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!

L'hiver à l'envers

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 65 x 50 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€2,400

Fresh Prince

Michael Alan

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.04 inch

€2,326

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€537

Alexander McQueen / We love Kate

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€716

Orange Shirt

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€716

Feel No. 8

Elizabeth Becker

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

€251

Permeate

Elizabeth Becker

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

€179

Not a Word About Love

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch

€500

She Always Wanted to Fly

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch

€500

A l'opéra (encadrée)

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€129 €123

Et avec ça !

Noël Granger

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

Blue Flower

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,300

The waiting

Zied Lasram

Painting . 33 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€360

Jeune fille et la mort

Orphné Achéron

Fine Art Drawings . 38.2 x 28.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.2 inch

€1,200

The Future 2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€790

Standing Tall - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,445

Home Alone This Saturday Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,803

Saint-Ex en série

Aurélie Salvaing

Painting . x cm Painting . 0 x 0 inch

€1,600 €1,360

Le baiser

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,892

We Outside 1 (Escape Route)

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,892

Black Angel

Bente Halvorsen

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

€2,900

Joconde

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Secret game V

Lilit Soghomonyan

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 19 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€430

Bond

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Print . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,611

Untitled 5

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€11,700

Splash 17

B.AX

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

€990

Untitled 229

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 49 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 19.3 inch

€1,300

Petite Marcelle

Laurence Capelli

Painting . 60 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€480

Syzygy - 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Expression, Miniature, Couples

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€403

Robe de soirée

Veronique Lesage

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Pensée Suspendue

Alder Paintings

Painting . 61 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€380

Windswept Dreams

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,700

Selfie plage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Divinité III

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Tom Cruise

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Monsieur Renaud

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

We Outside 2 (Lagos Baddie Girl)

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,892

Fela The Black President

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,892

Ewa

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Roy Lichtenstein Girl

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

K. H.

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Coco Chanel

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Salvador dali

PyB

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

€120

Salvador Dali

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Jean Michel Basquiat

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Celine Dion

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Salvador Dali

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Princesse Diana

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Jackie Kennedy

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Natalie

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,000

Renaud

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Maria Callas

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Nelson Mandela

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Steve McQueen

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Matthew Perry alias Chandler

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

To whom it is deserved

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,668

Mick Jagger

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Jane Birkin

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Vincent Van Gogh

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Pierre Soulages

PyB

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

La Marche des Éléphants

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 inch

€1,500

The memorial of Vivienne Westwood Series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 139.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 55 x 0.1 inch

€2,237

Dessin n°2 : La protégée

Marta Grassi

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Johnny Hallyday sur vinyle

PyB

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

€250

Disque vinyl arthur Rimbaud

PyB

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

€250

Disque vinyl Basquiat

PyB

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

€250

Nocturne

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 27 cm Painting . 15.4 x 10.6 inch

€1,400

Lynn Yaegger

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€850

Nexa: Striking Black & White Ink Artwork | Dual Female Faces, Contemporary Stippling for Collectors

Iana Cherepansky

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€268

Voleur - Série Chat stylisé noir et blanc

Bences

Painting . 32.5 x 23.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.8 x 9.3 x 0 inch

€440

William F. Buckley and Pat Buckley at home in NY. From the Interiors series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,074

Portrait of a mysterious rose

Nadezda Stupina

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

€950

Antique games.. A look through time 1

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,400

Antique games.. A look through time 2

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,400

Pat Buckley leaving town

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,163

Supermodels in Vogue

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€850

Queen Camilla

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€895

Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 212

Zoran Music

Print . 30.5 x 25 cm Print . 12 x 9.8 inch

€3,000

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 5.9 inch

€1,500

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 5.9 inch

€1,500

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.7 x 5.9 inch

€1,500

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 8.3 inch

€2,000

Gandalf

Vincent Pompetti

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 23.6 inch

€1,100 €990

Regard lointain

Christy

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€820

Untitled 4

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€14,600

I Wonder

Mazarine Memon

Painting . 122 x 122 x 5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 2 inch

€10,900

Carrie Bradshaw in the kitchen with a hat

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,074

Orange Backstage

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€850

Jeffrey Deitch Protected by His Angels Warhol and Basquiat

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€805

Taxi Driver, June 13

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 34.9 x 24.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.75 x 9.75 inch

€358

Unsaid - 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Expression, Miniature, Love

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€403

Saudade - 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Expression, Miniature, Couples Love

Olumide Ajayi

Painting . 25.4 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 12 x 1 inch

€403

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