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!

Beverly Hills Model - Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€3,060

Between the waves

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 64.8 cm Photography . 19.6 x 25.5 inch

€848

USA. New York. American actress Marlene Dietrich.

Eve Arnold

Photography . 25.4 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Photography . 10 x 12 x 0.2 inch

€1,353

David Byrne of the Talking Heads

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

Mahumbi girl with ungava hairstyle variation. Humbi. Angola

Faie Davis

Photography . 61 x 58.5 x 26 cm Photography . 24 x 23 x 10.2 inch

€880

Rue Mouffetard - Diptych

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 58.4 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23 x 31 x 0.1 inch

€2,706

George Bernard Shaw

Marcel Sternberger

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,443

Man Playing Croquet

John Migicovsky

Photography . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Photography . 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch

€1,037

Horse

Amrita Bilimoria

Photography . 91.4 x 68.8 x 0.5 cm Photography . 36 x 27.1 x 0.2 inch

€2,255

Jasmine - Fallen princess

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Matthew Barney Portrait

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Les amants imaginaires

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€940

An ancient soul

Michaela Haider

Photography . 45.7 x 48.3 cm Photography . 18 x 19 inch

€848

Fluid Bella Hadid and David Gnady. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,949

USA. Nevada and California. The Misfits, a film by John HUSTON. 1960 III

Eve Arnold

Photography . 25.4 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Photography . 10 x 12 x 0.2 inch

€1,353

James Caan on the Set of Vegas - Los Angeles, CA

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

Capote At Home- Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print

Slim Aarons

Photography . 76 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography . 29.9 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€4,100

Rue Mouffetard - Diptych

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 58.4 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23 x 31 x 0.1 inch

€2,706

Diego Rivera

Marcel Sternberger

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,443

Pocahontas - Fallen princess

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Matthew Barney Portrait

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Out of Chaos. Color photography

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€902

Jolene Blalock

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

Rue Mouffetard - Triptych

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch

€1,488

Albert Einstein

Marcel Sternberger

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,443

Michael Jackson IX

David Nutter

Photography . 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 24 x 2 inch

€2,300

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open

Brian Duffy

Photography . 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography . 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch

€10,500

Untitled story III

Camille Brasselet

Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€1,350

Matthew Barney, Isle of Man

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 61 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 17 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Pilatus

Bernhard Lang

Photography . 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,990

Hiding in Italy - Culture Public Library

Liu Bolin

Photography . 68 x 90 cm Photography . 26.8 x 35.4 inch

€14,500

Depeche Mode

Kevin Westenberg

Photography . 61 x 50.8 cm Photography . 24 x 20 inch

€2,100

Simpson’s suits, for Harper’s Bazaar

Norman Parkinson

Photography . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€2,300

For Degas

Katerina Belkina

Photography . 120 x 84 cm Photography . 47.2 x 33.1 inch

€9,923

Red riding hood - Fallen princess

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Eriba Fuck

Rodrigo

Photography . 51.9 x 69.2 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20.4 x 27.2 x 0 inch

€1,999

Caballeros de Oro

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Le Message de Jean

Olivier Dupont Delestraint

Photography . 45 x 37 cm Photography . 17.7 x 14.6 inch

€690

Change

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€902

Her-Untitled 9

Ying Chen

Photography . 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€1,804

The Seventh Inning Stretch, Spring Training

John Migicovsky

Photography . 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Photography . 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€1,037

Lucy Liu - Holmby Hills, CA III

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

Untitled Story IV

Camille Brasselet

Photography . 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€1,350

Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Hiding in Spain - Spain Magazine

Liu Bolin

Photography . 120 x 90 cm Photography . 47.2 x 35.4 inch

€17,000

Rue Mouffetard

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch

€1,353

Man with Crown, One.

