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Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Eye see you 1/3
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 78 x 106 x 1 cm Painting - 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,234
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
$15,707
Gliding Towards Tomorrow
Kpe Innocent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$5,049
Photo de famille 56
Maxime Frairot
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$314 $283
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,707
Keith Dog
Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,709
Impossible behaviour - 9
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,795
Herons in Flight
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 66 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Je l'ai sur le pouce
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,805
Hack Harring
Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)
Print - 45 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$841
Empreinte 10 Concrétion
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Painting - 120 x 120 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 inch
$33,657
Comportement Ultra
Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)
Print - 73 x 53 x 1 cm Print - 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,010
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,570
Grande vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 160 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$31,413
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$8,504
Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Chuli Herrera
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,078
Die Katia
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,066
R E C Y C L É - ZB-021019
Arseneca
Painting - 146 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$998
The girl who knew too much
Olivier Massebeuf
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$79
En Avant, Marche ou Tombe
Alexandra Delya
Painting - 80 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,795
Sans titre (192)
Zwy Milshtein
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$1,683
Boy#5, Cigar
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$224
Portait 8
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$898
Sans titre, ni mots, ni voix
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 74 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,188
Fanatic moreno
Reinaldo Chavez
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.3 inch
$381
Sans titre
Adam Nidzgorski
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$729
Hellebore No. 30
Elizabeth Becker
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 inch
$150
Mirrored Case - Jewel Sapphire
Sophie Derrick
Sculpture - 39 x 27 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 10.6 x 2.2 inch
$2,355
Liu Zhengyong - Sérigraphie 05
Zhengyong Liu
Print - 116 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$785
Un danseur près du Pompidou
Carmen Selma
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$271
Homme pensif
Isabella Kretzdorn
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,066
22C15
Etienne Gros
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,019
Oiseau debout medium size
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$886
Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Booknote 8. From The Beaches series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 24 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,900
Seems Heavy, There's Help
Kpe Innocent
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,731
Muse. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 140 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
$12,000
Senza titolo. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Abstract Portrait Artists
The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work. Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.