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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Le temps des cerises 2/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 52 x 21 x 12 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 8.3 x 4.7 inch
€5,500
Sotigui Kouyaté
Bernard Pras
Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
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Agbeke Spotted Again
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 124.5 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 49 x 36 x 1 inch
Sold
Autoportrait aviaire
Hatem Akrout
Painting - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,000
Bloodline 1
Agbabiaka Oluwakayode
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 1 inch
€4,187
Reciprocity
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€950
Reciprocity2
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
At the edge of the Jade Sea
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,171 €1,054
1987 La femme et le pantin The woman and the Puppet
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 110 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€3,500 €1,750
Félix VALLOTTON (1865-1925) Joueur de Guitare Guitar player
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
€946 €473
Félix VALLOTTON (1865-1925) Lecture Reading
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,450 €725
1915 BRIGITTE au foulard
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
€1,450 €725
Fontaine de Jouvence III
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 113 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch
€3,644 €3,280
Wandering Thoughts
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,004
Shadows in Motion
Harutyun Aghajanyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€255
Woman of the Earth
Gillian Brett
Sculpture - 34 x 22 x 34 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 8.7 x 13.4 inch
€1,849
Femme au verre 1996 Lady with glass
Thérèse Boucraut
Print - 21 x 15 cm Print - 8.3 x 5.9 inch
€950 €475
N° 999 Moderato cantabile
R. Cavalié
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€350
Queen of the forest
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€141,790 €120,521
1972 Vienna Muse 7
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 18 x 24 x 0.5 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,950 €975
1972 Vienna Muse 1
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
€1,950 €975
Radial Progression #2 and #1. From The Geometric Head Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
€2,913
Cellular Interventions #2 and #1. From The Geometric Head Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
€2,913
Rebellious angel never be silent
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Angel of Sweetness Sweet
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Angel of Sweetness - Tenderness
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€10,500
Life Enjoyment 2
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 109.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43 x 40 x 1 inch
€2,776
Des secrets
Albane de Saint Remy
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€3,232
Francis Joyon
Christophe Paucelier
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€950
Personnage au discours fumeux
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.4 inch
€1,250
I'm not your little princess
Julie Sarloutte
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,130
Louis Vuitton Monogram
Léo & Steph
Print - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€4,369 €4,151
Wild style
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Lorsque mon coeur fait boom
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Art of Love
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€22,810 €18,248
Rosemary-Lynn
Ljubomir Milinkov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€14,500
Star and Stripes Kid Cup - Framed
Léo & Steph
Print - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€8,920 €8,474
Thinking like a Gangster Lady
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€8,014 €6,411
