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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, Human blue, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Print - 62 x 51 x 2 cm Print - 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Print, The Great Beyond, tizlu

tizlu

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€380 €301

Painting, Kief, Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Print, NFlux-SO-05, Fin Dac

Fin Dac

Print - 64 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€950 €855

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre 8, Valérie Hadida

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€1,300

Print, Erato, Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry

Print - 80 x 53.4 x 0.5 cm Print - 31.5 x 21 x 0.2 inch

€1,900

Painting, Homme et enfant, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000 €1,700

Painting, Alternative, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

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

€5,500 €4,950

Painting, Girl, Nathalie Cubéro

Nathalie Cubéro

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

€895

Painting, Révéler, David Jamin

David Jamin

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Sculpture, Donne V, Nando Kallweit

Nando Kallweit

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

€2,202

Painting, Silence, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Painting, Le bain, Béatrice Terra

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

Painting, Andrea Doria, 1956, AKET

AKET

Painting - 100 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Sculpture, Mockery - Blue, Gregos

Gregos

Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 7 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13.8 x 2.8 inch

€850

Print, Rachel, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print - 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Painting, Amalia, Raf Urban

Raf Urban

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

€1,200

Painting, Exploded, Virut Panchabuse

Virut Panchabuse

Painting - 170 x 120 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 inch

€12,500

Sculpture, Contrast, Karen Akhikyan

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture - 25 x 32 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 12.6 x 4.3 inch

€1,348

Painting, Dancing, Ekaterina Prisich

Ekaterina Prisich

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€943 €849

Painting, Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

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

€1,123 €988

Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

Print - 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm Print - 20.9 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,258

Painting, Who is this, Aurélie Renout

Aurélie Renout

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

€2,000

Sculpture, Robinson Crusoé, AKET

AKET

Sculpture - 73 x 15 x 2 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Fullness XL, Gongas

Gongas

Painting - 96 x 68 x 4 cm Painting - 37.8 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,620 €1,134

Painting, Maeva, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Painting, Blu Hair, Simone De Rosa

Simone De Rosa

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

€850 €765

Painting, Control, Flow

Flow

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

€2,500

Print, Untitled, John Matos Crash

John Matos Crash

Print - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Print - 40 x 40 x 2 inch

€2,201

Painting, Hommage à Courbet, Onemizer

Onemizer

Painting - 34 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting - 13.4 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,450

Print, La géante, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

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

€2,500

Print, House of cards, Dran

Dran

Print - 37 x 27 x 1 cm Print - 14.6 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,250 €1,125

Print, Für Karl, Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara

Print - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,790

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Levalet

Painting - 64 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

€2,400

Painting, Urban Girl, Lasveguix

Lasveguix

Painting - 75 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,200 €1,080

Painting, Beautiful Girl, Mr Brainwash

Mr Brainwash

Painting - 76.2 x 55.8 x 1 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€5,895

Painting, Frida, Wawapod

Wawapod

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400 €1,260

Painting, Roboïde, PRAB'Z

PRAB'Z

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

€900

Painting, Plus beau encore, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Sculpture, Violaine, Arman

Arman

Sculpture - 31 x 16 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 6.3 x 3.9 inch

€6,000

Print, Valentine’s day, Seaty

Seaty

Print - 90 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

Painting, Hippocampe, Lili Tao

Lili Tao

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,080

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