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!

Bad Boy, part II

Badriot

Painting . 29 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Diane en floraison

Nadja B.

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Sunrise 1

Alex Katz

Print . 137 x 103 x 0.1 cm Print . 53.9 x 40.6 x 0 inch

€21,848

Francine

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 73 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,850

Park life

Nico Pichon

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€1,500

Ataraxie

Lewis Gibson

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

€2,199

Impossible behaviour - 4

Galya Popova

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,900

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

€1,900

La Revanche

Clara Breuil

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,000

Drive fast

Appaloosa

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

€1,900

Blondie Yellow

Séverine Potreau

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,600

Portrait of a woman with blue lips

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500 €1,275

Sunrise 2

Alex Katz

Print . 65 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€12,744

Coca-Cola Girl 2

Alex Katz

Print . 102 x 152 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.2 x 59.8 x 0 inch

€14,565

Milena Jesenska

Roser Bru

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€600

Queen 26 - 2

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 177 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 69.7 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€7,300

Gainsbourg under arrest

Lasveguix

Painting . 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€990

Barman danseur

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€950

Brahman

Viktor Goryaev

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,800

Series-Moods 4

Fulvio Ghemasi

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€250

White Dancer

Ulrich Trüssel

Photography . 93 x 93 x 3 cm Photography . 36.6 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Grégolos (n°6)

René-François Grégogna

Sculpture . 23 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

€500

Stress Day V

Kosta Morr

Painting . 42 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€250

Mixité... IV (Visage & face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Painting . 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,600

Mixité... III (Visage & face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Painting . 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Marilyn on Bright Blue

Marian Williams

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

€950

Cotton Girl

Morgane Soulier

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

€2,200

Après le bain à Grenade

Azucena Gonzalez

Print . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€499

Satan - Collector's card

Dina Goldstein

Print . 10 x 15 x 1 cm Print . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€15

Retabla Pasista A. (Duterte-Hitler)

Alwin Reamillo

Print . 56 x 33 x 1 cm Print . 22 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€825

The Fish III

Marianna Oklejak

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 41.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€370

Oriental Motives 15 (Mother)

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€690

Portrait de femme et nappage

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €1,020

Flamenco - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Photo de famille... (Visage & Face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Together... III (Visage & Face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Together... II (Visage & Face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Télétravail

Philippe Achermann

Print . 24 x 18 cm Print . 9.4 x 7.1 inch

€50

Paresse

Appaloosa

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Plan de Métro Londres

A.ce

Print . 58 x 41 x 1 cm Print . 22.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

€600

Salvador

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125

Tangled Thoughts

Mari Ito

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

€5,800 €5,220

Hidder Gaze

Keti Tedoradze

Painting . 55 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€900

Diptych II: He Always Fancied Himself as a Ladies Man and A Better Life or Your Money Back

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,731

Bustier Issey Miyake

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€950

Life is an adventure

Britt

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

€2,000

Miroir d'Elle

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€180

Combattente

Antonio Murgia

Painting . 100 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch

€5,280

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

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

€240 €204

NIA(Volonté)

Laurence Verney

Photography . 177.9 x 150 x 4 cm Photography . 70 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Inside the web

Idan Wizen

Photography . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€8,500

4 Orchestres

Pierre-François Grimaldi

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

€3,800

Tribute

Kazuhiko Tanaka

Sculpture . 12 x 5 x 5 cm Sculpture . 4.7 x 2 x 2 inch

€320

Stay at Home

Irina Petrova

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

€1,001

Mind, the Gap 1

Marian Williams

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

€250

Bleu profond - un regard blau 2

Nina Urlichs

Fine Art Drawings . 43 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€700

Jeune femme descendant l’escalier

Emilie Pannier

Painting . 55 x 38 x 4 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1.6 inch

€650

Diptych V: Don't Forget to Breathe Again, and She Knew She Would Not Be The Same

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,731

John Travolta

Franck Leclerc

Photography . 50 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€590

No title

Philippe Pasqua

Photography . 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Bad advisor

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture . 80 x 60 x 14 cm Sculpture . 31.5 x 23.6 x 5.5 inch

€5,000

Rocketman - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 180 x 135 x 1 cm Print . 70.9 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,100

Les photographes

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€950

Serie payaso 00014

Josep Pozo

Painting . 122 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 48 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,000

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth..

Jan Kanty Pawluskiewicz

Print . 14.5 x 20 x 0.1 cm Print . 5.7 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€490

Holy Sleep

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€125

Mind, the Gap 4

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€250

Mind, the Gap 5

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€250

Strange Mermaid On Yellow

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Stranger

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

The Parfait Au Café

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Strange Mermaid In Blue

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

In stillness, in solitude, i count 21

Christa David

Photography . 25.4 x 22.86 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10 x 9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Africa Games

Tarek

Painting . 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch

€3,000

Red Ball

Marian Williams

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

€1,500

Agatha's Eyes

Marian Williams

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Mind, the Gap 2

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€250

Sillage

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Tête à bouche rose

Brigitte Derbigny

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

€500

Queen 26 - 1

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 177 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 69.7 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€7,300

Theodore Roosevelt

Marie Serruya

Print . 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€700

Peacock On Pink

Marian Williams

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

profil de femme

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€850 €723

Portrait de Joseph Beuys

Jean Olivier Hucleux

Print . 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€600

Sem título

Yan Carpenter

Photography . 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Diptych III: He Always Fancied Himself as a Ladies Man and She Knew She Would Not Be The Same

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,731

Pekin Girl

Stinkfish

Painting . 44 x 44 x 1 cm Painting . 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

€944

Femme feuille

Michèle Coudert

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€400

The Red Book

Tyler Shields

Photography . 114 x 152 x 1 cm Photography . 44.9 x 59.8 x 0.4 inch

€13,655

Impossible behaviour - 5

Galya Popova

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,900

Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€455

Rehab 2

Marian Williams

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

€1,950

Rehab 1

Marian Williams

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

€1,950

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