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!

Pianissimo

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.01 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€50 €48

Tête nuage 5/8

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 51 x 28 x 22 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 11 x 8.7 inch

€4,900

Marilyn Laughing in Black Dress

Bert Stern

Photography . 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography . 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€2,490

Neon Empress

Youthone

Painting . 100 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.1 x 0 inch

€1,050

Drowning

Gerard Boersma

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

€2,600

Donna Summer

Michael Putland

Photography . 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography . 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€1,750

Oil genre painting - After the Plein Air

Alex D.

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

€839

White Dog 2

Inga Makarova

Painting . 75 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

The Garden Within

Insane 51

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€890

Valentine’s day

Seaty

Print . 90 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

Flirting

Meliq Khazaryan

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

€813

Transhumans 2

Enki Bilal

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€1,500

The Fern Flower

Iryna Bondar

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

€950

Portrait rouge

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€13,200

Au bord

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

28. Untitled (from Tulsa)

Larry Clark

Photography . 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography . 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch

€800

Labyrinthe

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,650

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800

Hedi Slimani model

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,356

Bolide grotesque

Hervé Di Rosa

Sculpture . 26 x 34 x 31 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 13.4 x 12.2 inch

€3,200

Vernissage

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,576 €2,112

Flûtiste 62/80

Jef Aérosol

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€850

Marta

Taner Yilmaz

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€6,900

A couple minutes

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Divine idylle : Coca-cola

AKET

Print . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€290

The Siren

Rachel Isadora

Painting . 83.8 x 81.3 cm Painting . 33 x 32 inch

€1,951

Beauté 14

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,500

Caractère Clint 70

Miguel Guía

Print . 70 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,350

Blue orchid | Blue Female Portrait Acrylic Artwork

Alina O’Dwyer

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

€1,175

Welcome drink

Oleksandra Hrebelna

Painting . 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Lulu

En Blanco

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

€1,444

Strength in Diversity 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€2,576 €2,061

Sans titre 3

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€1,300

Twin Light, Hand Finished Screen Print, Signed Edition of 100, Framed

Hush

Print . 73.9 x 54.1 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,034

Amalia

Raf Urban

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

€1,200

Collection Ballerina or

KiKo

Painting . 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,800

Expressive Male Portrait. The Real One

Julia Ruf

Painting . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€190

Invader by Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€4,500

Hello, my shadow self

David Akolo

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

€1,265

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

€750

Paraiso. Dream 3

Elena Done

Painting . 116.1 x 88.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.7 inch

€2,847

Les Jeannes

Jacques Villeglé

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€25,000

Moment Beyond Identity -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Lukman Olanrewaju Karounwi

Painting . 152.4 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,124 €1,699

Si la vie m’était contée

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€950

Sethe (Petite)

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€350

Visage Brun-Bleu

Pablo Picasso

Sculpture . 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 12 x 15 x 1 inch

€72,308

Führer

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

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

The Paris Review

Keith Haring

Print . 61 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€12,800

Repos de lumière.

Natacha Birds

Sculpture . 10 x 35 x 4.5 cm Sculpture . 3.9 x 13.8 x 1.8 inch

€150

Autoportrait

Marc Chagall

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 4.3 x 0.4 inch

€20,000

Le baiser dans la main

Etienne

Sculpture . 75 x 108 x 47 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 42.5 x 18.5 inch

€78,000

Woman with the Raven | Contemporary Realist Artwork in Neutrals and Black

Ger Da

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

€859

Harvest is Ready - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Child

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,124 €1,699

Harvest of hope

Oluwole Olawuyi

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

€2,305

Born Behind Silence

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,311

Java VI

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Sculpture . 80 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture . 31.5 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch

€950

Orpheus and Eurydice

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€1,356 €1,152

Mother of All Life

Kusbudiyanto

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

€2,000

Ombrelle

Virginia Benedicto

Painting . 120 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€1,200

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Couple Endormi, 1909 | Sleeping Couple, 1909

Egon Schiele

Print . 50.5 x 47 x 1 cm Print . 19.9 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch

€680

Sitting woman, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,220

Positioning (rare resin sculpture)

Suanjaya Kencut

Sculpture . 31.8 x 15 x 20.6 cm Sculpture . 12.5 x 5.9 x 8.1 inch

€1,356

Hippocampe

Lili Tao

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,080

Love

Marc De Corte

Sculpture . 11 x 36 x 7.5 cm Sculpture . 4.3 x 14.2 x 3 inch

€1,950

Eva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€999 €950

Kimberley #2

Seaty

Print . 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€849

A couple

Michal Bajsarowicz

Painting . 110 x 110 x 4.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.8 inch

€2,000

“ Flash – November 22, 1963 ” - II.41.

Andy Warhol

Print . 53.5 x 53.5 x 1 cm Print . 21.1 x 21.1 x 0.4 inch

€16,400

Moment of Wonder - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,672 €1,371

Sans se prendre au sérieux

Jazzu

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

€2,300

Lovers - Red - The Colour Of Love 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 59.9 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,027

Rivage

AKET

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

€8,500

Petite parenthes robe

Josepha

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 18 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.1 inch

€7,500

Steve needs more speed

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,200

Le monde de Mr.Hope

MrHope

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

€1,500 €1,275

Listen to your heart

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 59 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€450

Afro fado #2

O Gringo

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

€1,800 €1,620

Anny - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Women

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,672 €1,338

Corse

Clara Castagné

Painting . 105 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,400

The Architect

Insane 51

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

€1,000

couple à la pomme - mythologie - cosmogonie - pomme - apple - Basquiat

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 89 x 115 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch

€800 €560

Rendez-vous

Erte Tirtoff

Print . 75 x 55 x 1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Quand je croise la bétise

Miss.Tic

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

€1,200

Murmure

Réjane LeChat

Sculpture . 40 x 15 x 20 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 5.9 x 7.9 inch

€1,800

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Frida Kahlo I

Marcel Sternberger

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,446

The Twelfth Hour

Gabriel Monte

Painting . 90 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

The laughing horse

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture . 52 x 44 x 21 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 17.3 x 8.3 inch

€7,900

La Masque

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€860

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