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!

Fille avec ballon

Miguel Guía

Sculpture - 34 x 6 x 16 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 2.4 x 6.3 inch

€980

Degas Danseur de Ballet

Martín Duque

Sculpture - 44 x 16 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 6.3 x 7.9 inch

€1,180

La stola

Marc Petit

Sculpture - 23.5 x 6 x 6 cm Sculpture - 9.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 inch

€2,000

Nos silences

Pinto

Sculpture - 67 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 6.3 x 2 inch

€1,400

Donne V

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture - 26 x 19 x 7 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.5 x 2.8 inch

€2,211

Twins

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 14 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 5.5 inch

€7,200

Hermès

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture - 45 x 19 x 23 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.5 x 9.1 inch

€10,000

Réflexion

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture - 20 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,400

Femme feuille

Salfo Dermé (Yabré)

Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch

€1,200

Petite Anaïs

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture - 41 x 10 x 15 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 3.9 x 5.9 inch

€4,900

Daydream

Linde Ergo

Sculpture - 16 x 16 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 6.3 x 3.1 inch

€1,150

Confidence

Beatrice Bizot

Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch

€2,400

Venus à la giraffe

Salvador Dali

Sculpture - 56.5 x 9.5 x 27.5 cm Sculpture - 22.2 x 3.7 x 10.8 inch

€7,000

Kira (Burnished Gold)

Roby Dwi Antono

Sculpture - 31 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch

€9,794

L'habit rouge

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture - 67 x 22 x 16 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 8.7 x 6.3 inch

€17,000

Centurion II

Igor Mitoraj

Sculpture - 18 x 14 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.5 x 2.4 inch

€10,000

Walking Angel, no.VII/VIII (large size 44,5 cm)

Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa

Sculpture - 44.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 17.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 inch

€1,900

Astroline

Astroman

Sculpture - 21 x 9 x 6 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,400

S078 Mémoire pour Herve

Jacques Tenenhaus

Sculpture - 70 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€10,000

Maya

Irina Shark

Sculpture - 31 x 15 x 21 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.9 x 8.3 inch

€5,200

Simchat Torah

Kirill Postovit

Sculpture - 51.5 x 33 x 15 cm Sculpture - 20.3 x 13 x 5.9 inch

€6,900

Eureka

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture - 52 x 23 x 27 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 9.1 x 10.6 inch

€7,500

Fishing Time

Vanessa Renoux

Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch

€2,400

Insouciance

Virginie Coste

Sculpture - 25 x 7 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 2.8 x 3 inch

€2,400

Eclosion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Sculpture - 35 x 14 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 5.5 x 4.7 inch

€10,000

Hope

Artigas Planas

Sculpture - 34 x 20 x 8 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.9 x 3.1 inch

€1,134

A walk

Petar Iliev

Sculpture - 31 x 14 x 7 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.5 x 2.8 inch

€1,250

New

Xu Zhen

Sculpture - 46 x 14 x 10.5 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 inch

€5,380

Le baiser dans la main

Etienne

Sculpture - 75 x 108 x 47 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 42.5 x 18.5 inch

€78,000

Life Posture IV

Wenqin Chen

Sculpture - 200 x 175 x 161 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 68.9 x 63.4 inch

€48,000

La goulue au piercing

Plaf

Sculpture - 19.5 x 15.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 7.7 x 6.1 x 3.7 inch

€1,536

Hommage à Léonard

MarielauTerre

Sculpture - 38.5 x 15 x 13 cm Sculpture - 15.2 x 5.9 x 5.1 inch

€1,830

Bronze Masque

Ohad Ben-Ayala

Sculpture - 26 x 16 x 19 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 6.3 x 7.5 inch

€2,200

Bonheur Familial

Stratos

Print - 16 x 7 x 0.5 cm Print - 6.3 x 2.8 x 0.2 inch

€770

The Wedding

Tracey Emin

Sculpture - 11.4 x 10.2 x 5 cm Sculpture - 4.5 x 4 x 2 inch

€14,939

Fase I : Empoderamiento

Manuel Mediavilla

Sculpture - 70 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€4,950

Massai

Catherine de Kerhor

Sculpture - 20 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,400

Le vent II

Chesade

Sculpture - 22 x 15 x 17 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.9 x 6.7 inch

€2,000

Fer et bois

Olivier de Sagazan

Sculpture - 97 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 38.2 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch

€3,500

Tornem-hi III

Teresa Riba

Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 17 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 6.7 inch

€3,600

Reading to my teddy bear

Sylvie Gaudissart

Sculpture - 17 x 15 x 17 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 5.9 x 6.7 inch

€2,800

El iluso que mira las estrellas - The deluded man who looks at stars

Alberto Letamendi

Sculpture - 14 x 7 x 5.8 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 2.75 x 2.3 inch

€3,819

Oranges

Jesus Curia

Sculpture - 54 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

€6,500

Java

Jean-Louis Toutain

Sculpture - 32 x 14 x 11 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 5.5 x 4.3 inch

€3,400

Vis à vis

Véronique Ball

Sculpture - 17 x 25 x 6 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 9.8 x 2.4 inch

