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!

Cebu

Ladamenrouge

Sculpture . 120 x 98 x 18 cm Sculpture . 47.2 x 38.6 x 7.1 inch

€1,700

The Lady with the Necklace

Elisabeth Constantin

Painting . 34 x 34 x 4 cm Painting . 13.4 x 13.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Pienso

Núria Bosch

Painting . 170 x 160 x 3.5 cm Painting . 66.9 x 63 x 1.4 inch

€7,200

Escena de playa

Celso Miranda

Painting . 24 x 34 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,400

Untitled

Alain Berckvitz

Sculpture . 58 x 40 x 1 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€900

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Espace Expressif

Yann Letestu

Painting . 73 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Little Sleep, Little Slumber - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman

Akinsola Olamilekan

Painting . 106.7 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 60 x 1 inch

€2,706

FREEZING

Antonio Murgia

Painting . 90 x 140 x 4.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 1.8 inch

€5,520

My diary 2

Olga Marciano

Painting . 52 x 52 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Visage glacial - Série: Palette de liberté

Isabelle Verdenne

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

€1,750

Selfie 1

Bola Obatuyi

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

€3,473

Scars of Light

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€2,390

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000

Untitled

Lluís Barba

Painting . 55.5 x 75 x 0.2 cm Painting . 21.9 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

The Object of Awe

Martha Adanma

Painting . 92 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Untitled

Simón Vázquez

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Aurora

Amy Shekhter

Painting . 127 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€9,922

Hands of Nurture

Toyin Ologunloluwa

Painting . 86 x 86 x 2 cm Painting . 33.9 x 33.9 x 0.8 inch

€735

Portraiture , Vl

Leikun Nahusenay

Photography . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€900

Alyson

Seaty

Painting . 130 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

Oris 3 (série de 40 têtes)

Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Painting . 48 x 28 cm Painting . 18.9 x 11 inch

€1,500

Native

Mateo Andrea

Painting . 114 x 146 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 inch

€3,900

Liz

Karen Schremmer

Painting . 74 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Capsule-4x4-banc

Thomas Berthier

Painting . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€340

Fantasme Venitien IV

Pascal Dabere

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

€900

Inaya

Flu

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

€1,390

I Can't Recall It Lightly At All (Copper)

B.D. White

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,037

Narciso

Ruse

Painting . 35 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€953

The Stillness Tax

Yana Reznik

Painting . 110 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€870

Médusa Médusée

Karine Langevin

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

€3,500

Murmurer du Silence

Nathalie Sizaret

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

€3,375

Reboot

Helen Burkova

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

€812

L' enfant interieur

Brigitte Dravet

Sculpture . 44 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,700

Renoma & Warhol

Maurice Renoma

Painting . 95 x 86 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch

€25,000

Marilyn report

Patrick Rubinstein

Painting . 60 x 127 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 50 x 0.8 inch

€16,000

Quiet confidence

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 104.1 x 94 x 6.4 cm Painting . 41 x 37 x 2.5 inch

€2,300

African Woman (Blue)

N. Gail

Painting . 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€3,550 €3,018

Smile

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€1,804

Woman

Iglesias15680

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

€1,300

Regardons la réalité en face

Clement Garnung

Painting . 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Reminiscence

Salma Mbarek

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Sans Titre 01 - personnage fantasmagorique

Agnès Salle

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

€1,750

Blue one collection #18

O Gringo

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Who is she

Robert van Bolderick

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

€3,000

El gato de Velázquez o Paseo en la eternidad

Juan Carlos Romano

Painting . 99 x 99 cm Painting . 39 x 39 inch

€4,500

Face of my world

Dorit Levi

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

€4,871

Zofia

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 165.1 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 65 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€29,045

Chicos

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€200

Untitled 7-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

€5,445

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

Pearl

Abayomi Odetomi

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

€4,510

Marilyn jeune

Maria De Campos

Painting . 39 x 31 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.4 x 12.2 x 0.6 inch

€1,080

Sans Titre

Jean-Charles Blais

Painting . 52 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€6,300

Anima della selva (diptyc)

Lorena Fonsato

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€680

1970

Daouda Traoré

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

€4,500

Tangled Within: Colorful Mixed Media Female Portrait Collage on Black Canvas with Cotton Threads

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,082

Ciel antérieur - Art sacré et peinture poétique : une œuvre existentielle

Espolisto

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

€3,300

Bring them home

Alain Lumbroso

Photography . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,950

A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN

Ayobami Raphael

Painting . 60 x 45 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,350

Gilda

Jeremy Bianco

Painting . 104 x 69 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Tender Weight of Waiting 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,669

Madame Monsieur

Véronique Chomienne

Painting . 143 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 56.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€1,600

Untitled

Pepe Morales

Painting . 65 x 65 cm Painting . 25.6 x 25.6 inch

€4,800

Madame LU: lire une lettre de son chat - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

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

€215

Verdant Soul 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Africa Women

Damilola Olusegun

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

€586

Girl child

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€3,157

Imagine, Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€20,000

Leave space for silence

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€1,624

Souvent le sang des herbes bat - série Mixed media 3D poétique

Denise Crolle-Terzaghi

Painting . 37 x 27 x 6 cm Painting . 14.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

€265

Zion

Stéphane Frey

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Red Dress - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of an African Woman in Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,789

Cosmic girl

Britt

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

€1,800

Audrey Hepburn

Daniele Dondè

Painting . 117 x 57 x 2 cm Painting . 46.1 x 22.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

What loss taught me

Poovi Art

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

€1,795

Catching My Daydreams

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 137 x 86 x 4 cm Painting . 53.9 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Compassion

Zied Lasram

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

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

Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals

Paul Kostabi

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

€2,000

Brown Dots of Change

Patrizia Casagranda

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

€5,600

Maasai people

Hristo Gaberov

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Untitled

Vento González

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

€4,500

Icon Betty

Tommy

Painting . 45 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Untitled 1

Raffi Yedalian

Painting . 22 x 15 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.9 inch

€800

Currículum vitae

Iryna Gragera

Painting . 70 x 57 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Reading Along the Lines

Greatjoy Ndlovu

Painting . 62 x 46 cm Painting . 24.4 x 18.1 inch

€1,650

Survêtement

Matthieu de Malte

Painting . 100 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch

€1,400

15-04-2020

Rafik Majzoub

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

€3,879

Faune

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Women's Pride 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Fashion

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 55.9 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 inch

€947

It's not you, it's not me either

Rahma Lhoussig

Painting . 90 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,800

Judith With the Bag

Mayer Azar

Painting . 150 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,059

Seek Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Introspection

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,571

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