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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Afrocentric (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
La troupe
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€6,300
Hombre de la Luna
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€735
Emotion
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,150
Allure, variations sur fond ocre
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Marilyn Laughing in Black Dress
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
€2,490
Brigitte Bardot, Iconic et glamour
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,200
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
Pause musicale
Sylvie Eudes
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€4,500 €4,050
La passionnée
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Plein les yeux
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Le grand soir
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
El Revolucionario
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€982
Obey Funk (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€200
Cheveux d'Encre Peace
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€720
This Machine (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€250
Rip It Up (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€250
Introportrait à la nuit
David Jamin
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Freddie Mercury, blue version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Sans titre (porteuse)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch
€1,200
Audrey Hepburn, Vogue, blue version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Psychedelic Garage (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€300
Perfect Kiss (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€300
New Wave Girl (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€250
Enchanting Sounds (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€350
Inner Emotions
Andranik Harutyunyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€638
Underworld Revolution (Party At The Moontower)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€400
Hi Fi (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€180
Pablo Picasso, the women of his life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Boogie Down (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€180
Lost in Thoughts
Tigran Araqelyan
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,367
Obey Punk Girl (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€150
Obey Jonesy (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€200
By Any Means (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€200
De guerre lasse
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €1,200
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000 €900
Partir
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,600 €1,440
Electric (Dance Floor Riot)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€150
De profil, homme à la cigarette
Zafi
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€4,500 €4,050