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!

Ours 4

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Deux ours

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Grand éléphant

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Ours serviette verte 2

Hervé Maury

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Ours serviette verte

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Ours au surf rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Maillot rouge et tatoué

Hervé Maury

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Selfie plage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Maillot rouge

Hervé Maury

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Friends

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Bronzage

Hervé Maury

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Surf rouge

Hervé Maury

Painting . 90 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Tatoué

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Sirian

Muriel Deumie

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

€850

We Outside 1 (Escape Route)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,884

Fela The Black President

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,884

Triptych From The Love of Andy series

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,339

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

€1,072

To whom it is deserved

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,661

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

€1,161

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

€848

Dessin 3 Création de Mode

Liubov Juravliova

Fine Art Drawings . 43 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€450

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

€893

Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,161

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 17 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 6.7 inch

€2,000

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

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

€2,000

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 15.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.7 x 6.1 inch

€2,000

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

€1,072

Mask (The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, 2007)

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€1,500 €1,350

Eaque

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 76 x 57 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€700

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

€804

Le moment d'essayer

Nathalie Grenier

Print . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€750

Se délester des miroirs

Nathalie Grenier

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€780

On the Language of Dreams 3: Contemporary Mixed Media and Ink Collage

Dizlarka

Fine Art Drawings . 27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€223

Mythologie - Léda et le cygne - femme oiseau - amour passion

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 91 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 35.8 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€190

Sans titre

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Tout un monde

Murielle Bozzia

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€660

Twin - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Walking

Saba Dolikashvili

Painting . 31 x 22 x 1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch

€650

Max Verstappen f1

PyB

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

€200

Les yeux ouverts

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

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

€3,438

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

€3,795

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,884

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

€3,884

Vers le large

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€500

Antique games.Reflexes.

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,500

Antique games. Love story.

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,550

Diva

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Yoga Feelings On My Vintage Jacket

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,554

Le vert est dans la pomme

Guillaume Piot

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

€1,500

Dirty magic

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.5 x 0.04 inch

€1,600

Fragmented Self: Dynamic Black & White Ink Artwork for Modern Interiors | Original Contemporary Drawing

Iana Cherepansky

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

€268

Shadows of the muse 3 | Minimal Monochrome Figure Artwork

Timi O

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€321

Ombrage

Electre

Painting . 56 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting . 22 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

€350

Les contes du Jade #8

Haude Bernabé

Painting . 56 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Pape François

PyB

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

€200

Si Dieu était une femme ?

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,000

N111

Maria Vanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch

€350

Thought About You

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 44 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 17.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Regard lointain

Christy

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

€820

Artémis

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 76 x 57 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€500

Nocturne

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,400

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,000

Femmes 26

Arancha Tejedor

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€160

Hommage au chef Bocuse !

Noël Granger

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

€120

Return

Saba Dolikashvili

Painting . 34 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€550

The Art World Series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 76.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€3,215

Liberté lointaine

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 51 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.1 x 23.6 inch

€1,600

They Come

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€780

Untitled 160

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 13.4 inch

€800

Duo Bleu/Vert

Sophie Duplain

Painting . 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

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

€402

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

€402

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

€402

Small Beauty II

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 13 x 13 cm Painting . 5.1 x 5.1 inch

€190

Untitled 166

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€625

Untitled 192

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 11 inch

€700

Facet

Iana Cherepansky

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

€268

Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 212

Zoran Music

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

€3,000

Untitled 163

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€625

Untitled 169

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€700

Sweet Hug

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 38 x 28 cm Painting . 15 x 11 inch

€620

Reciprocity 8

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€500

Les petites filles modèles 16

Leonor Fini

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

€275

Another Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Expressionism, Couple, Floral

Olumide Ajayi

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

€1,072

Flutter Reverie: Original Black Ink Pointillism Portrait, Surrealist Woman with Butterflies and Flowers Stipple Art

Iana Cherepansky

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

€313

Cherry: Delicate Black Ink Pointillism Woman Portrait with Botanical Blossoms on Cotton Paper

Iana Cherepansky

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

€313

Un Cocktail Explosif !

Noël Granger

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

€150

Romantica

Tian

Painting . 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Inspiration

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€800

Joyfull Evening

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

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