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!

Hermès

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 45 x 19 x 23 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.5 x 9.1 inch

€10,000

Collection Petit Garçon

KiKo

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€13,900

Untitled sculpture

George Lilanga

Sculpture . 63 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 24.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€1,000

Natural concrete

Caro Graffiti

Sculpture . 47 x 32 x 6 cm Sculpture . 18.5 x 12.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,350

Nocture 5

Françoise Pétrovitch

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€1,400

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000 €1,700

Roboïde family portrait

PRAB'Z

Painting . 140 x 100 x 15 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 5.9 inch

€1,800

In my arms

Albena Vatcheva

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

€3,785 €3,596

No

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,253

Dancer 2 (Cutout), rare aluminum sculpture

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 73.7 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm Sculpture . 29 x 21 x 3 inch

€15,752

Son pull préféré

Jéko

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Blu Hair

Simone De Rosa

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€850

Touching The Surface (Complete Series 3/5)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€3,800

Tête nuage 5/8

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 51 x 28 x 22 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 11 x 8.7 inch

€4,900

I want it all

Dr. Love

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€50

Skate

Hom Nguyen

Sculpture . 91 x 29 x 12 cm Sculpture . 35.8 x 11.4 x 4.7 inch

€22,000

Perfect Kiss

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€4,500

Love

Marc De Corte

Sculpture . 11 x 36 x 7.5 cm Sculpture . 4.3 x 14.2 x 3 inch

€1,950

Venus à la giraffe

Salvador Dali

Sculpture . 56.5 x 9.5 x 27.5 cm Sculpture . 22.2 x 3.7 x 10.8 inch

€7,000

Les petits matins

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,200

Carmen

Bernard Buffet

Print . 75 x 55 x 3 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Colette

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 115 x 35 x 37 cm Sculpture . 45.3 x 13.8 x 14.6 inch

€28,500

Roboïde Mandalorian

PRAB'Z

Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

€900

Dans l'espace

Myriam Bourianne

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

€600

Untitled

Aron Kroes

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

€2,650

Je crois en l'éternel féminin

Miss.Tic

Print . 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Print . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,800

Le pécheur à la pipe d'écume série Mer et Océan

Philippe Messager

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

€780

We Need You (on SMEG door)

tizlu

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

€3,800 €3,420

Larmes de Verre

Man Ray

Print . 29.8 x 36.8 cm Print . 11.7 x 14.5 inch

€2,070

Don Quichotte

AKET

Painting . 154 x 115 x 5 cm Painting . 60.6 x 45.3 x 2 inch

€15,000

In love

Hans Mendler

Sculpture . 139 x 34 x 35 cm Sculpture . 54.7 x 13.4 x 13.8 inch

€5,400 €4,860

Eustache

Nef

Painting . 30 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€500

Pause entre deux poses

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 65 x 92 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 inch

€16,000

A chercher l'impossible on trouve des merveilles

Miss.Tic

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

€2,500

Sarasvati

Valerio Adami

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€250

Eternity (rare framed hand finished screen print)

Mr Brainwash

Print . 76.2 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,652

Donne V

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture . 26 x 19 x 7 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.5 x 2.8 inch

€2,234

Collection Ballerina or

KiKo

Painting . 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,800

La méditation

Zafi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€1,450

Sentiments partagés (1)

Jules Be Kuti

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,200

Jugoyoe

Salvador Dali

Print . 66 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,800

Yellow Sun Skate

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Painting . 81 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€980

Portrait of a Girl with Flowers

Procach Olesia

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

€850

Chorégraphie

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Sur le sable

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Micke Rix

Daru

Painting . 80 x 57 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800 €1,620

Optimism In the Face of Total Destruction

Tristan Eaton

Print . 72 x 38 x 2 cm Print . 28.3 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Afrique physique

Clara Castagné

Fine Art Drawings . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€800

Hit

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 55 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch

€1,611

Poésie

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Photo de famille

Maxime Frairot

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

€1,000

With A Little Help From My Friends

tizlu

Print . 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€350

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Amalia

Raf Urban

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €1,044

La fièvre

Jazzu

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

€1,950

Harvest is Ready - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Child

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,103

Portrait with four hands, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 59.9 x 49.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.6 x 1.5 inch

€1,432

Elijah on Mount Carmel

Marc Chagall

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

€1,500

L'attente

Marta Grassi

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

€900

Rose Soldier

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€370

Pink Lady

Marcus Cederberg

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€200

Big Jump

Dima Filatov

Painting . 200 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Kali

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 87 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 34.3 x 44.3 x 0 inch

€825

Sentinelles

Valérie Hadida

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

€8,500

152 - Van Gogh

Bernard Pras

Photography . 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography . 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Your Space Or Mine ?

Dface

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Festival

Fernand Léger

Print . 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

€800

La géante

Bernard Buffet

Print . 71 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print . 28 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Andy Warhol Camera

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200

Nelson Mandela

C215

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 42.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 16.7 inch

€2,800

Femme Profile (Marie-Therese Walter)

Pablo Picasso

Print . 53 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch

€9,859

Misled youth (S)

Brice Gelot

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

€1,800

Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,193

Blonde rousse brune

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€1,900

L'heure bleue

Albena Vatcheva

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

€2,495 €2,371

Avis de coup de foudre sur mon corps meteo

Miss.Tic

Print . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Flacon Chanel

Fred Meurice

Sculpture . 23 x 25 x 14 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 9.8 x 5.5 inch

€870

Reader XCVIII

Jose Manuel Solares

Sculpture . 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€1,100

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

La femme aux cheveux longs

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€800

Uprooted people

Catherine Clare

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

€1,600

Reflets silencieux

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 68 x 25 x 10 cm Sculpture . 26.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch

€980

Renaissance

Chloé Sontrop

Sculpture . 48.5 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 19.1 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€2,000

Love is the Answer

Seaty

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€11,900

Mona Lisa Boom

Maria De Campos

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Etuk Unyime

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

€2,237

Hope (When The Time is Right) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,372

Une pause avant la nuit

Sophie Hors

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

€1,500

FAME MOSS

Mr Brainwash

Print . 98 x 98 cm Print . 38.6 x 38.6 inch

€3,250

Leap Toward a Dream

Meliq Khazaryan

Painting . 82 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€805

Control

Flow

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€2,200

Portrait d'homme au chapeau Melon

Jean Hélion

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.02 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,500

Drop the Monotony

Janet Adegoke

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€895 €850

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