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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The death of Patroclus
Derek Overfield
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 2 inch
€1,203
Nu de dos
Changzheng Zhu
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 0 inch
€125
Elle pense à son amoureux, nue sur un fauteuil
Patricia Kleyman
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€370
Rêvons la ville nocturne - Let’s live city night life
Gilles Cormery
Print - 27 x 20 x 1 cm Print - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€950
Numbness
Pompilio Gianluca
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€280
Feelings
Hedwige Leroux
Sculpture - 62 x 28 x 23 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 11 x 9.1 inch
Price upon request
Pink summer
Aron Kroes
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Anima Angeli
Sabine Danzé
Painting - 195 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 61 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Canapé rouge
Iva Tesorio
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Retrato en fondo amarillo
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€698
Composición en blanco y negro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€517
Retrato en fondo rojo
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 69 x 69 x 1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch
€678
Personajes en fondo blanco
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,432
Retrato púrpura
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,493
Couple 2 Personnage
Maxime Plancque
Sculpture - 52 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€600
Muhammad Ali - Heavyweight Ideals
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
€550
Enhanced Disintegration (Pink)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
€600
Love is all we need
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€700
Couple 2 Personnages
Maxime Plancque
Sculpture - 195 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 76.8 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
€2,500
Tommy Ramone collage (Red)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€600
Tommy Ramone collage (Gold)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
€600
Retrato en fondo blanco
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 210 x 220 x 1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 86.6 x 0.4 inch
€6,826
Fruits of our faith
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
€1,800
la légèreté
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€785
Bloc 7 Personnages
Maxime Plancque
Sculpture - 116 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 45.7 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
€2,000
Bloc 9 Personnages
Maxime Plancque
Sculpture - 22 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€600
Gainsbourg sur billet de 500 F (G197)
C215
Painting - 10 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting - 3.9 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€1,190
Hombre de la Luna
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€738 €665
Sublimer l'instant présent
Jazzu
Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,300
With A Little Help From My Friends
tizlu
Painting - 80 x 40 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 2 inch
€3,200 €2,880
El Dandy
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,551 €1,396
Amy Winehouse, do it with style
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,900 €1,710
Mixité... IV (Visage & face)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
Mixité... III (Visage & face)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
Sophia: Woven Elegance
Karen Akhikyan
Sculpture - 51 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch
€1,372
With A Little Help From My Friends
tizlu
Print - 70 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€350
The Lady Dulcinea
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch
€2,744
Résistant
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100 €550
Gamin à la lance
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
Couple 2 Personnages
Maxime Plancque
Sculpture - 231 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 90.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€4,000
Oeil clos orange face
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,100
Strange Mermaid In Blue
Marian Williams
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
The woman who defeated pain (Frida Khalo)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 30.5 cm Print - 24 x 12 inch
€890
Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,973
Let's take a Break
Hani Badawi Leo
Painting - 98 x 98 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Every day is a gift
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,700
Touche pas à mon pote
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Giovane con il corvo
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€690 €621
Brigitte Bardot, Iconic et glamour
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,200
Blue comme j'aime
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,800