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!

Fan

Robert Walker

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

€650

Tipping Point

Nicolas Clézio

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

€3,250

The Face

Suthamma (Ta) Byrne

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

€5,625

VAn Gogh Sanglier

Adrien Lombardo

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€350

Rare bird

Catherine Clare

Painting . 140 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 44.9 x 1 inch

€2,500

Breaking point

Bill Stone

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

€4,324

Seeing red

Bill Stone

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

€4,324

Bar

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Tongue-tied

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Baffled

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Going down

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Stomp

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 3

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Smash

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Out of control

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 4

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 5

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 10

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch X

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Pound for pound

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 1

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 11

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Punchdrunk

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 3

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 6

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Roundhouse

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 7

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 2

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 4

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Threaten

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Flinch 14

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Pummel

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Backhanded

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Siblings 6

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Ground and pound

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Backswing

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Something to cry about

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Shooter

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Reaction force

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

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

Slap in the face

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Blade

Bill Stone

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

€4,056

Pause 3

Elena Sokolova

Painting . 50.8 x 71.1 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 28 x 0.5 inch

€573

Aliens

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€597

Trumpet Jazz

Moise Cohen

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

€560

Vague à l'âme

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,000

Code 2107

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 110 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€10,000

Temporaire, Pharrell WIlliams. Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Le Fauteuil de l'oubli, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Lotophage, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Constellations

Johnathan Ball

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

€15,155

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

Antonio Banderas. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 107 x 83 x 0.3 cm Photography . 42.1 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

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

I'm Cossack Mamai, leave me alone

Oleksandr Vynnyk

Painting . 25 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€223

Quiet States - 5: Bold Crimson Abstract Woman's Inner World - Oil on Paper

Dizlarka

Fine Art Drawings . 38.5 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch

€223

Oil caricature portrait

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil caricature portrait "T. Shevchenko"

Leonid K.

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

€275

Conductor

Leonid K.

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

€275

Self-portrait

Leonid K.

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

€275

Trifles, 3

Tania Potapenko

Painting . 51 x 40.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch

€650

Oil caricature portrait painting - Taras Shevchenko

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil abstract painting - Dream

Leonid K.

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

€275

Oil caricature genre painting - Famous writers

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil caricature genre painting - Jester fishing

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil caricature genre painting - Fishing

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil caricature genre painting - Flying ship

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil caricature genre painting - King and the jester

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Oil caricature genre painting - At the gate

Leonid K.

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€369

Portrait (Green Background): Evocative Contemporary Oil Artwork, Green & Earth Tones

Nastya Prairie

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€446

Far and near: Dynamic Abstract Expressionist Oil Artwork | Bold Red Canvas for Modern Decor

Vera Klimova

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

€357

Faces 9 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expression, Africa

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€401

Rose Petals - Dreamy Female Portrait

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€490

La chamade

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,750

Appearances 6 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Appearances 5 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Appearances 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Appearances 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Appearances 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Pour un rêve

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Laura Palmer

Jean-Michel Lourenço

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

€890

Le rose c'est que pour les pédés

G. Carta

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch

€250

Crimson Respite

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€535

Tokyo and Wakako, Diptych. From the Series My Way

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 44.5 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17.5 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€6,240

Tokyo and Ceremony II, Diptych. Photograph intervened by the artists

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 54.6 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 21.5 x 35 x 0.1 inch

€6,240

Mazaa

Nicole Lavigne

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

€2,360

Hope

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,470

Njinga

Nadine Denjean

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

€680

La muse de plumes

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 71 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€950

La Chamane!

Florence Malcombe

Painting . 130 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,580

Hommage an Francis Bacon - orange

Mila Veljac'a

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

€4,800 €4,320

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