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!

Visage en dérive

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,680

Ojude Oba - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

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

€2,608

Gang rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€820

South AfriKa Queen - Mosaïque figurative poétique, culture et voyage

Marie Cloarec

Painting . 60 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€750

Alone With Myself

Emmanuel Akolo

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,288 €1,945

Murder Most Foul

graphicrebel

Print . 55.9 x 55.9 cm Print . 22 x 22 inch

€1,600

Michael Jackson

Alberto Ricardo

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

€180 €144

Roxane

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€1,360

SOVRANA

Antonio Murgia

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

€3,840

Echoes - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa, Women

Segun Benjamin Ajao

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Dali

Cathie Berthon

Painting . 53 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,250

Chris Cornell

Greg Frederick

Painting . 76 x 76 x 3.5 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.4 inch

€3,500

Stages of metamorphosis : rose petal current

Jimmy Yoshimura

Painting . 40 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 63 x 2 inch

€4,000

La Grande Nell

Josepha

Sculpture . 70 x 31 x 25 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 12.2 x 9.8 inch

€16,000

Miss America's Favorite Son

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 inch

€260

Le collier d'or

Jean-Yves Boislève

Print . 53 x 37.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 20.9 x 14.8 x 0 inch

€350

Visionary XL with light

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture . 161 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture . 63.4 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€11,500

Tolteca

Rosa Maria Gallego

Painting . 44 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 17.3 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

The Artist is Present

Diana Moro

Painting . 170 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Stripes Frida

Melkio

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

€2,200

GirlRed IV

Anne Brenner

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,950 €1,755

This is your word

Jef Aérosol

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€750

American Rage (wood panel 6/6)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Remarkable People

Yue Minjun

Print . 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€4,700

La folle à la mouche

Robert Detheux

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,450

Invisible Climb

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 51 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€2,014

Serenity_21

Seonghwa Hong

Painting . 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

JJ Peters - Deez Nuts (S)

Brice Gelot

Photography . 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Gasp! So Good! (framed hand signed lithograph)

Mr.

Print . 64.8 x 48.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 25.5 x 19.25 x 0.1 inch

€1,373

Hercule

Les Frères Guinet

Sculpture . 90 x 48 x 40 cm Sculpture . 35.4 x 18.9 x 15.7 inch

€7,300

Passé simple

Maryse-Anne Couteau

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 12 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 4.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Coco Chanel, Paris

Horst P. Horst

Photography . 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€15,559

Illibatezza

Sergio Matrangolo

Sculpture . 35 x 30 x 4 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€580

AntiK papier bulle /152

Christophe Ruiz

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

€1,000

God Bless Us Everyone (Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit)

Norman Rockwell

Print . 80.5 x 60.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 31.7 x 23.8 x 0 inch

€3,859 €3,281

Codes of black cob23

Marus Tebo

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Omar

Erik Ebeling

Sculpture . 35.5 x 23 x 21.5 cm Sculpture . 14 x 9.1 x 8.5 inch

€2,380

Petite Parenthèse

Jaja

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Lady Red

Victor Ekpuk

Sculpture . 92 x 63 x 20 cm Sculpture . 36.2 x 24.8 x 7.9 inch

€27,500

Tiny and rat

Yasmina Nysten

Painting . 77 x 300 x 5 cm Painting . 30.3 x 118.1 x 2 inch

€12,000

Esther, After My Mom's

Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo

Painting . 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,968

Woman XIV

Eulogia Merle

Painting . 61 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,221

James Clerk Maxwell

Shawn Smith

Sculpture . 33 x 28 x 43 cm Sculpture . 13 x 11 x 16.9 inch

€13,500

Patience

Kehinde Mayowa

Painting . 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€2,059

Happy Double Flying

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

Portrait d'enfant

Madeleine Luka

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.1 inch

€150

L'homme et la mer

Dan Solojoff

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 inch

€250

Lion in the bushes

James Mutisya

Painting . 119 x 117 x 2 cm Painting . 46.9 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Jeune fille au bord de la fenêtre

Fritz Glarner

Painting . 92 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,235

Transhumans 1

Enki Bilal

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

€1,600

Don Quichotte

Roberto Colella

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

€2,772

4 girls

Samuel Cueto

Photography . 40 x 50 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 inch

€900

Civil War Cosplay (M)

Dan Witz

Painting . 106.7 x 81.3 x 4 cm Painting . 42 x 32 x 1.6 inch

€9,000

Essence de la jeunesse bois 72

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 172 x 44 x 34 cm Sculpture . 67.7 x 17.3 x 13.4 inch

€9,800

In Deference

Shirin Neshat

Print . 64.8 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Print . 25.5 x 40 x 1 inch

€22,881

Mizuiro7 : Blu Kawaii Reverie with Love, Peace and Whimsical Skulls

Aya Toshikawa

Painting . 112 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 44.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€5,300

Quiet Elegance | Indigo Minimalist Female Watercolor Artwork

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€412

Threshold (Interval) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,053

The Circle of Life

Kateryna Kolesnykova

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

€987

Une jolie pause

Jazzu

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

€2,500

Oneness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Love

Hammed Olayanju

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

€3,066

Archive I

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

Painting . 30 x 15 x 10 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€600

Tête dans le carton

Afat One

Sculpture . 90 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture . 35.4 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€8,000

Restrained 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Floral

Damola Ayegbayo

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,242

Wrong direction

Kateryna Kostyk

Print . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€90

The Bureaucrat

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Print . 22.2 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch

€3,000

Echoes of ancestral grace

Anand Manchiraju

Painting . 35.6 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 17 x 1 inch

€2,746

Osmose

Lydie Thonnerieux

Sculpture . 53 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch

€1,600

Heart of the forest

Olga Rakova

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

€540

Chilla de papere

Tony Gallo

Print . 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€650

Mystai Wood Panel

Chuck Sperry

Print . 73.2 x 47.8 x 1.5 cm Print . 28.8 x 18.8 x 0.6 inch

€2,900

Station

Galya Popova

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

€960

Chinese Soldiers Letterpress

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 33 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 10 x 0 inch

€500

Les frerots

Joseph Piermatteo

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Clean Sound and New

Rina-Green Noodle

Design . 68 x 52 x 1 cm Design . 26.8 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,180

Object and oneself

Weber Zhang

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15 x 0 inch

€3,500

Exhale

Sarah Asante

Painting . 64 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 25.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€700

Man

Richard Orlinski

Sculpture . 105 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture . 41.3 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

€44,000

Man

Richard Orlinski

Sculpture . 105 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture . 41.3 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

€44,000

Champions #2

Mic Staib

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

€3,800

Anne-Marie with red ribbon in hair

Stephen Najda

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Ideal Power

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 94.6 x 73.7 x 1.2 cm Painting . 37.2 x 29 x 0.5 inch

€24,500

Desse( i ) ns

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Con los coyotes

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 65 x 122 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€1,196

Just Outside Your Centre

Keya Tama

Print . 35.6 x 27.9 cm Print . 14 x 11 inch

€280

Imploding

Joon the Goon

Print . 63.5 x 48.3 cm Print . 25 x 19 inch

€180

Fragile Peace

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 45.7 cm Print . 24 x 18 inch

€510

A Message From Our Sponsor

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 80 x 64.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.5 inch

€21,900

Mona Lisa Pop 1

Ziegler T

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

€1,250

No Need To Hide (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€5,400

The dreamer's fatigue

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 50 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€580

La femme au chat

Marie Fang

Painting . 45 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

L’événement II

Camille Cottier

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

€3,300

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