€1,900

Lovers ( A Dancing Couple)

Antonio Giancaterino

Sculpture - 45 x 60 x 16 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 23.6 x 6.3 inch

€4,800

Joy of Life (sculpture on table mirror)

Erte Tirtoff

Sculpture - 25.4 x 44.5 x 31.8 cm Sculpture - 10 x 17.5 x 12.5 inch

€2,176

Femme assise, la coiffure

Yannick Le Bloas

Sculpture - 17 x 10 x 6 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.4 inch

€260

Ondine

Nella Buscot

Sculpture - 118 x 46 x 25 cm Sculpture - 46.5 x 18.1 x 9.8 inch

€21,750

Mann mit weissem Hemd und schwarzer Hose - Man with white shirt and black trousers

Stephan Balkenhol

Sculpture - 68 x 27 x 27 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch

€24,000

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

The Nest

Guy Ghazanchyan

Sculpture - 62 x 53 x 49 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 20.9 x 19.3 inch

€10,000 €8,200

Mother

Ron Zohar

Sculpture - 48 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€8,400

Buste d'homme

Henri Delcambre

Sculpture - 59 x 28 x 28 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 11 x 11 inch

€6,900 €4,830

Mercure 5/8

Bernard Vié

Sculpture - 58 x 59 x 31 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 23.2 x 12.2 inch

€6,500

Les tourtereaux

Isabelle Healy

Sculpture - 28 x 27 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

€4,200

Manon

Martine Lee

Sculpture - 20 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch

€1,940

Primavera (small)

Isabel Miramontes

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

€10,800

Le Minus

Alexandre Mijatovic

Sculpture - 26 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,650

What I Have And Haven't Held

BD White

Painting - 142.88 x 107.3 x 6 cm Painting - 56.3 x 42.2 x 2.4 inch

€15,000

Caleidoscopio

Amancio Gonzalez

Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,300

Autoportrait 3

Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse

Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch

€10,000

Love

Marc De Corte

Sculpture - 11 x 36 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 14.2 x 3 inch

€1,950

Upside Down

Anke Birnie

Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€2,268

Moya créateur de son personnage

Patrick Moya

Sculpture - 29 x 15 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch

€3,000

Grand Froid

Jean-Louis Corby

Sculpture - 51 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€7,200

Décision

Sophie Barut

Sculpture - 30 x 33 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13 x 4.7 inch

€2,400

Soldier

Jacek Cholewa

Sculpture - 18.3 x 7 x 4 cm Sculpture - 7.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Alizé

Hedwige Leroux

Sculpture - 76 x 60 x 25 cm Sculpture - 29.9 x 23.6 x 9.8 inch

€16,800

Astérion 2

Christian Hevin

Sculpture - 30 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,900

Destructuration 1/8

Maxime Piccoli

Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€6,000

Acclamation

Bernard Lambot

Sculpture - 36 x 43 x 24 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 16.9 x 9.4 inch

€4,650

Introspection (bronze)

Bruce D

Sculpture - 55 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€47,805

On the hill

Rumiana Rusinova

Sculpture - 27 x 17 x 15 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 6.7 x 5.9 inch

€1,850

Attention !!! Escargot

Willy Charps

Sculpture - 37 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch

€2,245

Les Causeuses --- Bronze - numéroté 1/8.

Véronique Clanet

Sculpture - 27 x 40 x 26 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 15.7 x 10.2 inch

€10,000

La ballerine

Ivan Kulinski

Sculpture - 38 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€2,500

Sharkboy S (Edition of 12)

Peter Reuterberg

Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€5,880

Envol 4/8

Afat One

Sculpture - 65 x 50 x 34 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 19.7 x 13.4 inch

€6,500

Icare

Prag

Sculpture - 28.5 x 34.5 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.2 x 13.6 x 4.7 inch

€1,100

The Walk

Semion Rabinkov

Sculpture - 82 x 55 x 14 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 21.7 x 5.5 inch

€10,400

Désirée

Florence Grivot

Sculpture - 22 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€5,300

Résilience

Thierry Trivès

Sculpture - 33 x 26 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13 x 10.2 x 7.1 inch

€7,900

Untitled 2

Layla Dagher

Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,776 €1,510

Le colombien

Les Hélènes

Sculpture - 27 x 10 x 8 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch

€980

Ulysse et sirène

Christos Kalfas

Sculpture - 37 x 38 x 28 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 15 x 11 inch

€3,500

Padre

Lisbeth Delisle

Sculpture - 31 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch

€2,900

Tous les moulins

Maïté Martinez

Sculpture - 27 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch

€5,800

Femme au bouquet

Raya Sorkine

Sculpture - 41 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€3,900

Icare

Jacotte Sibre

Sculpture - 38 x 38 x 9 cm Sculpture - 15 x 15 x 3.5 inch

€5,850

Joker 2

Boshra Mustafa

Sculpture - 20 x 10 x 2 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,487

Together

K R Nariman

Sculpture - 15 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,700

Le roi et la reine

Sophie Mathilde Tauss

Sculpture - 46 x 18 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 7.1 x 7.9 inch

€4,800

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