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!

Collection La pianiste

KiKo

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

Price upon request

Gamin à la lance

Baptiste Laurent

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€750

Luna

Nef

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

€200

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,500

Il était une fois.... (1001 nuits)

Albena Vatcheva

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

€2,499 €2,375

French School Portrait PS 221 L'endormie Immobile perle de bleux (Large)

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,000

Lion - Série Animals, portrait animaux sauvages

Esther Essounga

Painting . 58 x 39 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€925

Moon fever

Axel Traverso

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

Interrogation (étude)

Bernard Métranve

Painting . 38.5 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.2 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€520

Voyage en bleu

O Gringo

Painting . 120 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Le ptit chat est mort

Molo Molo

Painting . 53 x 43 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Enigme 5

Lucio Forte

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

€150

Ma clé de sol

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

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

€670

Dessin 1

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€600 €540

AWD XL Black

Ashley Wood

Fine Art Drawings . 42.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.7 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

La Chamane!

Florence Malcombe

Painting . 130 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,580

Isidore

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€195

Sans titre 7

Zhang Hongyu

Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€750

Sketches

Rima Salamoun

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€430

Sunset Whispers

Adán López Alemán

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€6,900 €6,210

La Mère Fénollan (la Mère marchande)

Edouard Eugène Vallet

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 23 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,109

Protéger et servir le nouveau royaume

Julien Cuny

Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 90 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€450

Portrait de jeune fille

Emile-François Chambon

Fine Art Drawings . 34.5 x 24.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.6 x 9.6 x 0.1 inch

€713

Le signe des temps

Jean Gourmelin

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

€400

Girls

Erhard Klepper

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€700

La Princesse Salomé

Blequin

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€120

Emma Bovary

Claudine Loquen

Fine Art Drawings . 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch

€180

Lunam Avem

Orphné Achéron

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

€800

Hommage à Jean-Paul Goude - Inès et Charlie

Anka Matei

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

€1,000

Emprise

Min Kyoung Lee

Fine Art Drawings . 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€450

La femme piège (Hommage à Enki Bilal)

Félix Meynet

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

€890

Femme enroulée 1

Changzheng Zhu

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0 inch

€115 €104

Stranded

Miel Maloberti

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

A la vez vio el cielo y a su amante. Série Pigmalión y Galatea

Carmen González Castro

Painting . 50 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Aperçu

Pierre Alechinsky

Painting . 39 x 26 cm Painting . 15.4 x 10.2 inch

€13,500

Running Home

Kirill Postovit

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

€960 €759

Alice et le Flamant

Caro Graffiti

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

€1,900

Madness

Caro Graffiti

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

€1,500

Madness

Caro Graffiti

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

€1,500

Angel dream

Caro Graffiti

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

€950

O2

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Les souvenirs sont les fleurs du temps (encadrée)

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,050

Insaisissable

Caro Graffiti

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

€950

Alice le temps d'un rêve

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,110

Ataraxia

Linda Clerget

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,900

Opus en corps

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,600

We're All Mad Here

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

We Are All Made Here

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Sous protection

Pierre Alechinsky

Painting . 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€11,000

Coming through the rye

Albena Vatcheva

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

€1,850

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9.3 inch

€350

Collection Petit Garçon

KiKo

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€13,900

La Parenthèse. (1)

Gabrielle Rul

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€450

Sans titre

Vladimir Velickovic

Fine Art Drawings . 32.5 x 22.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.8 x 8.9 inch

€1,150

The Spires of the Spirit

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€510 €403

Tiger et Panthere - Série Animals, portrait animaux sauvages

Esther Essounga

Painting . 58 x 39 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€925

The Alchemy of Wings and Spires

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 71 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 28 x 0 inch

€1,500

Les oiseaux dans la neige

Christian Silvain

Painting . 80 x 70 x 8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 3.1 inch

€10,000

Flying Maria

Christian Silvain

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

€10,000

His wife 1654

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,950

La jeunesse 1880

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,950

Classical Thom Yorke Radiohead Chut les Barbizons

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,100

Résistant

Baptiste Laurent

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€650

Oeil clos orange face

Baptiste Laurent

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€750

La Fortune

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Jade

Nef

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

€200

Les autres

Gabrielle Rul

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

€400

Femme japonaise et carpes Koï

Gris De Garance

Painting . 36 x 26 x 1 cm Painting . 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

€160

Bain de Soleil

Sophie Duplain

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch

€2,650

A Girl Who Loves Spring

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€230 €187

Femme chouette

Gris De Garance

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

€150

Femme libellule

Gris De Garance

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

€150

Changes

Jana & JS

Painting . 45 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Boucle d'or

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,050

A Dream Of A Child

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Fiddler on the Roof

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 5.5 x 0 inch

€210

Sans titre, bajo el mismo mar (3)

Baptiste Laurent

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€500

La Pause

Nadège Dauvergne

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

€1,300

Tango

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,699

Nimbus

Nef

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

€200

Misti

Nef

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

€200

Inox

Nef

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

€200

Nelya

Nef

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

€200

Lord cosmic

Nef

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

€200

Patti

Nef

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

€200 €180

Belen

Nef

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

€200

La dame aux perles

Albena Vatcheva

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

€1,050

La vie est belle

Albena Vatcheva

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

€1,750

Sade n°3 - Série Série les femmes et la nature, portrait de femme iconique

Esther Essounga

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€600

Felicia

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Véra

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€2,500

Ensemble

Albena Vatcheva

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

€699

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