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!

Dali

Maria De Campos

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,347

Heart

Katalina Koneva

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

€680

Young Adam

Robert Stieghorst

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

€4,000

Iris

Isabelle Hirtzig

Design . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Design . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€215

We Need You!

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 40 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€3,600

Fly Over Wide Fields

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,800

Top Model

Richard Boigeol

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch

€2,000

Sun Day (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Urban Bloom

Jagger66

Painting . 41 x 32 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

€373

Songe 1

Nina Urlichs

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Mago

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 96 x 66 x 1 cm Painting . 37.8 x 26 x 0.4 inch

€515

The Essence of Marilyn

Charles Fazzino

Print . 34 x 46.5 x 1 cm Print . 13.4 x 18.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Resisting gravity IV - Primeval series II

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,960

Velvet Underground

tizlu

Painting . 140 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€14,500

The Robots

tizlu

Painting . 150 x 210 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch

€14,500

Retrato de cuerpo entero - Prometeo y el fuego

Pere Bennàssar Obrador

Painting . 190 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€9,000

Claudia

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€850

Fly Over Wide Fields

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€4,200

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 82 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 32.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€1,250

Bow Baby

Marlene Dumas

Print . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€4,350

Eaters 2

Federica Frati

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Virgen

Fernando Alday

Painting . 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,635

L'affranchie

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Cubomanie - Portrait de M. Wallon

Gherasim Luca

Print . 14 x 10.3 x 0.1 cm Print . 5.5 x 4.1 x 0 inch

€10,000

Paint it wild

Axel Traverso

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Grégolos (n°3)

René-François Grégogna

Sculpture . 18 x 9 x 8 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 3.5 x 3.1 inch

€450

Fade Away And Radiate

tizlu

Painting . 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€16,500

8 EV

Joachim Romain

Painting . 65 x 54 x 6 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 2.4 inch

€2,300

Lion - Série Animals, portrait animaux sauvages

Esther Essounga

Painting . 58 x 39 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€925

Space Scout

LN Le Pape

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€900

Roméo et Juliette V

Hastaire

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€450

Heart of the forest

Olga Rakova

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€540

Humanos... como tú y yo

María del Prado Aznar Navarro

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,350

Fade Away And Radiate

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,600

L'échappée belle

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 100 x 55 cm Painting . 39.4 x 21.7 inch

€2,000

Danger inflammable

Ender

Painting . 81 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,550

Chromosomes

Valérie v

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€9,900

Poésie

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Mihail (Chemiakin)

Konstantin Bokov

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€8,526

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

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

€3,600

Mind, the Gap 1

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€250

Marilyn

Thierry Michelet

Painting . 200 x 200 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 inch

€24,500

Plateau Boy

Virut Panchabuse

Painting . 170 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€13,800

Mécanique des apparences collage

Thaddée

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 16 inch

€1,080

First Light (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

The Unnecessary Death

Jane Munro

Print . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€950

Sonic Youth

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Autumne. Vivaldi inspiration.

Ema Szabo

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,620

Take a punch

Jörg Döring

Painting . 170 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

A Message From Our Sponsor

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 80 x 64.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.5 inch

€21,900 €19,710

Neith

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€975

Portrait of a Woman

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Bats-toi, ne baisse pas les bras et tu seras libre N°12

Jacob Diboum

Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch

€330

Exhale

Sarah Asante

Painting . 64 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 25.2 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€700

SAMO

Maria De Campos

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

€3,700

Ideal Power

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 94.6 x 73.7 x 1.2 cm Painting . 37.2 x 29 x 0.5 inch

€24,500

No Need To Hide (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€5,400

DarkGirl

Noël Caizergues

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

€1,970

Il sole nero

Giulio Paolini

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

€900

Femme feuille

Michèle Coudert

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€400

No Need To Hide

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Wrong path

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 71.8 x 61.6 cm Painting . 28.3 x 24.3 inch

€17,900

Natural springs

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 52.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 cm Painting . 20.7 x 15.5 x 0.3 inch

€12,900

Zora

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 30 x 30 x 6 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 2.4 inch

€750 €638

Liberté en Liberté (hand painted)

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€4,200

Portrait of a lady

Natalie Shiporina

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

€1,294

Cosmic girl

Britt

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

€1,800

Drifting

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 40 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€3,400

We Don't Need No Education

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 40 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Sappho

Alea Pinar Du Pre

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Untitled 18

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Distorted Poise

Sephora Venites

Print . 116.8 x 86.4 x 0.3 cm Print . 46 x 34 x 0.1 inch

€1,980

Healer 2

Federica Frati

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Lady in red with flowers

Nicolle Menegaldo

Painting . 77 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 30.3 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,445

Angela

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 110 x 110 x 0.05 cm Print . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€975

Constellation

Flo. M

Fine Art Drawings . 85 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.5 x 21.7 inch

€2,100

In stillness, in solitude, i count 11

Christa David

Photography . 25.4 x 22.86 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10 x 9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Team Leader

Ken Garduno

Painting . 37.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 14.8 x 10.8 x 0 inch

€500

Si tu me disais ta soif, est-ce que ça calmerait la mienne ?

Miss.Tic

Painting . 60 x 73 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 inch

€15,000

Autoportrait à l'oiseau

André Villers

Photography . 30 x 21 x 1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€900

Henriette Northam

Grandgrandgrand

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

€850

Femme à l'enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Wetland Powers

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,900

The Librarian

Raluca Arnautu

Fine Art Drawings . 61.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.2 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€950

Untitled 15

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 88 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 34.6 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€9,700

Sans Titre

Mimmo Paladino

Print . 29.3 x 23.3 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.5 x 9.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Forever Young

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,600

Super Skunk

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,600

Future is Equal HPM 2/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 inch

€7,900

Paoli With Siamese Cat

Jane Munro

Print . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€950

Dansez maintenant - Série Portrait Caricature et Humour

Virginie Benoit-Dignac

Painting . 44 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 17.3 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Basquiat

Maria De Campos

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,347

Girls

Nico Pichon

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€1,500

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