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!

Dans l'espace

Myriam Bourianne

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

€600

Drinking man, Mixed Media on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 41.9 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€343

Not in the Mood

Amy Shekhter

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€7,225

Sky master (5 Pieces)

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 56.5 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€130

Sous les voiles de couleurs

Sana Hichri

Painting . 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Inside 1.0. Series "Inside": Blue Silhouette Minimalist Abstract Human Figure Acrylic Artwork on Linen Canvas with Gold Leaf

Anastasia Ovsyannikova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€3,613

Monk

Karolina Feigina

Painting . 116 x 82 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 32.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Minotaure

Adélaïde Leferme

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

€520

Oeil bleu

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€850

Bondieuserie # 5

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,100

Bondieuserie # 6

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,100

Femme à l'écharpe rouge

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,250

Horloge Métaphorique

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

Clinging To Crumbs Of Comfort

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 91 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€2,905

Untitle

Luis Fernández

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

€3,500

Memories of Colors with My Back to the World

Kim Yoon Kyung

Painting . 194 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 76.4 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€12,300

Insufficient identification II

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Goteborg 2004

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

Eternellement ensemble

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€100

Untitled #94016, Contemporary Mixed Media Canvas Painting

Carlos Capelán

Painting . 170.2 x 138.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 67 x 54.5 x 0.1 inch

€4,516

The Echo of Autumn - Portrait Tasos Nousia

Stella Papa

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€850

You are not alone

Zied Lasram

Painting . 28 x 21 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 inch

€330

They started chasing me again

Magda Dimoudi

Painting . 50 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,000

Enfant au ballon

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€1,500

Cast Aside 2

Michael Adetula

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,219

Untitled 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women with Large Afro Hair

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting . 61 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19 x 1 inch

€2,032

Cirque du Soleil n.13

Sergio Barletta

Painting . 140 x 95 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch

€11,500

Love and Music

Dorit Levi

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

€4,696

David

Gor Avetisyan

Photography . 102 x 66 x 2 cm Photography . 40.2 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

15-04-2020

Rafik Majzoub

Painting . 60 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,884

Femme à la coiffe

Pascal Marlin

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

€1,500

Homme et paysage

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Contra Lo Inhumano

Dolores Deloma Sanchez

Painting . 75 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Portrait sur disquette

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 9 x 9 x 1 cm Painting . 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch

€218

Queen 26 - 3

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 177 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 69.7 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€7,300

Eternal Recurrence #5. Mixed media Collage on Paper

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 10 x 7 x 0.1 inch

€903

Fluid Bella Hadid and David Gnady. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,951

The Faure

Peter Max

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€2,676

Tranquility

Ademola Ajayi

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,574

Rehma

Kavi

Painting . 91 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€5,850

Cosmic Profile (Original Mixed Media)

Peter Max

Painting . 29.5 x 46.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.6 x 18.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,353

Echoes of Success and Unseen Burdens

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€3,477

Taylor Hawkins

Sarah Boisvert

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€2,303

City Boy

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€3,613

Handstand (Self-Portrait)

Roman Durcek

Painting . 65 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,600

Sans cesse ensemble

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€100

Autorretrato

Mocs Santiago Sanchez Ramos

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

€371

Aquarelle : Femm()e Verticale & Abstraite

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€180

Identidad fraccionada

Núria Bosch

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

The Solar System's - Portrait Tasos Nousia

Stella Papa

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Centaur and heads

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,500

Creative Rebel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Children

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,935

Iya Mi Nikan (My Only Mother) - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 1 inch

€2,303

La belle et le bossu

Tima&Hiba_Art

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

€69,400

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

Confidence Without Ego II

Lanthar

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,400

Sunny holidays

Caro Graffiti

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

€1,200

Perspectives

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 147 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 57.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Fun & Joy

Dorit Levi

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

€4,696

Graffiti Saint Woman

Tony Rubino

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,669

Threshold

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€4,516

Marriage of the crowd

Mehdi Mirbagheri

Painting . 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€11,000

She will come back

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€850

Affectionate Meeting

Shadi Abou Sada

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€4,000

Grey Yellow Kate

Patrizia Casagranda

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,600

Initiation

Liza Altman

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 10.7 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 4.2 inch

€3,161

Elektra

Karine Langevin

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

€750

J+ douce saison

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€2,600

Untitled

PyB

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

€190

Family with soleil

Ramon Poch

Painting . 80 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,300

Vision

Shijirbaatar Jambalsuren

Painting . 200 x 125 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch

€9,800

Ewuare (King)

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,484

Homme dans fauteuil et enfant

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 130 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Nightmare-XI

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300 €270

Nightmare-X

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting . 79 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.1 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300 €270

The Power of the God

Kim Yoon Kyung

Painting . 97 x 145 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 57.1 x 1.6 inch

€10,400

La parade des saltimbanques

Toufik Berramdane

Painting . 40 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€6,450

We need sweets for rebels

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,800

Queen 26 - 2

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 177 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting . 69.7 x 44.9 x 0 inch

€7,300

Toujours ensemble

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€100

Ana

Marie Minot

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Funky Robot Orange – Free standing Double Sided sculpture

Zion Ezri

Sculpture . 55 x 36 x 10 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch

€2,850

Muse and Bruno Mars, Portraits Intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,951

Le baiser

Adélaïde Leferme

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

€800

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

Magritte X Mondrian

Priscilla Vettese

Painting . 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€220

Octave

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 54 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€1,600

Masked Elegance in Contemporary Threads 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Africa

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,380

Go Ayrton

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

Gulf awol speed

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

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