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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Femme aux rubans

Pascal Marlin

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

$1,450

Der Rabbi, From Mein Leben

Marc Chagall

Print - 43.18 x 34.29 x 1 cm Print - 17 x 13.5 x 0.4 inch

$9,000

A la Intemperie

Jaume Plensa

Print - 42 x 58 x 0.3 cm Print - 16.5 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$5,075

Enfant de rose et d'ombre

Pascal Marlin

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

$967

Les Ironistes, aquagravure originale

Jacques Villeglé

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

$1,692

The General

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 42.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch

$725

La dame brune

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$1,571

Homme dans parc avec enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,510

Plaque # 3

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$230

Bouche que veux-tu?

Roland Topor

Print - 48 x 32.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 12.8 inch

$423

Poemes: Dans ma Memoire

Marc Chagall

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$1,305

Poemes: Comme un barbare

Marc Chagall

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$1,305

Mundöffner

Arnulf Rainer

Print - 66 x 53 cm Print - 26 x 20.9 inch

$3,262

Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage

Salvador Dali

Print - 66 x 50.5 x 5.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 x 2 inch

$4,500

The Soul of Vietnam IX

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 80 x 55.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Reminiscence

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 59.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,300

The Soul of Vietnam V

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 89.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$2,500

Diana

Alex Katz

Print - 92 x 95 x 0.01 cm Print - 36.2 x 37.4 x 0 inch

$10,693

Le Garçon au Squelette

Françoise Pétrovitch

Print - 160 x 120 cm Print - 63 x 47.2 inch

$2,417

Moungo

Barthélémy Toguo

Print - 57 x 55 cm Print - 22.4 x 21.7 inch

$1,087

Portrait de Constantin Tacou

Alexander Calder

Print - 49 x 34 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.4 inch

$2,417

Juanito 5

Antonio Segui

Print - 40 x 30 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$1,087

dissection en rose

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$967

Suite du temps VII

Jaume Plensa

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

$3,625

Le manteau de Laocoon

Antonio Segui

Print - 23 x 12 cm Print - 9.1 x 4.7 inch

$242

Zirkulationszeit: Kopf H.B.

Joseph Beuys

Print - 45 x 33 cm Print - 17.7 x 13 inch

$3,021

The Illustrated book

Henry Moore

Print - 25 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 13 x 0 inch

$2,175

Santa Claus

Alexander Calder

Print - 51 x 67 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 26.4 x 0 inch

$1,631

Lavoratore

Sandro Chia

Print - 150 x 98 x 0.1 cm Print - 59.1 x 38.6 x 0 inch

$1,208

Poesie romane II

Sandro Chia

Print - 152 x 98.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 59.8 x 38.8 x 0 inch

$1,776

Les Quatre Filles

Hans Bellmer

Print - 50.8 x 66 cm Print - 20 x 26 inch

$1,500

La Chauve-Souris

Hans Bellmer

Print - 59.7 x 67.3 cm Print - 23.5 x 26.5 inch

$2,500

Mascara 2 Variante

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Opera Grafica 6

Marino Marini

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

$2,175

Reflejos II

Jaume Plensa

Print - 65 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 28 x 0 inch

$3,867

Reflejos VIII

Jaume Plensa

Print - 65 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 28 x 0 inch

$3,867

De fil en aiguille

Jean-Michel Folon

Print - 27 x 20 cm Print - 10.6 x 7.9 inch

$846

Graveurs

Damien Deroubaix

Print - 69.7 x 85 cm Print - 27.4 x 33.5 inch

$846

La rue, estampe originale de Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 105 x 51 cm Print - 41.3 x 20.1 inch

$1,450

Combat de l'Ange

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.05 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$580

Profile

Peter Max

Print - 57.2 x 48.3 cm Print - 22.5 x 19 inch

$1,800

Sans Titre

Mimmo Paladino

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

$1,450

Tête

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$121

Hundert tage für salzburg, 1984

Mimmo Paladino

Print - 29 x 20 x 3 cm Print - 11.4 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

