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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Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands (5)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands (4)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands (3)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands (2)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands (1)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Buddhas Lächeln: Eine Ode an die Schönheit Thailands

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: "Antike Zukunfts-Bunt"

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: "Antike Zukunfts-Bunt"

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: Antike Zukunfts-Bunt

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: "Antike Zukunfts-Bunt" (1)

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Aus der Serie: "Antike Zukunfts-Bunt"

The opium smoking white elephant

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,093

Activists destroyed my Masterpiece (4)

The Activist

Painting - 47 x 37 x 4 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,822

My Body, My Choice

Slasky

Print - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,895

Eternidade - edição

O Gringo

Print - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$547

Sonhadores - edição

O Gringo

Print - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$547

Emperors Wife with Glases

Jarmila Kostliva

Photography - 62 x 51 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

$900

Fragmentos

Roberto Fonfria

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

$3,500

Trotski II

Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$242

Olaj

Katia Ferrari

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$2,672

Klimt from the other side

Dréa

Print - 61 x 46 x 0.63 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch

$200

Jeune femme thaïlandaise jouant de la basse de violon

The opium smoking white elephant

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

$1,579

Jeune fille thaïe assise

The opium smoking white elephant

Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$1,579

Claudia

Jarmila Kostliva

Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0.2 inch

$1,200

Le duel

Dréa

Print - 46 x 61 x 0.63 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch

$200

La Rencontre

Dréa

Print - 71 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 28 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$200

Traditional actor

The opium smoking white elephant

Photography - 100 x 75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 inch

$1,336

Emma et la chouette

Laurent Corvaisier

Print - 60 x 40 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$121

B.B Shebam

LNG

Painting - 98 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$6,316

B.B Fleurs

LNG

Painting - 98 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$7,166

His & Hers

Roberto Fonfria

Painting - 120.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 48 x 1 inch

$3,500

No Debió Salir de su Casa esa Mañana sin su Amuleto Chino (Framed)

Roberto Fonfria

Painting - 120.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 48 x 1 inch

$3,500

Miroir de l'Âme & No Limit

Adelia Clavien

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

$3,279

Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast Tiffanys

Adelia Clavien

Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,008

Black Panther

B.AX

Print - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$285

Otoplastic

Slasky

Print - 105 x 83 x 2 cm Print - 41.3 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch

$3,948

Joe Strummer

Shalik

Print - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$97

Excentrique

Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$242

The collector

Boris Eldagsen

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

$10,932

Vintage romance XI

Grégoire Brysemal

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

$5,466

Vintage romance X

Grégoire Brysemal

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

$5,466

Vintage romance VII

Grégoire Brysemal

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

$5,466

Vintage Romance V

Grégoire Brysemal

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

$5,466

Désignée

Royal Izbrina

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

$8,320

Are we there yet?

Roberto Fonfria

Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 0.2 inch

$6,000

Alice

Dréa

Print - 61 x 46 x 0.63 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch

$200

Joker Edition limitée

Sylvie Cappe

Print - 48 x 58 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$194

Red panties

Azucena Gonzalez

Print - 100 x 85 x 0.3 cm Print - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.1 inch

$521

Normality

Marcello Quarta

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$364

Super Frida

Marcello Quarta

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$364

Money good

Marcello Quarta

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$364

Wooden child

Marcello Quarta

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$364

Douanière Rousse

B.AX

Print - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$285

Belle et Rebelle

B.AX

Print - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$285

Sitting Halfnude

Gernot Kissel

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$559

Sitting woman in floral Dress

Gernot Kissel

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$559

Shattered Honor

SISC

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$304

Woman Sitting

Gernot Kissel

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$490

Identity spectrum 10

Aleksandra Rowicka

Print - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,032

La mie Gauguin

Ary Kp

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$219

Audition Drive

Jarmila Kostliva

Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.2 inch

$900

Almost blue

Monika Nowak

Painting - 100 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

$6,802

Sun-cho

Monika Nowak

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

$7,531

Amy Winehouse Rehab Dollars

Joa Kena

Print - 30 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$607

Rob

Alex Katz

Print - 66 x 38.1 cm Print - 26 x 15 inch

$7,288

Sans Titre

Lidia Masllorens

Print - 37 x 47 x 5 cm Print - 14.6 x 18.5 x 2 inch

$5,867

Human spirit

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$146

Beautiful sunshine

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 inch

$146

Oriental Fairy Tale

SISC

Print - 84 x 59 cm Print - 33.1 x 23.2 inch

$364

Muse

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$182

Litho 19

Lidia Masllorens

Print - 105 x 100 x 5 cm Print - 41.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$6,316

African beauty

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 inch

$146

Princesse of the South

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 inch

$146

Tokyo Legacy

SISC

Print - 59 x 42 cm Print - 23.2 x 16.5 inch

$146

Smoke

David Djian

Photography - 80 x 53.33 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21 x 0.1 inch

$850

A prayer

David Djian

Photography - 80 x 53.33 x 0.2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21 x 0.1 inch

$850

Icone 03

Tehos

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$790

Icone 05

Tehos

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$790

Carmen

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

$2,369

Memories

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,943

J'ai 2 amours

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,943

Bella Donna

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

$2,369

Fourmillements

Antonio Segui

Print - 20 x 14 cm Print - 7.9 x 5.5 inch

$115

Not fragile like a flower fragile like a bomb

Monika Nowak

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

$10,961

So High

David Djian

Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

$2,065

Dollars Al Pacino

Joa Kena

Print - 60 x 120 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

$1,215

Pink Fleur Bleue

Anthea Missy

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$158

Basquiat

JM Collell

Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$3,401

Sensation

David Djian

Photography - 180 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

$1,579

Faceless figure - Blind insight

Robert Jaso

Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch

$4,008

But !

Bruno Lecoq

Photography - 29.7 x 21 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$316

Les rois de la pédale

Bruno Lecoq

Photography - 29.7 x 21 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$316

Ceasar, Capturing the Essence of a Human Face

Robert Jaso

Photography - 118 x 80 cm Photography - 46.5 x 31.5 inch

$6,680

#10 - Voluptuousness 4 - XXL

Eric Lespinasse

Painting - 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,458

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