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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Biface Jeune fille les yeux au ciel / Jeune homme sur fond bleu
Jean Dessirier
Sculpture - 24 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
€500
Kind of Blue
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
€2,822
When Silence Dances - 21st Century, Figurative, African, Women, Body Writing
Jethro King Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,684
L'ange sur collage
Mathieu 1976
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€800
Selfportrait Blue
Valentine Dardel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
€2,340
Big Doll, Orient Express, LV Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 150 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
€18,500
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€500
Untitled (PEN 04)
Atom Hovhanesyan
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 40.6 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16 x 0 inch
€72,816
Verdolini il Celebre Masseur
Nicola Simbari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch
€750
French Cancan / Moulin Rouge
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
Frank Sinatra - The Voice (large hand signed serigraph)
LeRoy Neiman
Print - 89.5 x 71.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.25 x 28.125 x 0.1 inch
€3,380
Beyond This Earth (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Gbelekale Azeez
Painting - 73.7 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 35 x 1 inch
€2,230
Fur coat by Yves Salomon
Yulia Belasla
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,731 €2,458
Beauty For Ashes -21st Century
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,048
Portrait of a personality
Alexander Lazarkov
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
€1,620
Massavo the Makokean 2
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,820
Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 x 0 inch
€600
Face 3 - Portrait 3
Mike Nyakusvora
Sculpture - 54 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€1,400
La fille de Kazan - Portrait de femme
Anthony Shagan
Painting - 61 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,950
4 Orchestres
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,800
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
€2,321
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
Sugar Cane Alley (medium print)
Sinden Collier
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
€1,600
Readers series - Philosophy of money
Nikolaus von Wolff
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€800
Coffret de luxe - Soul in the horn Edition
Dan Witz
Print - 25 x 25 x 5.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.2 inch
€180
Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 49 x 33 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13 inch
€1,500
Jennifer Lopez aka JLO Portrait tridimensional wall sculpture
Hunter & Gatti
Sculpture - 99.1 x 73.7 x 12.7 cm Sculpture - 39 x 29 x 5 inch
€4,551
Cabeza verde ante nubes
Juan José Fuentes Reyes
Sculpture - 24 x 28.5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11.2 x 2 inch
€1,800
Look And Sanity (Beautiful Representation)
Abdulateef Salaudeen
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,139
Electric Nature 4
Audrey Dupre
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€342
On est notre environnement (Mathieu)
Aline Part
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
Jojo la croqueuse d'hommes
Annick Bonnet Dupeyron
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€600
Deep soul 84
Laurence Verney
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
€2,100
Couli #1, From Lullaby Series
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch
€2,275
Twin Brother
Oshorenoya David Francis
Painting - 46 x 29.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 11.7 x 1 inch
€1,229
Inner Light
Kayimahe Ishmael Zed
Painting - 89.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,230
My Beloved Business
Esther Oyeyemi
Painting - 81.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 28 x 1 inch
€2,048
The moment of the eternal everything
William Oxer F.R.S.A.
Painting - 40.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 11 x 1 inch
€1,729
