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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Masque (Version 2)
Françoise Pétrovitch
Print - 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Print - 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch
€2,300
Shining Loneliness
Tetiana Shendryk
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€600
Tell me who your friends are...
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 59.9 x 49.8 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.6 x 1.2 inch
€603
3 in 1 Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Women
Samson Toba
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€3,942
Harlem Dude rehausse VIII/XII
Kelu Abstract
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€650
Emotions of Crossed Fingers - Portrait of Asia Girl
Max Skoblinsky
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Taylor Swift's Violin (Taylor Swift au Violon)
Françoise Leblanc
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€800
Blonde comme tes pieds
Matthias Gaillaguet
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
Starry Night: City Mask
Moira Bushkimani
Sculpture - 60.5 x 46 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 23.8 x 18.1 x 1 inch
€2,500
Grandma Divers IX
Alain Schroeder
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Harmony or devastation
Anton Klepikov
Sculpture - 65 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch
€1,855
Mes soeurs iraniennes
Annick Bonnet Dupeyron
Painting - 52 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 20.5 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€550
Portrait de Leopold Zborowski (d'après)
Amedeo Modigliani
Print - 46 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Bye Bye Blackbirdds
Paula Montgomery
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch
€2,875
Das Zimmer im zweiten Stock / La chambre au deuxième étage
Franz Roth
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€650
Nature
Prasert Chongudomsab (Pop Ako)
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€660 €594
Seran - collection spéciale Grands Formats
Christophe Malsert
Print - 150 x 150 x 1 cm Print - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€1,800
Emotional Landscapes
Maria Vetkalova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€927
Lou dans la cuisine à Vergisson
Marc Dailly
Painting - 38 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
El baile
Gabriel Rigo
Fine Art Drawings - 51 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch
€800
The guiding light, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€768
Henriette
Raoul Dufy
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 18.1 x 0 inch
€1,500
Dedicated to Botticelli 4
Olga Marciano
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
L'agent de la cabine
Jean-Michel Mefort
Painting - 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch
€3,900
07 - Dancing stilt walkers / Potsdam 2
Sabine Winnemuth
Painting - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,600
Madame Poisson Doré
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 108 x 77 x 53 cm Sculpture - 42.5 x 30.3 x 20.9 inch
€17,600
A Look Inside the Mirror
Nazar Ivanyuk
Painting - 38 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€800
Des araignées dans le grenier
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
€700
Academia (maquette), The Dancers
Paige Bradley
Sculpture - 64.8 x 48.3 x 25.4 cm Sculpture - 25.5 x 19 x 10 inch
€8,579
Untitled
Carlos Mendez
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€555
Toi et Moi
Lali Kakubava
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€500
Eternal (L'Eternel)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
€490
Seeking peace of mind
Lindokuhle Khumalo
Painting - 145 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€6,121
Papillonne avec une louve
Gaelle Beyaert
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€660
Medium doll, YSL Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Sculpture - 105 x 75 x 8 cm Sculpture - 41.3 x 29.5 x 3.1 inch
€13,500
Moine bouddhiste avec un jeune novice
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
€800