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!

Pudique

Christiane Bernais

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€950

Petite chose # 3

Pascal Marlin

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

€200 €170

Petite chose # 2

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€200 €170

Tête

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€100 €85

Couple

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch

€450 €383

Portrait avec plumes et chapeau

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€500 €425

Amaterasu

Olga Rakova

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€350

Face à la Mort

Lasveguix

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.02 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€350

Mélodie Nelson

Jean-Michel Lourenço

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

€950

Character

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240 €204

Untitled 7

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

KF 1125

Paul Kostabi & Giuseppe Fortunato

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€380

Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be?. Framed Mixed media Collage on Paper

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 35.6 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 14 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,092

Okinawo

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,200

Jeune fille en fleurs sortant de sa coquille

Michèle Coudert

Painting . 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€300

Ecrasé de lumière

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800 €680

Mère à l'enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€800 €680

Mère à l'enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€800 €680

S_ck Me I'm Popular Blondiex Mickey Top Trader.

JP Malot

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

K2- 18b

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€355

As de Coeur

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 84.3 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 33.2 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Ella

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€309

Portrait en Buste

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 39 x 28 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€300 €255

Portrait en Buste

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 39 x 28 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€300 €255

Portrait en Buste

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 39 x 28 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€300 €255

MomoYaoYorozu

Noël Caizergues

Painting . 30 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€390

La tribu du silence

Eric Doisy

Painting . 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,660

La piscine 4, enfant au bonnet léopard - Série portrait, univers de l'enfance

Fabienne Octobre

Painting . 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€350

Maternité VI

Virginie Cadoret

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Kids in Space 5

Marian Williams

Print . 24 x 29 x 0.2 cm Print . 9.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€95

Kids in Space 3

Marian Williams

Print . 24 x 29 x 0.2 cm Print . 9.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€95

Testa

Fernando Alday

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€1,300

My new character

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€160

Paule

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€215

Pensée du Coquillage

Thaddée

Fine Art Drawings . 10 x 14.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 3.9 x 5.7 inch

€220

He called her Diana

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 75 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€240

Dreams about a dancing bridge

Olga Rakova

Print . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€250

Petit portrait d'homme

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€350 €298

Petit portrait de femme

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€350 €298

The beard

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€450 €383

The Flight Between Ruins

Anna Krtshatsyan

Painting . 23.5 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.2 inch

€350

KF 1025

Paul Kostabi & Giuseppe Fortunato

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€380

Tête noire

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€550 €468

Deux têtes et vases

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€550 €468

Cupidon est un con

Dominique Pourchet

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

€135

Adam et Eve love in Paris

Patricia Molinaro

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

€250

Spechio d'acqua

Giuseppe Madonia

Painting . 52 x 43 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.9 inch

€600

Femme de profil avec coiffe

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€500 €425

Dim's / Respect & Queen Club 1996

JP Malot

Painting . 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Elvis l

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 34 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 13.4 x 0.4 inch

€309

Untitled 6

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 5

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 4

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 3

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 2

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 1

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Ethnic 3

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€350 €298

Ethnic 2

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€350 €298

Ethnic # 1

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€350 €298

Mikasa

Noël Caizergues

Painting . 30 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€390

Face cachée

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€450

Hope

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,470

Blue Vibes

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€175

Serie geisha 00089

Josep Pozo

Painting . 150 x 122 x 3.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 48 x 1.4 inch

€3,500

Anna

Igor Volkov-Tkachinskiy

Painting . 68 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€364

Come, tell me where it hurts (diptych)

Christa David

Photography . 121.9 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Photography . 48 x 36 x 0 inch

€4,800

Matérnité VI

Virginie Cadoret

Painting . 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Under Marilyn's skin

Lasveguix

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€700

Cuuro

Stefano Mazzolini

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

CTSS

Stefano Mazzolini

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Don't Forget to Breathe Again (Framed)

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,365

Couple noir et blanc

Pascal Marlin

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

€700 €595

London Walk

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 30 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€780

The Shelter of Fragile Dreams

Anna Krtshatsyan

Painting . 18.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.3 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch

€350

Natalina

Hugues Candaës

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,760

KF 0925

Paul Kostabi & Giuseppe Fortunato

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€380

La chute de Lehmann Brothers

Isabelle Lutter

Print . 94 x 60 x 1.4 cm Print . 37 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Plaque # 3

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€190 €162

Chainsaw Rage - Denji

Noël Caizergues

Painting . 30 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€390

Fleur du désert

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€570

Reina multicolor

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 72 x 51 x 1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€309

Lointain

Anne Bironneau

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€780

KF 0825

Paul Kostabi & Giuseppe Fortunato

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€380

Bondieuserie

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700 €595

Hinata

Christy

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Nihon-Buyö

Christy

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Attitude désinvolte

Christy

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Shard

Palirina

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.6 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€517

Look at me

Michèle Coudert

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

Close Before Striking II

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€892

Portrait d'un vieil homme # 1

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€500 €425

Portrait d'un vieil homme # 2

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€500 €425

Aventure littéraire

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch

€200

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