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!

Diva

Christelle Lenci

Painting . 21.5 x 21.5 cm Painting . 8.5 x 8.5 inch

€800

Sophia Pistis

Mina Mond

Painting . 112 x 45 cm Painting . 44.1 x 17.7 inch

€1,800

Jeux de Plage

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

SunFlower Face

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 21 x 13.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.3 inch

€250

Come Lay In My Lips

Nicoleta Vacaru

Painting . 37 x 38 x 4 cm Painting . 14.6 x 15 x 1.6 inch

€856

Mise à nu

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€2,750

Magic Hat

Saba Dolikashvili

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

€900

Le baiser

Agnès Salle

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Maîtriser la colère

Daniel Piérart

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

€2,200

Selfie 4

MissMe

Painting . 58 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Perle

Alder Paintings

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,460

Political Demagogy III

José Luis Cuevas

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

€4,050

OverUnder (Pink)

David Salle

Print . 106 x 106 x 1 cm Print . 41.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch

€4,500

Ecoute II

Bze Bzeland

Fine Art Drawings . 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 13 x 0 inch

€200

Gang rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€820

The Hand of Chance

Esther Cohen

Painting . 130 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

Coupling in Istropolis

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

Portrait de Repin

David Burliuk

Fine Art Drawings . 28.6 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Une soirée d'automne

Lydi

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

€1,200

Untitled

Brian Calvin

Fine Art Drawings . 33.2 x 14.9 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,200

Gérard d'Oelsnitz and Kees van Dongen

Léonard Foujita

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 16 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

€35,000

Desse(i)ns

Jean-Claude ByandB

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

€1,111

Encre II

Maylis Bourdet

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 44 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

€560

Black Magic Woman

Eden

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,520

Untitled (PEN 04)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Fine Art Drawings . 45.7 x 40.6 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 16 x 0 inch

€71,995

Femmes 25

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

Saint Sébastien

Kosta Kulundzic

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

€2,000

The Dis-Enchanted set

Paloma Castello

Fine Art Drawings . 319.3 x 224.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 125.7 x 88.4 x 0.1 inch

€4,050

Anna

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

La lettre

Henri Aprin

Painting . 30 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€800

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

A Walk in a Zoo

Zofia Misiak

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€900

Divinité 16

Dasz Panda

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

€800

Buscando la luz

Sergio Moscona

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

€4,900

Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Painting . 69.9 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.5 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,665

Untitled (44)

Mansour El Habre

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Eye see you 1/3

Stephanie Larène

Painting . 78 x 106 x 1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Hamiel

Capocci

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

€2,200

Quiet thoughts (01)

Jana & JS

Painting . 52 x 27 x 3 cm Painting . 20.5 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Love is Blind

Guillaume Piot

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

€1,300 €1,040

Apollo & Daphne

Marco Araldi

Painting . 102 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€4,225

Sinking

Liza Petrova

Painting . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,100

Rêverie aquatique

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 60 x 60 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€850

Simplicité

Ouroboros

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.5 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.2 inch

€160

Sweet Home

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 66 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Print . 26 x 34 x 1 inch

€1,305

Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,825

¿Quién es más pillo?

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€3,000

$300 fine - pure Elvis

Pure Evil

Painting . 85.56 x 35.5 cm Painting . 33.7 x 14 inch

€1,450 €1,305

Splash

En Blanco

Painting . 118 x 79 x 1 cm Painting . 46.5 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,372

Snake

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 47 x 47 x 3 cm Painting . 18.5 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch

€630

Blouson orange - Série portrait de femme stylisé

Richard Atlan

Painting . 60 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,000

MIR

C215

Print . 78 x 78 cm Print . 30.7 x 30.7 inch

€815

Flou d'amour

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€750

Sans titre

Ray Smith

Painting . 27 x 19 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€900

Girl Named as Lily

Qing-Yan Li

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€1,650

Mermaid II: Contemporary Ink Artwork – Ethereal Stippling Portrait, Collectible Fine Art for Modern Interiors

Iana Cherepansky

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

€450

Untitled

Fritz Zolnhofer

Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,400

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

€1,170

Soldat Inconnu

Steve Bandoma

Painting . 137 x 97 x 1.5 cm Painting . 53.9 x 38.2 x 0.6 inch

€4,900

Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€450

Fumo viola

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 30 x 20.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.1 inch

€350

Barbe Rouge

Christelle Lenci

Painting . 29.5 x 21 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.3 inch

€900

Bleu profond - un regard

Nina Urlichs

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€700

Le voyageur céleste

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 128 x 102 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 50.4 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

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

Le photographe

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€400

Untitled

Marcel Gromaire

Fine Art Drawings . 40.5 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.9 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€6,900

Untitled

Ammar Hammoud

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€1,500

VéNus 01 #echafaudage

Niki Neuts

Sculpture . 70 x 50 x 5 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,000

couple à la pomme - mythologie - cosmogonie - pomme - apple - Basquiat

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 89 x 115 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch

€800 €400

Después de la Data #7

Ivan Castiblanco

Fine Art Drawings . 59.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,350

La Guitariste

Jean Chapin

Painting . 18.8 x 15.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.4 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€680

Untitled

Duván López

Fine Art Drawings . 85 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€2,250

Untitled 16

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 88 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 34.6 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€9,700

Revolving Litho

Luciano Castelli

Print . 100 x 140 cm Print . 39.4 x 55.1 inch

€3,000

Marharyta

Mina Mond

Painting . 47 x 115 cm Painting . 18.5 x 45.3 inch

€1,800

Tender Love I

Lilit Soghomonyan

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

€1,600

Elastique

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€1,600

The Tree of Life

Albrecht Behmel

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,800

Nunc (For No Special Reason) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Expression

Olumide Ajayi

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

€1,080

Sans titre 07

Agnès Salle

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Uniselfs \/

Nicoleta Vacaru

Painting . 39 x 37 x 4 cm Painting . 15.4 x 14.6 x 1.6 inch

€856

Luna llena

Felisa Esteban - Maifx

Print . 57 x 38.5 cm Print . 22.4 x 15.2 inch

€250

Pensive

Mazarine Memon

Painting . 153 x 76 x 5 cm Painting . 60.2 x 29.9 x 2 inch

€8,550

Dusk

Vhils

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

€1,400

Tree Of Life

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€3,500

Ready for the next step

DB Waterman

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Melting Pot

Maxime Frairot

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

€1,280

Mystère

Alder Paintings

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,460

Albigeois

Mina Mond

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

€1,200

It rains from the Sky

Deok-Sik Hyun

Painting . 51 x 36 x 5 cm Painting . 20.1 x 14.2 x 2 inch

€800

Oser se regarder en face.

Christian Dugardeyn

Sculpture . 45 x 15 x 5 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 5.9 x 2 inch

€2,200

Portrait in Ink

Constant Nieuwenhuys

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,990

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