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!

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Print, Les nouveaux sauvages, RNST

RNST

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Sculpture, Confidence, Beatrice Bizot

Beatrice Bizot

Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Le Pupitre, Flavien Couche

Flavien Couche

Painting - 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€850

Print, Festival, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

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

€800

Painting, Léopold, Christine Barrès

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Painting, Street Market, Leo Guida

Leo Guida

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

€1,400

Print, Tranquility, Itzchak Tarkay

Itzchak Tarkay

Print - 50.2 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm Print - 19.75 x 24.5 x 1 inch

€1,845

Painting, Infantryman, Oleg Litvinov

Oleg Litvinov

Painting - 89 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Print, Rendez-vous, Erte Tirtoff

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Painting, Bergamotte, Cannibal Malabar

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,800

Painting, Les voyeurs, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

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

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Painting, Aires, Troy Henriksen

Troy Henriksen

Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Sculpture, The Nest, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Sculpture - 62 x 53 x 49 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 20.9 x 19.3 inch

€10,000

Print, Incubatie, Marlene Dumas

Marlene Dumas

Print - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,450

Painting, Metis, Valerian Lenud

Valerian Lenud

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

€949

Painting, Enlacer, Joseph Piermatteo

Joseph Piermatteo

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

€2,100

Sculpture, Grindstone 2, tizlu

tizlu

Sculpture - 29 x 24.5 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.6 x 5.9 inch

€900 €675

Painting, Taxi driver, Le Closier

Le Closier

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,117

Painting, Veil of Becoming, Vanessa P

Vanessa P

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,724

Painting, Tête G, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

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

€330

Painting, Girl with earring, Yana Ros

Yana Ros

Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Breathe, Pompilio Gianluca

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting - 37 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€850

Painting, Scarface, Peter Donkersloot

Peter Donkersloot

Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,450

Sculpture, A walk, Petar Iliev

Petar Iliev

Sculpture - 31 x 14 x 7 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.5 x 2.8 inch

€1,250

Painting, Self-Portrait, Daria Luhova

Daria Luhova

Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,400

Painting, On est là, Eva Lamaignere

Eva Lamaignere

Painting - 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Painting, Legato, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€1,350

Painting, Care, Lianne Kocks

Lianne Kocks

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Print, Le regard bleu, Jéko

Jéko

Print - 82 x 62 x 2 cm Print - 32.3 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Painting, Flamenca, M. Campistron

M. Campistron

Painting - 78 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 30.7 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Le duel, Keymi

Keymi

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

€1,100

Painting, Yayoi, Yu Deng

Yu Deng

Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Photography, Untitled, Ebuka Michael

Ebuka Michael

Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€805

Sculpture, Le titan vert, Sylvie Cappe

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture - 66 x 54 x 33 cm Sculpture - 26 x 21.3 x 13 inch

€980

Photography, Tina Turner, Paris, Bob Gruen

Bob Gruen

Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch

€1,742

Painting, Family, Ya Su

Ya Su

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,397

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