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!

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

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

€1,500

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.7 x 5.9 inch

€1,500

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 8.3 inch

€2,000

Untitled 4

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€14,600

The Seated Woman

Robert Fontene

Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.3 x 3.5 x 0 inch

€360

L'accueil

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 22 cm Painting . 15.4 x 8.7 inch

€1,800

A Companion Like a Tiger

You Wu

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 13 x 0 inch

€800

Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€548

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 inch

€1,000

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,000

Untitled 269

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 inch

€950

Léda et le cygne - femme oiseau

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 91 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 35.8 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€220

Posdata Contemplación

Ivan Castiblanco

Fine Art Drawings . 54.9 x 54.9 x 3.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.6 x 21.6 x 1.3 inch

€639

Ours zen

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Ours 4

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Deux ours

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Grand éléphant

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Ours serviette verte 2

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Ours serviette verte

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Ours au surf rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Maillot rouge et tatoué

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Sirian

Muriel Deumie

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

€850

Home Alone This Saturday Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,882

Dimanche

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€2,700

Le baiser

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,200 €960

Vicking Roi Reine scandinavie mythologie bleu or famille ponant levant couple amour

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€800

Colombe paix Frida Kahlo Miroir pop art libre

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€800

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,973

Girl and doves

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 95 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€950

Portrait of a mysterious rose

Nadezda Stupina

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

€950

Antique games.. A look through time 1

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,400 €1,120

Antique games.. A look through time 2

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,400

To whom it is deserved

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,745

Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,187

Dessin n°2 : La protégée

Marta Grassi

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Yeux langoureux

Christy

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

€980

Gilles Mendel in Paris

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€548

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€9,000

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€548

Alexander McQueen / We love Kate

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€731

Orange Shirt

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€731

Taxi Driver, June 13

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 34.9 x 24.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.75 x 9.75 inch

€365

Robe de soirée

Veronique Lesage

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

€450

Pensée Suspendue

Alder Paintings

Painting . 61 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€380

La Bor3

Dima Filatov

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

€760

LaBor

Dima Filatov

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

€760

Selfie plage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Maillot rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Friends

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Bronzage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Surf rouge

Hervé Maury

Painting . 90 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Tatoué

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Les yeux ouverts

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

Jump

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

We Outside 2 (Lagos Baddie Girl)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,973

We Outside 1 (Escape Route)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,973

Mask

Tarek

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€190

Mask

Tarek

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

Banksy Man

PyB

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€120

Antique games.Reflexes.

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Roy Lichtenstein Girl

PyB

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

€200

K. H.

PyB

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

€200

Coco Chanel

PyB

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

€200

Salvador dali

PyB

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€120

Salvador Dali

PyB

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

€200

Jean Michel Basquiat

PyB

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

€200

Celine Dion

PyB

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

€200

Salvador Dali

PyB

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

€200

Princesse Diana

PyB

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

€200

Jackie Kennedy

PyB

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

€200

Renaud

PyB

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

€200

Maria Callas

PyB

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

€200

Nelson Mandela

PyB

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

€200

Steve McQueen

PyB

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

€200

Matthew Perry alias Chandler

PyB

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

€200

Masque nocturne

Tarek

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€95

Mick Jagger

PyB

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

€200

Joconde

PyB

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

€200

Jane Birkin

PyB

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

€200

Vincent Van Gogh

PyB

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

€200

Pierre Soulages

PyB

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

€200

Vacanze Romane

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€813

Untitled 3

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€14,600

Morgane

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 22 cm Painting . 15.4 x 8.7 inch

€1,800

Spira: Contemporary Stipple Ink Artwork | Black & White Three-Faced Portrait on Cotton Paper | Collector's Edition

Iana Cherepansky

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

€274

Posdata Apreciación

Ivan Castiblanco

Fine Art Drawings . 41.4 x 47 x 3.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.3 x 18.5 x 1.3 inch

€639

Regard Circulaire

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€2,800

Le O de la sagesse - Enluminure médiévale

Georges Souchal

Painting . 21 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€640

Tom Cruise

PyB

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

€200

Monsieur Renaud

PyB

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

€200

Girl With a Cat

Qing-Yan Li

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€1,650

Orange Backstage

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€868

10/20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Have a question?

Check the buyer's guide by clicking here.

Contact us by phone:
US : +1 646-844-7306
FR : +33 1 87 66 99 05
UK : +44 20 3890 6678
at 9:30 am - 6:30 pm CET, from Monday to Friday

By chat, clicking on the black bubble
at the bottom right of your screen.

By email, [email protected]