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!

Black Birds 3

Marian Williams

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

€200

Danse Silencieuse

Alder Paintings

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

€1,460

Clown JoJo

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€3,800

Siren in Motion

Hush

Print . 61 x 61 x 0.3 cm Print . 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€1,671

Peace from Within 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,293

Watching and Waiting - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa

Aba Linus

Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 31 x 1 inch

€2,273

Remarkable People

Yue Minjun

Print . 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€4,700

Sans titre (1)

David Nicolas Djordjevic

Painting . 27 x 22 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 1 inch

€650

Le clown et les danseuses

Sabine Louriac

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.35 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€520

Diptych: Kate Hudson and LIU Wen, Portrait, Tridimensional Wall sculptures

Cristian Hunter

Sculpture . 172.7 x 221 x 22.9 cm Sculpture . 68 x 87 x 9 inch

€13,370

Apollo

Henri Matisse

Print . 33 x 43 cm Print . 13 x 16.9 inch

€439

Sharing Love

Asko

Painting . 110 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€1,500

Sweet Sixteen

Ajenifuja Abiodun

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

€3,432

Unknown 1

Margarita Zipman

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

€847

Coffeur Pour Dames

Richard Boigeol

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€3,000

Le souvenir d'une photo

Jéko

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Beautiful Smile

Igor Galan

Painting . 52 x 31 x 2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Bardot Cowgirl

Russell Young

Painting . 157 x 109 x 7 cm Painting . 61.8 x 42.9 x 2.8 inch

€30,000

Reach and you will find

Gillian Holding

Painting . 59 x 51 x 3 cm Painting . 23.2 x 20.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

Olivia 2

Alex Katz

Print . 101.6 x 137.2 cm Print . 40 x 54 inch

€16,000

Pierre de Coubertin

Diane de Navacelle de Coubertin

Sculpture . 24 x 22 x 23 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 8.7 x 9.1 inch

€5,900

La Revanche

Clara Breuil

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

€4,000

Veronica Lake - Bellissime

Antonio Barrella

Photography . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

The pumpkin plant game

Magda Dimoudi

Painting . 101 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 39.8 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Youth

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€900

From the Series In the Harmony with the Sun 6

Salome Khubashvili

Painting . 110 x 111 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Summer time

Nina Tsorieva

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

€350

Untitled

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€110

Marilyn on Bright Blue

Marian Williams

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

€950

Till It All Withers 1 - 21st Century

Samson Olatubosun

Painting . 91.4 x 67.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26.4 x 1 inch

€1,649

Edition sur papier Oksana 7302019625190007E N°12/50

Pola 4.0

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€720

Your voice is in the deep

Yubi Lee

Painting . 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,150

Elegance

Ibitoye Emmanuel

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€2,184

I Am Not My Hair 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Franklin Ndibam

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

€1,872

El encantador (Colección La Bolsa Mágica)

Sonja H Lukenic

Photography . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€900

Canto II/1: Virgil in his Study

Tom Philips

Print . 75 x 54 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch

€350

Georgia is Here

Nino Nasidze

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

White Lotus 10

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,500

Under The Lips (L)

David Drebin

Photography . 101.6 x 179.1 cm Photography . 40 x 70.5 inch

€12,926

Destination

Ahmed Zelfani

Painting . 99 x 69 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 27.2 x 1 inch

€3,800

Think

Jef Aérosol

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

€4,600

Spring walk

Arevik Gasparyan

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,070

Red Character

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Charybde et Scylla

Timothy Archer

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

€4,500

Autoportrait

Jef Aérosol

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

€8,500

Basquiat

JM Collell

Sculpture . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Sculpture . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Trapped

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 34 x 25 x 16 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 9.8 x 6.3 inch

€1,159

Kabuki Portrait

Ihar Barkhatkou

Painting . 110 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Moaï

Thalia Dalecky

Design . 40 x 18 x 20 cm Design . 15.7 x 7.1 x 7.9 inch

€2,800

250Hz

Galya Popova

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

€3,200

Bugs woman

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting . 53.3 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 21 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,490

Et le verbe fût

Chantal Montellier

Print . 46 x 32.5 cm Print . 18.1 x 12.8 inch

€230

Les deux amies

Gérard Daran

Print . 56 x 76 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€200

Aubergine

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,400

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Academia (half life)

Paige Bradley

Sculpture . 147.3 x 55.9 x 106.7 cm Sculpture . 58 x 22 x 42 inch

€23,178

The Fisherwoman

Artush Voskanyan

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

€2,496

Hunter S. Thompson in straight jacket

Ralph Steadman

Print . 55.88 x 76.2 x 1.27 cm Print . 22 x 30 x 0.5 inch

€1,114

Bois le Rose

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 137.2 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 54 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,407

Waiting

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 95 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,800

Three sisters. Faith

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,114

Smile of Joy

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,471

Sans titre

Domizia Tosatto

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

€150

Marlon Brando Life Magazine

Bert Stern

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

€3,900

Woman

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 102 x 64 x 8 cm Painting . 40.2 x 25.2 x 3.1 inch

€7,200

Female Figure

Domenico Purificato

Print . 61 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€400

Lady vamp

Inga Makarova

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

€2,750

Want I

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Want III

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Want IV

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Jean Meunier

Pierre Molinier

Photography . 17.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 cm Photography . 6.9 x 5 x 0 inch

€2,800

Aponow Behind The wall

Shake

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Flower Power

David Cumps

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

€1,800

The Scream

Nino Pedone

Print . 47 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 26 x 0 inch

€300

Les Amants

René Magritte

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€700

Conversation II

Wissam Beydoun

Painting . 47 x 47 cm Painting . 18.5 x 18.5 inch

€1,500

Origin III

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

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

€3,400

La pensive bleue

Raymond Moretti

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

€7,500

Chernobyl. Mother.

Olha Kizub

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

€1,248

With Yves Coat I Archival pigment on canvas intervened by the artist

Efren Isaza

Painting . 172.7 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting . 68 x 50 x 2 inch

€13,372

Sans titre

Adam Turnbull

Print . 100 x 70 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€300

I'm not your little princess

Julie Sarloutte

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,130

La Rêve De L'arbre Aux Oiseaux

Maria Teresa Bertina

Painting . 100 x 60 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 inch

€4,000

Jimi

Angelo Garbo

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

€2,117

L'infante

Claude Weisbuch

Print . 57 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€610

210 . BASHUNG (Vertige de l'amour)

Bernard Pras

Photography . 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography . 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Viaje VII

Marta Moreu

Sculpture . 47 x 64 x 15 cm Sculpture . 18.5 x 25.2 x 5.9 inch

€7,700

The Land That Made Us One (S)

James Lewin

Photography . 45.7 x 70.9 x 2.5 cm Photography . 18 x 27.9 x 1 inch

€2,229

Vogue Sunshine - Unframed Limited Edition Signature Stamped Print

Toni Frissell

Photography . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,300

Penguins on the earth (the cock's epiphany)

Ara Deinde

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 1 inch

€2,674

Prodigal Son and Siren

Rachel Isadora

Painting . 119.4 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Painting . 47 x 30 x 0.5 inch

€3,084

The procession

Sergiy Alymov

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€981

Fleur II

Guy Olivier

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

€3,550

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