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!

Gorille

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Lendemain de fête - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Carrie Bradshaw says good bye. From the Art, Culture & Society 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

€1,076

Bob Marley

PyB

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

€200

Amy Winehouse

PyB

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

€200

Pop vs Lydi N°2/20

Lydi

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

€190

Masque (print) (AP 1/2)

Ohad Ben-Ayala

Print . 30 x 20 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€340

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings . 11.5 x 9.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.5 x 3.7 inch

€900

Untitled 9

Wang Fei

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

€11,700

Deux ours

Hervé Maury

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€420

The Multiverse

Artwhos

Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,780

Les Jumeaux

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 8.3 inch

€550

Green Bugatti

Ewen Gur

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

€2,520

Portrait de Seyni Camara

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

N°5

Masayoshi Hanawa

Painting . 30 x 21 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€750

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

Allongée - Série portrait de femme stylisé

Richard Atlan

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

€750

MBS

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€4,000

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

Le chêne à trois troncs n°3

Florian Song Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 58.5 x 39.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 15.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,950

Plongeon

Aurélie Salvaing

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Divinité 18

Dasz Panda

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

€800

Bravo à toutes

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 65 x 81 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,065

Boldness 2

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,793

L'apache

Snath

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,800

Les hommes

Cécile Colombo

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€190

Print Gainsbourg

Vincent Pompetti

Print . 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€120

Pot of Joy

Tosin Oyeniyi

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

€1,435

Gilles Mendel in Paris

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€538

Sharing

Hervé Maury

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€420

Amis de toujours

Hervé Maury

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€480

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

Satura: Mystical Female Portrait Artwork | Black Ink Stippling on Cotton Paper | Modern Collectible Art for Interior Design

Iana Cherepansky

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

€269

La favorite

Laurence Capelli

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

€480

Posdata Contemplación

Ivan Castiblanco

Fine Art Drawings . 54.9 x 54.9 x 3.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.6 x 21.6 x 1.3 inch

€628

Hommage au chef Bocuse !

Noël Granger

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

€120

Roof 2

Dima Filatov

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

€500

Don't Tell Me What To Do

Michael Grine

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

€359

Twin - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Max Verstappen f1

PyB

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

€200

Pop vs Lydi N°19/20

Lydi

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

€190

Pop vs Lydi N°18/20

Lydi

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

€190

Pop vs Lydi N°14/20

Lydi

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

€190 €171

Pop vs Lydi N°11/20

Lydi

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

€190

Pop vs Lydi N°9/20

Lydi

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

€190

Pop vs Lydi N°7/20

Lydi

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

€190 €171

Lottia

Chloe Marsters

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 28.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.3 x 0.4 inch

€850

Tank Girl Blue Orange

Mat Elbé

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

€600

Untitled

Duván López

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

Untitled 8

Wang Fei

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

€11,700

The Heavenly Maids Scatter Blossoms

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

Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)

Manuel Santelices

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

€538

Large face - woman

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Painting . 64 x 46 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

Tout un monde

Murielle Bozzia

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

€660

Pape François

PyB

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

€200

Minotaure

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€800 €504

Vicking Roi Reine scandinavie mythologie bleu or famille ponant levant couple amour

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€900

Simone Veil femme forte héroïne célébrités paix liberté figure pop art Wahrol

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€1,100

Colombe paix Frida Kahlo Miroir pop art libre

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€800

Geisha au Jardin Rouge

Christy

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Heroine

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,242

Sans titre. Rare print hand made. Framed

A.ce

Print . 25 x 17 x 1 cm Print . 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.4 inch

€450

Serge Gainsbourg

Alain Robet

Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.5 x 8.7 x 0 inch

€200

Untitled

Tarek Butayhi

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

€897

Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€950

Les danseuses étoilées

Laurence Capelli

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

€480

Posdata Apreciación

Ivan Castiblanco

Fine Art Drawings . 41.4 x 47 x 3.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.3 x 18.5 x 1.3 inch

€628

Unknow

Hanna Sidorowicz

Fine Art Drawings . 56 x 74 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 29.1 x 0 inch

€1,800

Clown

Jacotte Sibre

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€280

Everything Zen

Ewen Gur

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

€2,520

Berlin Rocks Hard

Ewen Gur

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

€2,800

Encore un petit café

Ewen Gur

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€380

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

Pensée renversante - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Delon Alain

PyB

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

€200

Elvis Presley

PyB

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

€200

Divinité III (2)

Dasz Panda

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

€800

Soldier

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€580

The Astronomer

Ken Garduno

Painting . 38 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€400 €300

Riding Together

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

Kurhessisches Corps

Herbert Knotel

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch

€360

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

€2,331

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

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

€538

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

€717

Orange Shirt

Manuel Santelices

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

€717

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

Pallida: Original Ink Artwork – Delicate Woman's Profile with Floral Embrace, Modern Minimalist

Iana Cherepansky

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

€269

Head #6376

Olesya Gonserovskaya

Painting . 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€450

A l'opéra (encadrée)

Albena Vatcheva

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

€129

Et avec ça !

Noël Granger

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

€120

LaBor

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€760

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