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Together (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 102.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 40.2 x 1 inch

€3,157

Tied to the Same Fate (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 28 x 1 inch

€3,157

This Land is Our Story (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 102.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 40.2 x 1 inch

€3,157

The Warriors (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 102.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 40.2 x 1 inch

€3,157

The Last Nomads (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 146.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 57.5 x 1 inch

€3,157

The Land That Made Us One (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 149.4 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 58.8 x 1 inch

€3,157

One Land, One Life (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 88.4 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 34.8 x 1 inch

€3,157

Guardians of the Plains (M)

James Lewin

Photography . 71.1 x 102.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 28 x 40.2 x 1 inch

€3,157

La Femme qui découvrit le blues

Olivier Dupont Delestraint

Photography . 45 x 33 cm Photography . 17.7 x 13 inch

€540

Portrait of Model Adele Collins for Vogue

Norman Parkinson

Photography . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€2,300

la légèreté

Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€785

Muse and Bruno Mars, Portraits Intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,949

Jet Li - Los Angeles, California

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

On est notre environnement (Franck Normandie)

Aline Part

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€600

Saint Valentin offrant une religieuse à l’abbé Vitré

Olivier Dupont Delestraint

Photography . 35 x 27 cm Photography . 13.8 x 10.6 inch

€540

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Songlin Ji

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.4 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€4,800

Her-Untitled 7

Ying Chen

Photography . 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€1,804

Enter

Katerina Belkina

Photography . 110 x 95 cm Photography . 43.3 x 37.4 inch

€10,194

Kenza

Barbara Vandendriessche

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 43.2 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Together (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 138.7 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 54.6 x 1 inch

€5,864

Tied to the Same Fate (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 131.6 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Photography . 51.8 x 38 x 1 inch

€5,864

This Land is Our Story (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 138.7 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 54.6 x 1 inch

€5,864

The Warriors (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 138.4 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 54.5 x 1 inch

€5,864

Pastel Cult

Ian Jones

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€850

Sleeping Greek Woman

Bernhard Lang

Photography . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Photography . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,490

Breakfast, Paris

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 44 x 32 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17.3 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,714

The Last Nomads (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 78 x 1 inch

€5,864

The Land That Made Us One (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 149.4 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 58.8 x 1 inch

€5,864

One Land, One Life (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 47 x 1 inch

€5,864

Guardians of the Plains (L)

James Lewin

Photography . 96.5 x 138.7 x 2.5 cm Photography . 38 x 54.6 x 1 inch

€5,864

Barguerite de Bantoue

Olivier Dupont Delestraint

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

€790

20112011-13052023

Songlin Ji

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.4 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€4,800

Aufgang oderUntergang

Michaela Haider

Photography . 64.8 x 114.8 x 5.1 cm Photography . 25.5 x 45.2 x 2 inch

€1,908

Pharrell Williams and Bella Neon portraits Intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,949

C’Mon Already!, NYC

May Pang

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch

€2,255

Mel Brooks - Los Angeles, CA

Michael Grecco

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€2,706

Tina Turner, Los Angeles

Glen Craig

Photography . 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography . 16 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,353

Cinder - Fallen princess

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Ariel - Fallen princess

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Together (XL)

James Lewin

Photography . 121.9 x 175 x 2.5 cm Photography . 48 x 68.9 x 1 inch

€8,570

This Land is Our Story (XL)

James Lewin

Photography . 121.9 x 175 x 2.5 cm Photography . 48 x 68.9 x 1 inch

€8,570

The Warriors (XL)

James Lewin

Photography . 121.9 x 175 x 2.5 cm Photography . 48 x 68.9 x 1 inch

€8,570

Apollonia van Ravenstein in Barbados

Norman Parkinson

Photography . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€2,300

Himba mother and child

Faie Davis

Photography . 113.6 x 81.6 x 0.25 cm Photography . 44.7 x 32.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

The Last Nomads (XL)

James Lewin

Photography . 111.8 x 229.9 x 2.5 cm Photography . 44 x 90.5 x 1 inch

€8,570

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