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!

Petit visage barbu

Pablo Picasso

Sculpture . 17.2 x 17.2 x 2 cm Sculpture . 6.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inch

€7,800

Yellow card

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,084

Le Baou de St - Jeannet II

Marc Chagall

Print . 53 x 43.5 x 1 cm Print . 20.9 x 17.1 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Valentine’s day

Seaty

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

€2,400

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

€2,699

La Masque

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€860

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

Un homme libre

Jazzu

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€780

Lady moon

Nef

Painting . 59.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting . 23.4 x 23 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Night: William Dunas Dance 2 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

Print . 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch

€5,466

Réflexion

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 20 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,400 €1,260

Before performance

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,400

Parfum du Premier Amour 20/300

Stratos

Sculpture . 42 x 29 x 0.6 cm Sculpture . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.2 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

Clair de lune

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 122 x 45 x 25 cm Sculpture . 48 x 17.7 x 9.8 inch

€25,600

Gentleman

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€2,915

Amalia

Raf Urban

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

€1,200

Orpheus and Eurydice

Nataliia Svitlychna

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,367

David

Marco Araldi

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,161

Paris-Madrid-Paris gravure originale

Eduardo Arroyo

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Steve needs more speed

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,200

Woman with dove (trib. to Picasso)

Dr. Love

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€50

Because I Wanted Exactly That Glass

Kristina Mallen

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

€3,500

La liberté guidant le peuple

C215

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

€990

Forbidden Fruit - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 80 x 67.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 26.7 x 1 inch

€2,050

La femme à l'écharpe, 1910 | Woman with Scarf, 1910 (Dame im Dreiviertelprofil nach links, den Mund und einen Teil der Frisur durch Umhang verdeckt)

Gustav Klimt

Print . 55 x 40 x 1 cm Print . 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Le Cheval et l'Âne (The Horse and the Donkey)

Marc Chagall

Print . 39 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€2,200

XS Paper Doll #110 – Dior Couture Tribute | Luxury Fashion

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Israel / Palestine

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Dream

Capocci

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Washed

Felix (Godchi7d) Abcede

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,093

Blue one #2

O Gringo

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

L’ombre du silence

Pierre Laurent

Painting . 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€3,400

Si la vie m’était contée

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€950

Four Chairs and a Read

Carrie Graber

Painting . 91.4 x 83.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 33 x 1.5 inch

€8,609

Exploded

Virut Panchabuse

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

€13,800

Jazz (Bronze)

Onemizer

Sculpture . 39 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch

€6,000

Le monde de Mr.Hope

MrHope

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,500

L'Homme est un Loup pour l'Homme et un Relou pour la Femme

Miss.Tic

Print . 50 x 50 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€2,790 €2,511

Ombrelle

Virginia Benedicto

Painting . 120 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€1,200

Eureka

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture . 52 x 23 x 27 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 9.1 x 10.6 inch

€7,500

Paraiso. Dream 3

Elena Done

Painting . 116.1 x 88.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.7 inch

€2,870

Self-Healing (Freedom) - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Woman

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,232

Lotta

Agathe de Chantérac

Painting . 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,550

Balloon Girl

Mr Brainwash

Painting . 127 x 96 x 2 cm Painting . 50 x 37.8 x 0.8 inch

€13,800

La Cage et l'iréel du rêve, Signed Limited Edition Screen Print

Sandra Chevrier

Print . 61 x 81.3 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 32 x 0 inch

€1,200

Rendez-vous

Erte Tirtoff

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

€1,500

Poséidon

Pichi & Avo

Painting . 129 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 50.8 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€13,000

Nocture 5

Françoise Pétrovitch

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

€1,400

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

€4,200

Le baiser vénitien

Etienne

Sculpture . 26 x 56 x 12 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 22 x 4.7 inch

€24,900

Blooming in Silence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

Painting . 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,596

Who Cares If I'm Waiting -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Horse

Elijah Olanase

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,507 €2,806

Blue Brigitte

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200 €1,140

Java

Jean-Louis Toutain

Sculpture . 32 x 14 x 11 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 5.5 x 4.3 inch

€3,400

Gele 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Culture, Women

Lukman Olanrewaju Karounwi

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 1 inch

€1,503

Visage Sur Fond Rouge (Marina Picasso Estate hand signed lithograph)

Pablo Picasso

Print . 71.1 x 55.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 28 x 21.75 x 0.1 inch

€1,799

Homage to Francis Bacon (study for head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer)

Takashi Murakami

Print . 50 x 100 cm Print . 19.7 x 39.4 inch

€4,500

Les Jeannes

Jacques Villeglé

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

€25,000

L'énergie vitale

Liselotte Andersen

Sculpture . 180 x 33 x 33 cm Sculpture . 70.9 x 13 x 13 inch

€23,500

The Seasons, Set of 4

Alphons Mucha

Print . 68 x 140 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.8 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€3,280

Cendra

Rémi Planche

Painting . 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€6,200

Miss Monica Tic Pochoir

Spaco

Painting . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€90

Pop Design N°3/20

Lydi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€190

L'Ile de l'insomnie

Antonio Segui

Print . 30 x 40 cm Print . 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€1,000

Sans-Titre

Pierre Buraglio

Print . 50 x 40 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€250

Cheek to Cheek

Armen Vahramyan

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

€1,230

Weekend

Françoise Nielly

Print . 90 x 90 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€3,250

Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€1,959

Caractère Clint 70

Miguel Guía

Print . 70 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,350

The Queen bang !

Maria De Campos

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,750

Veiled classic block II

Léo Caillard

Sculpture . 52 x 28 x 23 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 11 x 9.1 inch

€14,000

Les tigres jumeux / The twin tigers

France Courpotin

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

€4,900

Control Without Fear

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 43 x 34 x 24 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 13.4 x 9.4 inch

€3,189

L'orange et l'enfant

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Rough Cuts 2

Hush

Print . 60 x 41 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.1 inch

€830 €747

The quality of mercy

Guy Denning

Painting . 25 x 36 cm Painting . 9.8 x 14.2 inch

€750

An Ashrafieh pause

Elie Chammaa

Painting . 90 x 60 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 inch

€1,400

Signature I

Martin Marko

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,315

Bike III

Eulogia Merle

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

€1,240

Flamenco | Dramatic Contemporary Abstract Artwork in Red, Orange, and Blue

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€1,175 €1,058

Vénus pensive

Brigitte Derbigny

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 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

Matelot

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

Flottement

Sandra Courlivant

Sculpture . 79 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture . 31.1 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch

€2,800

Blissfull

Gil Bruvel

Sculpture . 63.5 x 48.3 x 58.4 cm Sculpture . 25 x 19 x 23 inch

€24,097

La tendresse et l'escalier

Flavien Couche

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900 €810

New

Xu Zhen

Sculpture . 46 x 14 x 10.5 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 inch

€5,380

Believe Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 91.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26 x 1 inch

€2,278

Mr Tarin, la Rouge

AKET

Sculpture . 22 x 16 x 20 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 6.3 x 7.9 inch

€800

Minotaure

Pablo Picasso

Print . 49 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 19.3 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

Demoiselle au chapeau

Zafi

Painting . 54 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Ceci n'est pas un auto - portrait dans ma cuisine

Djénina Hagenburger

Painting . 122 x 93 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

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