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 Journey of a Lifetime
Malwina Jagora
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€3,250
Pupa Woman (Plate)
Yoshitomo Nara
Sculpture - 26.7 x 26.7 x 3 cm Sculpture - 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,792
Woman Hiking up her Dress
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 40 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€940
Paris, Moulin Rouge La Goulue
Aimé Venel
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,500
When the world is in your hands
MKate
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€640
yellow pylon worker
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 36 x 25.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10 x 6.3 inch
€3,200
Healing Greenland, Chunja And Animal Friends
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
€1,000
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€2,500
Portrait
Jean Cocteau
Fine Art Drawings - 26.67 x 19.43 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.5 x 7.6 x 0.4 inch
€7,000
Illuminating Hope
Roseleen Labazacchy
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1 inch
€2,058
Girl at the table
Butkovsky Nikolai
Painting - 40 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€660
Dues noies assegudes i gran flor
Jordi Traperho
Painting - 61 x 50 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 inch
€950
Island Boy per 2
Han-Jin Choi
Sculpture - 60 x 57 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 22.4 x 11.8 inch
€5,945
Beauty with gold
James Chiew
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,950
Framed Color Face II
Jens-Christian Wittig
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
€4,116
Deseo Insular XIV
José Sierra
Photography - 91.4 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€1,829
Spring scent
Rumiana Rusinova
Sculpture - 34.5 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 13.6 x 5.7 x 3.7 inch
€2,100
Dante's Reflection
Aghvan Sahakyan
Sculpture - 38 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
€2,744
Les petites variations n°30 bis
Daniela Meza Sigala
Painting - 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 4.1 x 3.3 x 0.2 inch
€600
Embrace the Stillness
Alexandra Beshko
Painting - 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
€686
Sculpture Ethnie - Femme africaine orange rouge caramel avec bébé devant
Atelier Piquifou
Sculpture - 44 x 10 x 5 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 3.9 x 2 inch
€500
Exoplanet #39 (Portrait of a Pupil) (Abduction)
Barbara Fragogna
Painting - 50 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
La Petite Fille
Edgar Degas
Sculpture - 100 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
€35,000
Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme
Karine Azoulay (1kazou)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Paradis perdu, âme dévorée
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
€450
Biface Jeune fille les yeux au ciel / Jeune homme sur fond bleu
Jean Dessirier
Sculpture - 24 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
€500
Kind of Blue
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€2,835
Donald Duck and Le Petit Ecolier, Early 20th Century Oil on Board by Pierre Villain
Pierre Villain
Painting - 37.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 14.8 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
€624
L'ange sur collage
Mathieu 1976
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€800
Be Yourself - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Wasiu Sunday Hassan
Painting - 81.3 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 20 x 1 inch
€2,058
Selfportrait Blue
Valentine Dardel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
€2,340
Big Doll, Orient Express, LV Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 150 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
€18,500
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€500
Untitled (PEN 04)
Atom Hovhanesyan
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 40.6 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16 x 0 inch
€73,171
Woman
Charles Guerin
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€790
Verdolini il Celebre Masseur
Nicola Simbari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch
€750
French Cancan / Moulin Rouge
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Frank Sinatra - The Voice (large hand signed serigraph)
LeRoy Neiman
Print - 89.5 x 71.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.25 x 28.125 x 0.1 inch
€3,396
Léviathan
Catherine Clare
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€600 €540
Beyond This Earth (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Gbelekale Azeez
Painting - 73.7 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 35 x 1 inch
€2,241
Fur coat by Yves Salomon
Yulia Belasla
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,744
Beauty For Ashes -21st Century
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,058
