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!

Les visages du Cognac

Zafi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 3 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,450

Siréne Mechanimal

Ardif

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Une pause et des fleurs

Don Mateo

Print . 75 x 56 x 2 cm Print . 29.5 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Untitled (Eric, from Men in the Cities)

Robert Longo

Print . 70 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 16.9 x 0 inch

€5,680

C4 Cybrid (Turquoise)

Fin Dac

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

€2,000

Perle de Pluie

Josepha

Sculpture . 56 x 17 x 17 cm Sculpture . 22 x 6.7 x 6.7 inch

€12,300

Unseen Strength - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionism, Women

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 inch

€2,033

Giacometti Man red black

Spaco

Sculpture . 31 x 18 x 6 cm Sculpture . 12.2 x 7.1 x 2.4 inch

€260

Portrait (1)

Jimmy Duvauchelle

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€1,500

Building Head Palm Tree

Chiho Aoshima

Print . 61 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€800

Ewie - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral, Modern, Women

Kum Cletus

Painting . 110 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€2,214

Bloom - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Women, Floral

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€903

Elegance on Pointe

Tigran Araqelyan

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€361

Soleil et amour

Riz Riz Rizz

Sculpture . 56 x 56 x 2 cm Sculpture . 22 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Sappho Wood Panel

Chuck Sperry

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

€3,950

Miss Daisy

Virginia Benedicto

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

€2,800

Mainbocher Corset. Paris. Printed later

Horst P. Horst

Photography . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€10,842

Coup d'archet

Claude Weisbuch

Painting . 55 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Wewe mdogo nenda ukanunue maziwa soroni

George Lilanga

Painting . 61 x 61 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.4 inch

€600

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

La Cage et la trace du crayon

Sandra Chevrier

Print . 36 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 14.2 x 12 x 0 inch

€2,000

Fougère

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 97 x 146 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.5 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Contemplation

Sargis Zaqaryan

Painting . 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€316

Blue Chair !

Robert Combas

Painting . 49 x 32 x 2 cm Painting . 19.3 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch

€29,000

In my house

Seth

Print . 103 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,490

Uprooted people

Catherine Clare

Painting . 92 x 79 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 31.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

A new world

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,345

David

Marco Araldi

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,144

The Kiss

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 1 inch

€994

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Bailarina en rosa

Eduardo Helguera

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

€2,399

Premier rayon de soleil - collection spéciale Grands Formats

Sophie Griotto

Print . 176 x 150 x 1 cm Print . 69.3 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,450

Nocefresca - Millis - Sardinia

Ilczyszyn Hanna

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€300

Chanel

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€813

La Violoncelliste

Jef Aérosol

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€890

Raihana

Ahmed Art

Painting . 150 x 100 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 inch

€1,750

Liberté où es tu ?

Clet Abraham

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€12,500

Les yeux dans les tiens, souris #3

Jéko

Sculpture . 68.5 x 23 x 4 cm Sculpture . 27 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,600

Love from Afar 3

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,337

Apple - Golden Age

James Chiew

Sculpture . 45 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch

€2,750

Elijah on Mount Carmel

Marc Chagall

Print . 44.5 x 33 cm Print . 17.5 x 13 inch

€1,500

Night Garden Ride - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Mayowa Adekile

Painting . 76.2 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 25 x 1 inch

€2,394

The Balinese boy

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Godfather VI

Peter Donkersloot

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,950

La tendresse et l'escalier

Flavien Couche

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

Horsewoman - is a free copy from K.Bryulov's painting - landscape of the Volskya Lilya

Lilya Volskaya

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,500

Confident

Raphaël Laventure

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€6,500

Anticipation of Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Awofadeju Solomon

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,382

The wait 2

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,259

ColorFace Mix01 (1/8)

Eric Lapierre

Print . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Nothing to Hide

Aphisit Sidsunthia

Painting . 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,330

Psalm 121 -21st Century Contemporary

Tolulope Adigbo

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,259

Satyr

Deborah Zuanazzi

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Not everyone will be taken into the future

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

A couple

Michal Bajsarowicz

Painting . 110 x 110 x 4.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.8 inch

€2,000

Portrait 1

Christophe Hohler

Painting . 30 x 30 x 8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch

€2,000

Masculinity -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Fashion, African

Akinboye Akinola Peter

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

€1,943

Asterix Arcimboldo

Albert Uderzo

Print . 120 x 90 x 7 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 2.8 inch

€1,150

Transanimisme

Julien Cuny

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

€1,800 €1,260

L'énergie vitale

Liselotte Andersen

Sculpture . 180 x 33 x 33 cm Sculpture . 70.9 x 13 x 13 inch

€23,500

The Battle of New York

Carmen Carpena

Painting . 152.4 x 243.8 x 2 cm Painting . 60 x 96 x 0.8 inch

€90,349

Causerie amoureuse, aquagravure originale

Juan Ripolles

Print . 76 x 62 x 0.5 cm Print . 29.9 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Ray Charles

Philippe Gras

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€950

Solace

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,882

Face 1

Tarek Butayhi

Painting . 60 x 55 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.7 inch

€1,700

L'heure bleue

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,695 €2,561

Viciuous circle

Hellen Halftermeyer

Sculpture . 55 x 41 x 41 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 16.1 x 16.1 inch

€2,200

Umbrella - Silent Rain No.6

Roger König

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

Danse pour moi

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,500

Les Triplettes

Virginie Matz

Painting . 60 x 81 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch

€1,520

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Vladimir Kolosov

Fine Art Drawings . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch

€813

According to the Master Leonardo (Mona Lisa)

Zbigniew Wozniak

Painting . 43.5 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.1 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€900

Resilience

Oluwafikunayomi Fatunmbi

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 2.5 inch

€2,259

Dragon II

James Jean

Print . 63.5 x 48 cm Print . 25 x 18.9 inch

€1,200

Aiiroh Hepburn LV

Aiiroh

Painting . 75 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€1,900

Diamond in the rough

Damilola Olusegun

Painting . 152.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 inch

€4,969

Serie Habaneras, Original Oil Painting, Hand Signed, Framed

José María Mijares

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

€5,421

Debout sur le piano

Frédéric Menguy

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

€1,150

Portrait d'une jolie demoiselle au chapeau blanc

Patricia Kleyman

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€430

Girl power

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Rose de vie

Jazzu

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

€850

Sentinelles

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 52 x 23 x 20 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 9.1 x 7.9 inch

€8,500

La Tisseuse de lien - Portrait de femme

Géraldine Bard de l'Image écrite

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

€940

Mood

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 25 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch

€949

Petit visage barbu

Pablo Picasso

Sculpture . 17.2 x 17.2 x 2 cm Sculpture . 6.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Zango

Shake

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

€1,500

Ecailles dorées + book

AKET

Print . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€180

Master Maison

August Sander

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

€8,000

Sand #2

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Two Ethnic Women

Nicolle Menegaldo

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,349

XS Paper Doll #111, Dolce Gabbana Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 32 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Dame du Lac, gravure originale

Speedy Graphito

Print . 77 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print . 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,600

Aplomb

Elisabeth Besnier

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

€2,800

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