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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Délia Fille de la Mer
Laurent Chimento
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€630
Self-Worth 2
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
€3,051
The desire to take refuge in oblivion and frivolity arises
Ramonn Vieitez
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€3,755
Soy feliz...Si nada te quita el sueño
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€800
Hanakotoba (Limited Edition of 50)
Ger Doornink
Print - 87 x 70 x 2 cm Print - 34.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€980
Graphic Content
Emmanuel Beyens
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,200
Le corps souple de la belle
Herve Malcom Thomas
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Cache cache sur le pont
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Sans titre
Edouard Emeliyantsev
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 inch
€650
Huntress
Eléonore de Moffarts
Sculpture - 48 x 65 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 25.6 x 11.8 inch
€9,099
Joyful Moment 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Children
Oluwatobiloba Amusan
Painting - 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 10 x 1 inch
€610
Joy of Life (sculpture on table mirror)
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 25.4 x 44.5 x 31.8 cm Sculpture - 10 x 17.5 x 12.5 inch
€3,286
Blossom of Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Woman
Agwunwa Theophilus
Painting - 86.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 32 x 1 inch
€2,394
Etat d'âme - série Portrait et l'oiseau
Michel Philippon
Painting - 58 x 58 x 1 cm Painting - 22.8 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch
€530
Corset, Portrait of an Equestrienne
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 45.7 x 34.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 13.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,502
yellow pylon worker
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 36 x 25.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10 x 6.3 inch
€3,200
The Drunken Beauty, Chinese opera 3
Diane Vo Ngoc
Photography - 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.3 x 0 inch
€550
Banksywood XXL Ravi and Mr.Hope
Ravi
Sculpture - 140 x 75 x 40 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 29.5 x 15.7 inch
€2,500
La mélodie des oiseaux qui passent
Philippe Loubat
Painting - 41 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€650
Sous le regard des ancêtres!
Florence Malcombe
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€690
Trio de la reine
Emmanuel Braudeau
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€650
Andi with Rolleiflex in Yamamoto coat
Oliver Hadji
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Sisterhood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Modern, Love
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,769 €2,077
Comme un point d'acupressure (masque)
Sandrine Plante
Sculpture - 22 x 13 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.1 x 4.7 inch
€550
El grupo (Colección La Bolsa Mágica)
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€900
Fougère amazone
Aurélie Trabaud
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,520
Salpetrière, portrait #1
Gwendoline Hausermann
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.5 inch
€600
Taxi Driver, June 14 (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 69.9 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
€375
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€1,485
Gaze 2 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Ayotunde Ayomide
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
€1,033 €774
Embrace (Nature) 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 111.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 32 x 1 inch
€2,112
Folie à Deux- Joker
Diederik Van Apple
Painting - 100 x 109 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 42.9 x 1.6 inch
€4,950
Dotted Blue
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 73.7 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 29 x 1 inch
€1,831
Totem Portrait of Modern People
Liu Bolin
Sculpture - 43 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€7,900
Stanza metafisica
Dr. Love
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€90
Buste Rose Baccarat - Portrait singulier pâte de verre
Gilles Vadel
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.7 inch
€600
La petite fille et son grand pére
Muriel Deumie
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€800
Covered by Forest
Svante Gullichsen
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,979
Orlane - série femme de dos
Fabienne Lecras
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€720