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!

Évanescence

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€2,800

Louise

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€215

Sans titre 3

Valérie Hadida

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

€1,300

Artist Tracey Emin Working

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€823

Fougère

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

In My Dreams We Are The Wolves

Tamara Alves

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€3,800

Sans Titre I

Xavier de Vilmorin

Painting . 33.5 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.2 x 9.6 x 0 inch

€960

The Family

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,293 €867

Du bout des doigts

Marie-Aude Molin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€450

Bailarina en rosa

Eduardo Helguera

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

€2,399

A dandy in the garden of black roses

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,286

Oblivion. Hidden identity.

Joanna Chudy

Photography . 50 x 60 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 inch

€850

Dans tes bras 3, prendre soin

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

La belle espagnole aux accroche-cœurs

Jean-Gabriel Domergue

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Tête rose

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 36 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€1,600

Une Envolée de Légumes ! (4)

Noël Granger

Painting . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€150

She is like that 3. Series For passport

Margarita Zipman

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€1,097

Simone Veil femme forte héroïne célébrités paix liberté figure pop art Wahrol

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€1,100

Nocefresca - Millis - Sardinia

Ilczyszyn Hanna

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

€300

Cosmic Flyer Original Mixed Media Drawing, Watercolor on Paper

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€3,086

Frédérica

Luigi Corbellini

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€903

Homme et chien

Pat Andrea

Painting . 21.5 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Subtilesa

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

Painting . 26.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 10.4 x 7.7 x 0.6 inch

€900

Marché de Monségur

Hippolyte Romain

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

€850

Femme dans les nuages #2

Gris De Garance

Painting . 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€150

Dama de las orquídeas

Eduardo Helguera

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Julien

Noah Borger

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€110 €99

Duality

Dariia Tsenzeria

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

€6,776

Illustration (A Girl)

Janusz Stanny

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€2,100

Revolution

Mikhail Chemiakine

Fine Art Drawings . 74.5 x 52.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.3 x 20.7 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Paradis perdu, âme dévorée

Blu_451

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€450

Histoire de femmes 13

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 180 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Pin-Up

Philippe Berthet

Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 8.5 inch

€550

Retrato femenino IV

Serra Grau

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

€500

Bacchante 3

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Purpose

Vhils

Print . 42 x 29.7 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€1,200

Fracture bleue

Christy

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

€1,800

La demoiselle III

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

20 déc. 87

Bernard Noël

Painting . 59.5 x 39.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 15.6 x 0 inch

€800

The Alchemist

Terrece Beesley

Painting . 48.3 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,149

POPI

Jordane Desjardins

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

€700

La maison aux tournesols (tourterelles et tournesols)

Agrume

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Carte au trésor

Vincent Pompetti

Painting . 47 x 70 cm Painting . 18.5 x 27.6 inch

€1,400

SunFlower Face

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 21 x 13.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.3 inch

€250

Le décor n'a pas changé...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

Theatrical Costume

Alfredo Edel

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Evil Thoughts

Mark Tobey

Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€18,900

Another Kiss

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€180

Sophia Pistis

Mina Mond

Painting . 112 x 45 cm Painting . 44.1 x 17.7 inch

€1,800

Friends

Marina Lukianova

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,280

Gérard d'Oelsnitz and Kees van Dongen

Léonard Foujita

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 16 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

€35,000

Guru (framed, original mixed media on paper)

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€3,086

Illustration (A Girl)

Janusz Stanny

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€2,100

Femme de la Ville III

Ye Pu

Painting . 53 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€550

To Dye or Not To Die. Drawings From the covid diaries series

Megha Joshi

Fine Art Drawings . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,097

Das Rheingold - L'Oro del Reno

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings . 75.5 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 22.2 inch

€10,000

Jeune fille assise, ca.

Constantin Terechkovitch

Painting . 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€9,500

Clawdia Chauchat

Laurent Mangepapier

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,060

Silent Presence | Minimalist Female Figure in Indigo and Beige

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€411

Femme libellule

Gris De Garance

Painting . 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€150

Flo et Helio

Fafi

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€1,200

Flora

Harumi Yukawa

Painting . 33.8 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,790

La Traviata - Rodolpe - 4e Acte

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€3,200

Cat

Jojo Wang

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€850

The rain

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 64.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 25.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,829

Procès

John Reitz

Fine Art Drawings . 36.5 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€926

Sans titre

Ray Smith

Painting . 27 x 19 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€900

Family 2

Ivan Afronskiy

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 11 x 0.4 inch

€1,290

Le photographe

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€400

Untitled

Fritz Zolnhofer

Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,400

Ventre de Paris

Mikhail Chemiakine

Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€2,200

Women

Guelfo Bianchini

Fine Art Drawings . 50.5 x 36 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.9 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch

€800

01 janv. 88

Bernard Noël

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

L’homme bleu

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Silken dress - Série portrait de femme

Michel Verclytte

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€200

Personaje inédito -serie cuerpos y almas-

José Fernández Morán

Fine Art Drawings . 67 x 48 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

La Guitariste

Jean Chapin

Painting . 18.8 x 15.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.4 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€680

Moscow city: "Urban Symphony in Gold & Sapphire"

Yulia Belasla

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 23.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.3 x 0 inch

€750

Orange Backstage

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€869

Carte au trésor

Vincent Pompetti

Painting . 57 x 30 cm Painting . 22.4 x 11.8 inch

€850

Fumo viola

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 30 x 20.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.1 inch

€350

Le bonheur simplement...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

Harlequin

Alfredo Edel

Fine Art Drawings . 43.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.1 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Varanasi baby

Rossella Mercedes

Painting . 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€400

Sen

Jordane Desjardins

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

€700

couple à la pomme - mythologie - cosmogonie - pomme - apple - Basquiat

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 89 x 115 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch

€800

Reclining Woman and Flowers

Charles Levier

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 53.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 21 inch

€2,286

She Is Like That – Introspective Watercolor Portrait on Canson Paper

Margarita Zipman

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€869

Woman

Leo Guida

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€580

Aline Kominsky-Crumb & Dominique Sapel Collab

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€2,709

Jean Michel Basquiat Portrait

Cacerolo .

Painting . 49.8 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,829

The Entertainer

Terrece Beesley

Painting . 40.6 x 55.9 x 1.3 cm Painting . 16 x 22 x 0.5 inch

€1,691

Le Persécuté

Mariam Khachatryan

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

€1,499

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