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!

Focus

Victor Morawo

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

€1,748

A Touch of Red 1

Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo

Painting . 101.6 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 42 x 1 inch

€3,460

N° 950 Ariane Mnouchkine

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 948 Virginia Woolf

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 946 Maurice Béjart

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 945 Sarah Vaughan

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 944 J.M.G. Le Clézio

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 943 Agatha Christie

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 942 Giuseppe Verdi

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 941 Jane Birkin

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 940 Léo Ferré.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 939 Simone de Beauvoir.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 938 Michelangelo Merisi dit "Le Caravage".

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Surveillance

Nino Eliashvili

Painting . 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Fascination

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

Painting . 74 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

N° 1007 Bruscamente con bravura.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

PINK TUBES : COTTON CANDY AND EPHEMERAL LOLITA SPECTRUM

Saori Nakamishi

Painting . 180 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€7,000

Tu veux ma photo ?

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,030

Lost in the Keys

Karine Harutyunyan

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Girl with a red bow. after.

Liubou Sas

Painting . 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,770

Rain Melody

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Jeune femme descendant l’escalier

Emilie Pannier

Painting . 55 x 38 x 4 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1.6 inch

€650

The Music of Two Souls

Ruzanna Melqumyan

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

€546

Monologue of Enjoyment

Aphisit Sidsunthia

Painting . 152 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€5,790

Indoctrinated

Tania Potapenko

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

€2,700

Salto

Hans Mendler

Sculpture . 51 x 80 x 52 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 31.5 x 20.5 inch

€6,400

Série Portrait de femme

Jean-Michel Lourenço

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

€1,350

Attente

Elisabeth Besnier

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

€2,800

Jazz

Julien Cuny

Painting . 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€1,600

Générations de Lumière

Sana Hichri

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

€5,000

The Queen of the Labyrinth

Svetlana Kalachnik

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

€3,902 €3,512

L'ermite

Pierre Sojo

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,700

Echoes of the Unspoken

Harutyun Aghajanyan

Painting . 27 x 63 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch

€273

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400

J'ai rêvé

Marta Grassi

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

€1,300

Frappé par la foudre

Farid Saâdi

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

€1,500

Mona Lisa sparkling

Ana Maria Kis

Painting . 76.2 x 60.96 x 1.27 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€1,500

Lost in Thoughts

Tigran Araqelyan

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

€1,366

Modern Madonna

Gena Cohen

Painting . 91.44 x 91.44 x 3 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

And the music sounds

Procach Olesia

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

€955

Transition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Love, Women

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€2,595

Ancestor

Gela Keidia

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

€2,400

Elegant Soul of Lady À?àk??

Mayowa Adekile

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

€3,961

Looking for inspiration

Anna Voronina

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

€1,457

Like a knife (Jessie yellow snake)

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 83 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 32.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Spectral silhouette

Arman Hayrapetyan

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

€1,502

Lute & Flute

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 121.9 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 20 x 0.8 inch

€1,138

Peace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Impasto, Impression, Africa Woman

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 99.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,411

Jeune fille au cornet

Frédéric Menguy

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

€2,900

Unfurling the Past 2

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,413

Twins

Sandra Boskamp

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€1,639

A Look Inside the Mirror

Nazar Ivanyuk

Painting . 38 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

La laideur cachée 5

Marie Rauzy

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

€3,500

Charybde et Scylla

Timothy Archer

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

€4,500 €4,275

Shepherds Seat

Eniafe Gbenga

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

€1,821

250Hz

Galya Popova

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

€3,200

Sous l’eau

AE2

Painting . 89 x 116 x 5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 2 inch

€1,320

La forêt

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

L'émotion à fleur de peau

Nicolas Fropo de Habart

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

€1,700 €1,360

Amour fait pousser les ailes.

Svitlana Loguinoff Gryshko

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

€1,922

Meeting

Magdalena Rytel-Skorek

Painting . 28 x 38 cm Painting . 11 x 15 inch

€300

Mind Mechanics 2

Paul Sergounine

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Vesta

Rémi Planche

Painting . 140 x 110 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€6,200

Le pécheur et son Poisson pour les riches série Mer et Océan

Philippe Messager

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

€780

Fragment

Kiara Peelman

Painting . 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,900

Thirteenth Unpaired

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 146 x 71 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 28 x 0.8 inch

€11,730

Masai Kenia

M. Muro

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

€2,000

Boda en Penumbra

David Roldán

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,500

Leader 3

Juliane Hundertmark

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

€3,900

A dance without words

Barbara Schaumann

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Flowing together

Barbara Schaumann

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

€1,100

L'escarpolette

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€250

Summer | Blue-Eyed Girl Portrait

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€865

Rope Swin

Su Yu

Painting . 35 x 48 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch

€900

Call me" Based on the series "The Game of Squid

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€819

Dead Christ

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 36 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,840

The Descent of Desire

Igor Galan

Painting . 58 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Marilyn In Red Goes To Hollywood (large unique painting)

Steve Kaufman

Painting . 116.8 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 46 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€3,415 €2,732

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Africa 2

Oladire Araireoluwa

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

€4,416

The Cut of Confidence

Reanna Emanouel

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

€5,000

Bad advisor

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture . 80 x 60 x 14 cm Sculpture . 31.5 x 23.6 x 5.5 inch

€5,000

Chronometry -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Oil, Women Fabrics

Clement Mmaduako Nwafor

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

€6,192

I Got By In Time

Ray Richardson

Painting . 29 x 29 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Sombras. Antonio Banderas

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,000

Evie

Alan Lemin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

...?!

Matteo Nannini

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

€1,900

Ship

Maia Kvatchadze

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,400

Osiris, Anubis, Horus

Catherine Clare

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

€2,600

Brûler dans tes yeux

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€850

Femme II

Hong Shen

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

Halloween Woman

Sasha Robinson

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

€700

Elégance d'Orient-Éternelles

Nadine de Lespinats

Painting . 100 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Presence Without Proof

Aphisit Sidsunthia

Painting . 127 x 109 x 3 cm Painting . 50 x 42.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,060

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