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!

What a lovely way to burn

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€2,277

Hot Dawg

Sheila Tajima

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.5 inch

€410

Fan

Robert Walker

Painting . 51 x 41 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.6 inch

€650

The Face

Suthamma (Ta) Byrne

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

€5,625

Awkward 2

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 138 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 54.3 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€25,300

Elizabeth Banks. Gold Edition

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Sortilèges n°4

Marta Grassi

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

€700

Elizabeth Olsen. Gold Edition. Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.5 x 62.2 x 1.5 cm Photography . 33.7 x 24.5 x 0.6 inch

€3,643

Toni Garnn II. B&W Photo intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Jamie Dornan, B&W Portrait intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Toni Garnn, Portrait intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 1.5 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.6 inch

€3,643

David Gandy. Portrait intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Homeless

François Sauvage

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

€750

Pharrell B&W. Portrait intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Gold Griot Feet. Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 83.8 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Le marché aux poissons

Serge Kalinowski

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€2,550

Giuditta, omaggio a Lucas Cranach

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 30 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€260 €221

_ On Bridge. Suzhou.

Oleksandr Khrapachov

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

€2,732

Woman with Leaf

Dondi Schwartz

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Close Friends

Tamar Sulakvelidze

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

€15,000

Jeune femme - ref BDNW11482

Janie Michels

Painting . 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,700

La fête Communale

Nicolas Curmer

Painting . 34 x 43 x 5 cm Painting . 13.4 x 16.9 x 2 inch

€600

La robe (2)

Marta Grassi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€680

La robe

Marta Grassi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€680

Marilyn Diamond

Gardani Art

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

€4,554

Y, Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

LVII, Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,915

Kakoma. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

Lous. Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

Tokyo. Photograph intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 54.6 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Photography . 21.5 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,188

Trumpet Jazz

Moise Cohen

Painting . 45 x 32 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

€560

Les apparences trompeuses

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Easy to Love

Gardani Art

Painting . 121.9 x 96.5 x 3.3 cm Painting . 48 x 38 x 1.3 inch

€5,920

George W. Bush gifts Jay Leno a portrait of Jay Leno

Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€911

Constellations

Johnathan Ball

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 cm Painting . 48 x 30 inch

€15,484

Rostros sin rostro 3-18

José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro

Painting . 65 x 46 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 inch

€840

Queen Moth

Timothy Archer

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

€4,300

La femme idéale

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€4,000

Des lendemains pleins de promesses

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Oil genre painting "Viking warior"

Vadim O.

Painting . 65 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€469

Oil genre painting "Viking"

Vadim O.

Painting . 66 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€469

Oil portrait painting "Self-portrait"

Vadim O.

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€329

Oil portrait painting "Woman"

Vadim O.

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

€329

Chat roule

Galka

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

€750

One Step Away

Helen Spoon

Painting . 35 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch

€410

The Girl in Black Stockings

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€364

La sphère

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Alméria

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€950

Dress Code for the Afterlife

Natia Sapanadze

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

€600

Untitled 22

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Untitled 19

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Vernissage à la Galerie Romaine

Christian Jodin

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€499

Sakura

Electre

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

€290

Untitled 9

Keta Jikia

Painting . 100 x 74 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

€400

Thousand Questions

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€546

Butterflies- Red-Haired Girl Portrait with White Moth in Warm Red-Orange

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 35.5 x 35.5 x 2 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 0.8 inch

€638

Woman with a Hat

Manana Eloshvili

Painting . 99 x 78 x 1 cm Painting . 39 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch

€4,000

Temptation in Rome

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 63 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Napoleon

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 41 x 104 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 40.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

L'ombre du présage

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€1,560

Lous and Y Diptych, From the series Lous and The Yakuza.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€5,465

Troops

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 24 x 52.5 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 20.7 x 0.8 inch

€990

Taras Bulba

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 32 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 12.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Unspoken connection

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 33 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€280

Njinga

Nadine Denjean

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

€680

Dreaming with Frida

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Frida Through Time

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Frida in Bloom

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Vibrant view

Annette Schmucker

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

€1,500

And He Wears It Well

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 3 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Hey Baby Whatchhu No Good

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

The Bay Dog

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

The Man Who Wasn't King

Ray Richardson

Painting . 30 x 10 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Psychedelic

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€995

Sea Gifts (Invisible Threads)

Alexander Lufer

Painting . 100 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Without Instructions 1

Tatiana Elizarova

Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

Set of 4 Photographs intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 171.7 x 124.4 x 2 cm Photography . 67.6 x 49 x 0.8 inch

€14,573

Nouvel An en Chine

ShuJie Wang

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

€650

Facade of Survival

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€740

In love

Madalena Zampassi

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

€2,823

Toni Garnn and Jennifer Lopez, Diptych. Intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 124.4 x 1.5 cm Photography . 33.8 x 49 x 0.6 inch

€7,286

La nostalgie

Pierre Sojo

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Attendre

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,100

Irradiance

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

The World Awaits / MGM Grand Invitation (De La Hoya vs. Mayweather)

Steve Kaufman

Print . 65.4 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Print . 25.75 x 20 x 1 inch

€606 €546

Precious Stones: Emerald

Emil Aziz

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

€3,500

Mythic Visions

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€546 €437

Village Autumn Sunset

Sergey Khachatryan

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

€4,099

Squares

Ramóna Csendes

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

€3,050

Seasons

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Breath of spring

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Nouvelles du Japon

Raymond Poulet

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

€5,800

Coat of many colors

Mpumi

Painting . 74 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

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