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!

Wouldn't You Like To Know

Switzin Twikirize

Painting . 140 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€4,559

Mets lui un nez I

David Cumps

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Songes d'Hiver

Martine Haeuw

Photography . 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€980

Portrait of Frida

Tamar Mindiashvili

Fine Art Drawings . 44 x 44 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.3 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€800

Monica Bellucci au festival de Cannes, 2017

Pascal Baril

Photography . 50 x 40 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€650

Ball

Waldemar Marszalek

Painting . 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,400

Wrapped in Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fabric, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

Painting . 45.7 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,140

Hands and Face (S)

Tyler Shields

Photography . 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography . 18 x 18 inch

€2,280

Man of Steel - Superman in the National New York Times

Benjamin SPaRK

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€7,850

Music in Motion 8.0 (unique 1/1 hand painting on screen print )

Shane Turner

Print . 80 x 50.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 31.5 x 19.75 x 0.1 inch

€1,710

Ensemble 3

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€135

Eclats de marée

Hélène Matlis

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

€2,400

Sans titre

Kiki Picasso

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

L'homme au coeur

Daria Kusto

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€90 €81

Mary Mary

Ceet Fouad

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€10,000

Sisterly Solidarity

Olamilekan Okunade

Painting . 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1 inch

€4,240

Apolline

Yining Zhao

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

€1,400

The fire of marseille

Hans Bellmer

Print . 78 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print . 30.7 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

What we get in return

Adewuyi Theophilus

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,824

Nguyen Hoang Viet

Philippe Cormault

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Richard Wagner

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 inch

€2,500

Iggy Pop

Viza

Sculpture . 111 x 89 x 2 cm Sculpture . 43.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Spiritus III – Quaerere verum

Daria Golovina

Painting . 85 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€500

Brigitte Bardot in The Woman and the Pagliacci

Roger Cordeau

Photography . 23.5 x 17 x 1 cm Photography . 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Primavera (small)

Isabel Miramontes

Sculpture . 52 x 32 x 32 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 12.6 x 12.6 inch

€10,800

Crimson Lovers

R.J Hohimer

Painting . 55.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,052

The hair washer

Dagmar Vogt

Sculpture . 60 x 62 x 85 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 24.4 x 33.5 inch

€36,500

Homme et chien

Pat Andrea

Painting . 21.5 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Couche de Souvenirs (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€18,400

Sage Blue Popart Marylin

Kurotory

Print . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€890

Frida K., Heritage

Caro Graffiti

Sculpture . 54 x 49 x 6 cm Sculpture . 21.3 x 19.3 x 2.4 inch

€1,350

Hit

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 55 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch

€1,641

Nénuphar

Lidia Kostanek

Sculpture . 20 x 23 x 20 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 9.1 x 7.9 inch

€3,800

Valentine

Véronique Clanet

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,863

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Matryoshka Celine | Contemporary Gold Fashion Artwork

Vera Zvyagina

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,915

Le pianiste

Giuseppe Piermatteo

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€920

Audrey

Jean-Philippe Richard

Sculpture . 130 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture . 51.2 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€20,000

Resonance IV

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Des moules, frites ...

AKET

Painting . 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Freddie Mercury

Félix Rodríguez

Sculpture . 74 x 74 x 10 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 29.1 x 3.9 inch

€3,500

Fragonard nr 2

Peter Ringgaard

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Ragazza davanti muro rosa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 90 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€520

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Sculpture . 74 x 39 x 19 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 15.4 x 7.5 inch

€1,200

Maternité 4

Rugieri

Sculpture . 26 x 14 x 16 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 5.5 x 6.3 inch

€1,900

Espresso Martini Time

Natasha Joseph

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,460

Envie I

Pauline Cornee

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

€2,000

Nina Hagen

2Kyff

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€890

Sky

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Sonny, are the apples sweet?

Anna Bulkina

Painting . 241.3 x 304.8 x 7.6 cm Painting . 95 x 120 x 3 inch

€3,921

M.50

Peter Klasen

Painting . 65 x 50 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€10,500

L'apprenti

Serge Nicolas-Castel

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,300

Fears

Oleksandra Hrebelna

Painting . 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Nomanda

Lluisa Pla Oliveras

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

The Assembled Soul #3

O Gringo

Sculpture . 160 x 160 x 5 cm Sculpture . 63 x 63 x 2 inch

€11,000

Reader XCIX

Jose Manuel Solares

Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch

€1,200

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

In frantumi

Neve

Painting . 97 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 38.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€2,800

Madame Fume

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€1,150

Empathy Oversize

Chuck Sperry

Print . 100 x 70 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€850

Portrait sur Marie-Thérèse

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Eternal Payment in Fertile Land 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Apple

Penuel Heber Madeira Heber Madeira

Painting . 41.9 x 29.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 1 inch

€1,249

Les deux Filles

Fernand Léger

Print . 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

Damsel

Busari Adewale

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,663

Your Ad Here

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 66 x 121.9 cm Print . 26 x 48 inch

€3,146

While the World Outside

Kateryna Kolesnykova

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

€879

Parfum du Premier Amour 18/300

Stratos

Sculpture . 42 x 29 x 0.6 cm Sculpture . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Sa Majesté

Nina Khemchyan

Sculpture . 40 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€7,300

The spring fairy

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

The Butterflies Collage, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Anyes Galleani

Painting . 61 x 569 x 4.1 cm Painting . 24 x 224 x 1.6 inch

€1,459

Faces of One Soul

Artsrun Asatryan

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,368

Sans titre

Vladimir Velickovic

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

€1,150

Festival of Fire

Ofobuike Okudoh

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 49.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.5 inch

€3,000 €2,700

Violinist - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Women, Musical

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,511

Providence

Francesco Neo

Painting . 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Gorille au cigare UV

Art H.M

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Theodor Herzl

Menashe Kadishman

Print . 100 x 80 x 0.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,006

The Actor

Herve Malcom Thomas

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€850

Angel over Nighttime Prague Heavenly Gifts

Delafruz Baghirova

Painting . 44 x 37 x 2 cm Painting . 17.3 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€950

Impression rebelle (impressionnisme magique)

Miguel Guía

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€9,800

Danseuse sur un Tabouret

Henri Matisse

Print . 64.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.4 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€27,000

Hercule Torsadé

Léo Caillard

Sculpture . 75 x 25 x 27 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 9.8 x 10.6 inch

€14,000

Sur les échasses

Armen Gasparian

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

€5,900

All you need is Love!

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 51 x 41 x 0.4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch

€700

Women's Pride 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Fashion

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 55.9 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 inch

€957

Le regard silencieux

Pierre Laurent

Painting . 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€3,400

Portrait de Palenquera 1

Rosario Heins

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

€2,400 €2,040

Dyad

Hush

Print . 74 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€1,150

Bitch 2

Nolwenn Samson

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Hopare Skate Limited Edition (réhaussée main)

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 83 x 23 cm Print . 32.7 x 9.1 inch

€2,950

Le Torero

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 73 x 54 x 10 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 3.9 inch

€6,500

Petit astronaute

SeiLeise

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

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