanza metafisica
Dr. Love
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€90
Buste Rose Baccarat - Portrait singulier pâte de verre
Gilles Vadel
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.7 inch
€600
Transformation
Victoria Kagalovska
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€10,000
La petite fille et son grand pére
Muriel Deumie
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€800
Orlane - série femme de dos
Fabienne Lecras
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€720
Il est nécessaire que jeunesse se fasse
Sandrine Stoïanov
Painting - 61 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Blackout Beauty
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch
€2,900
Blooming in True Self Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Fashion Women
Elie Hatungimana
Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,692
Edition sur papier Oksana 7302019625190007E N°12/50
Pola 4.0
Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€580
Street Jazz Band
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€595 €476
Un homme et sa femme découvrent un drôle d’oiseau
Bjørn Nørgaard
Print - 50.5 x 37.5 cm Print - 19.9 x 14.8 inch
€587
La belle endormie
Christiane Bernais
Sculpture - 29 x 33 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13 x 6.3 inch
€950
Taxi Driver, June 14 (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 69.9 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
€366
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,489
Tina Turner, Paris
Bob Gruen
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch
€1,784
Comme un point d'acupressure (masque)
Sandrine Plante
Sculpture - 22 x 13 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.1 x 4.7 inch
€550
Daumesnil
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
Rencontre dans le jardin
Anthea Missy
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 48 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€500
To Dye or Not To Die. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€1,098
Petite dame au Fourreau
Josepha
Sculpture - 40 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
€11,500
Sisterhood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Modern, Love
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,698
Combien tu Pez? Schtroumpf
Pinkhas
Sculpture - 15 x 11 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
€600
Folie à Deux- Joker
Diederik Van Apple
Painting - 100 x 109 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 42.9 x 1.6 inch
€4,950
Jardim dos Sonhos, Special Limited Edition
Ritchelly Oliveira
Print - 57 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
€450
Cosi Fan Tutte Fleurdelise
Erte Tirtoff
Painting - 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch
€3,613
Nai (Identity Assertions Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 36.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 14.4 x 0 inch
€800
The Girl's Own Paper, 1885
Alexander Korzer-Robinson
Sculpture - 29 x 22 x 5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 8.7 x 2 inch
€800
Covered by Forest
Svante Gullichsen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,985
The white sailing boat
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Print - 75.7 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch
€1,880
Aquarelles graphiques 3
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
€800
Fish and Chips
Nir Hadar
Photography - 74 x 116 x 2 cm Photography - 29.1 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Christopher Makos
Photography - 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography - 15 x 19 inch
€4,116
Coluche
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,500 €2,000
Woman of my dreams - Femme rêvée
Lovemore Bonjisi
Sculpture - 70 x 53 x 15 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 20.9 x 5.9 inch
€3,500
Amy Winehouse
Stikki Peaches
Fine Art Drawings - 135 x 95 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
€4,800 €4,320
Power in Anonymity
Ben Gulak
Painting - 76 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €1,275
Personnage à la houppe
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 inch
€1,050
La chica del norte 4/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 90 x 18 x 18 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 7.1 x 7.1 inch
€14,000