$1,510

Ex-Giganti All’alba

Mimmo Paladino

Print - 77.5 x 63.5 cm Print - 30.5 x 25 inch

$1,500

Sans titre (175)

Miodrag Djuric (Dado)

Print - 33 x 25 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 inch

$423

Brelan (blanc), aquagravure en édition originale

Eduardo Arroyo

Print - 76 x 54 x 0.5 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch

$1,208

Als Kariatyde

Arnulf Rainer

Print - 70 x 53 cm Print - 27.6 x 20.9 inch

$3,021

Las manos desoladas variante

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Mascara 1 variante

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Lidice 1 variante

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Lidice 3

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Mascara 1

Oswaldo Guayasamin

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

$1,208

Et In Arcadia Ego

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$3,021

Elektra

Sandro Chia

Print - 82 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 32.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$3,021

Self Portrait

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 69 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.2 x 21.3 x 0 inch

$1,450

El Cuarto Amarillo

José Luis Cuevas

Print - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 30 x 0.2 inch

$1,200

Velazquez,gravure originale

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 72 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 28.3 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

$967

B6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,175

A6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,175

A2

Sandro Chia

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

$1,208

Zermatt Street Scene D.W.

Peter Doig

Print - 63.5 x 45.7 x 0.01 cm Print - 25 x 18 x 0 inch

$12,687

Zermatt Street Scene P. D.

Peter Doig

Print - 63.5 x 45.7 x 0.01 cm Print - 25 x 18 x 0 inch

$13,533

Homme à la main levée

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 65 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

$846

Sunburn

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$967

Homme à la cagoule

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$967

Homme au fauteuil

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 55 x 43 x 0.2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch

$604

Flavius Valerius Constantinus Chlorus

Enrico Baj

Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch

$2,500

Caius Flavius Valerius Claudius Constantinus

Enrico Baj

Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch

$2,500

Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus Heliogabalus

Enrico Baj

Print - 49.5 x 40 cm Print - 19.5 x 15.75 inch

$2,500

Saltarí

Modest Cuixart

Print - 69 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print - 27.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch

$1,208

Ethnic 3

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$423

Daphnis et Chloé

Pierre-Yves Trémois

Print - 25 x 32 x 0.05 cm Print - 9.8 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$423

La sépia photographe

Marc Desgrandchamps

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch

$544

La bleue photographe

Marc Desgrandchamps

Print - 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch

$544

He and she

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Print - 62 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 24.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$532

Female Figure

Emilio Greco

Print - 68 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,417

Round Medusa

Giacomo Manzú

Print - 63.5 x 49.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 25 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,933

One People

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 39 x 39 x 1 inch

$2,800

ÀSÁL? (Nightfall) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Hut, Linocut

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 109.2 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 43 x 39 x 1 inch

$2,800

Àgùnbánirò

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 109.2 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 43 x 39 x 1 inch

$2,800

Indelible Scar

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 39 x 39 x 1 inch

$2,800

Paranoiacs

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Print - 30 x 21.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 8.4 x 0 inch

$266

Round Medusa

Giacomo Manzú

Print - 49 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch

$1,450

Giulia and Mileto

Giacomo Manzú

Print - 49 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch

$1,692

Brisk Day Aquatint

Alex Katz

Print - 91 x 73 x 0.15 cm Print - 35.8 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch

$33,000

I have a dream, Photograph, C-Type

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 125 x 94.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 49.2 x 37.2 x 0.1 inch

$7,000

Who painted my dream blue?

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 119.9 x 180.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

$7,500

The Golden Lotus Lake

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 119.9 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 43 x 0.1 inch

$8,700

The lotus song

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 100.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59 x 0.1 inch

$7,200

Fleur Mourenx

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 35 x 50 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 inch

$767

Route Côtière

Jacques Loustal

Print - 81 x 62.5 cm Print - 31.9 x 24.6 inch

$362

Couple

Elizabeth Peyton

Print - 55 x 44 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$4,712

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