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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Autoportrait
FeiWoux Chan
Painting - 115 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,000 €3,600
Wild style
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Lorsque mon coeur fait boom
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Eve Keith Jacket !
Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,200 €3,990
Le plombier
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 82 x 27.5 x 32.5 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 10.8 x 12.8 inch
€19,500 €17,550
On her majesty's Reine 007 james bond cinéma
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 75 x 115 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch
€350
Vision
Shijirbaatar Jambalsuren
Painting - 200 x 125 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch
€9,800
human monckey
Snach-ka
Painting - 119 x 102 x 0.5 cm Painting - 46.9 x 40.2 x 0.2 inch
€4,000 €3,600
Sleeping
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
€340
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
Playing Soldier
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.7 x 0 inch
€240
Sans Titre
Meteo Meteo
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€105
Sketch
Bernard Bécan
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 10.2 x 0 inch
€200
Silent Soul (01)
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
€600
Kurhessisches Corps
Herbert Knotel
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€380
Dancing in the light
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000 €750
West coast jazz
Pascal Therme
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€690
Geisha's serenity
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Eva Herzigova chez Chanel vintage
Pascal Therme
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€400
Minnie Stone Style
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€2,500
Autoportrait 6
Christian Dugardeyn
Painting - 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€2,200
Eva Herzigova, en Westwood, collection Fall Winter 1995
Pascal Therme
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€300
To the Third Floor
Kamo Ohanyan
Painting - 62 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€610 €488
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
€740
F0253 – La fascinante
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,500
Danseuse auréolée
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€950
"Pearls" la dernière séance (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 26 x 37 x 2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,990
Mechanical body in colors
Richard Lindner
Print - 42 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.5 x 12 x 0 inch
€300