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!

The Soul is Gone

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€500

Two Women were Standing a Dripping in the Rain

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€650

Francisco

Valérie Abadie

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Masque 2

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 8.7 inch

€400

Les grands yeux

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 13 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.1 x 5.1 inch

€450

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 15

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 14

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 12

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 11

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 10

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 9

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 8

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 7

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 6

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€280

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 3

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€250

Chers vieux amis - Monotype - 2

LN Le Cheviller

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€250

Fille

Liubov Juravliova

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

€450

La demoiselle fleurs bleues

Fabienne Bonneau (Fablues)

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€230

L'un à l'autre

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€850

Figure summary, 1976

Paolo Ambrosio

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€120

Figure summary, 1979

Paolo Ambrosio

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€120

Little Clown

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€400

Personnages en mouvement 8

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

Personnages en mouvement 4

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

1973

Fabienne Bonneau (Fablues)

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€100

Robber

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Painting . 28.5 x 38.5 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.2 x 15.2 x 0.1 inch

€450

Conviction

Papayon

Painting . 35.8 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 14.1 x 10.9 x 0 inch

€200

Lady Di

Lilly

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€600

Les Tontons Flingueurs

Tristan MM

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

€149

Sourire ensemble

La Fabrique du Sourire

Fine Art Drawings . 101 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.8 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€600

Redoutable / dread

Noe Borst

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€250

On the way

Noe Borst

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 22 x 0 inch

€250

Network

Noe Borst

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€250

Lovers

Emilio Greco

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€6,500

Ballerine

Jean Jansem

Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,150

Mother

Isabelle Floch

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Standing Nude

Henryk Plociennik

Painting . 43 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 16.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Géraldine

Lorette Le Brestec

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

€800

Pensée

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 24 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€260

Pose 1

Nadine Defer

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€390

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Petit jardin

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 14.8 x 21 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€120

La méridienne

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 14.8 x 21 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€120 €114

Nus

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch

€260

Untitled 1

Boshra Mustafa

Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 26 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.6 inch

€894

Echo: Ethereal Pointillism Ink Artwork | Figurative Monochromatic Drawing with Floral Crown

Iana Cherepansky

Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€715

Profil bas

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 55 x 46 x 5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 2 inch

€550

Twins

Hervé Maury

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

€1,200

Le doute lui parle

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 56 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€500

Irezumi dragon

Tian

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Pop Design N°2/20

Lydi

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

€190 €171

Plénitude

Jeanne Saint-Chéron

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch

€850

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Dragon Playmate

Ramon Maiden

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 59 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 23.2 inch

€600 €480

Toro

Jacques Gorde

Painting . 108 x 75 cm Painting . 42.5 x 29.5 inch

€900

Encre N°1, silhouette

Christophe Hohler

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,950

Tender Love III

Lilit Soghomonyan

Fine Art Drawings . 57 x 77 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.4 x 30.3 inch

€1,600

In the wind

Maylis Bourdet

Painting . 33 x 49 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

€180

Tender Moments III

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 31 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 8.5 x 0 inch

€440

Untitled 14

Boshra Mustafa

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 26 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 10.2 x 0.6 inch

€715

Untitled

Ammar Hammoud

Painting . 150 x 200 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 inch

€7,000

Femme à la plage

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Femme photographe et selfie

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Femme face à l'océan

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Jardin Secret

Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€1,880

FEMM( )E en lévitation & abstraite

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Femm( )e Street Arty & abstraite

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Moneygod – Symbolic Surreal Artwork

Iana Cherepansky

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,341

Super Guitar Hero

Ewen Gur

Painting . 90.5 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.6 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,114

Hierophants

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Privation 2 - Black & White

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Venus

Iana Cherepansky

Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€894 €805

Eclipse

Elizabeth Becker

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

€161

Giambattista Valli Haute couture

Manuel Santelices

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

€885

Achille - Egon Schiele - Mars - Hadès - Dieu

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 130 x 93 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 36.6 x 2 inch

€800

Le gri-gri à plumes

Jeanne Saint-Chéron

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch

€750

Eros

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Marilyn in chenille

Bert Stern

Photography . 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography . 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€2,490

Coeureillette

Christelle Lenci

Painting . 37.5 x 62 cm Painting . 14.8 x 24.4 inch

€1,800

Cadavre exquis

Christelle Lenci

Painting . 37.5 x 37.5 cm Painting . 14.8 x 14.8 inch

€1,600

Derrière les traits

Alder Paintings

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

€1,260

Suspendue

Sablyne

Painting . 16 x 16 x 3 cm Painting . 6.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inch

€340

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

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

€894

Antique melodrama

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,450

Untitled

Simón Vázquez

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€850

Au cas où quelque chose d'effrayant arriverait

Daniel Piérart

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

€2,200

Doux Réveil

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Apparition

Alder Paintings

Painting . 92 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,260

Expectation

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

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

€2,995

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

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

€894

Tender Love II

Lilit Soghomonyan

Fine Art Drawings . 57 x 77 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.4 x 30.3 inch

€1,600

Metamorphosis

Catherine Nickford

Painting . 102 x 76 x 5 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 2 inch

€6,000

View

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 29 x 19 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€120

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