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!

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

Symphony of Musicians - (based on paintings by Lyubov Popova)

Viktor Konotopsky

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

€490

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

Ramollissement

Pol Bury

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

€200

Blossom - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Africa

Aba Linus

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

€1,296

Untitled

Themanfromthefuture Urano

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

€110

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

€1,654

A tree

Galya Popova

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

€3,200

Self portrait

Julio Sequeria

Painting . 75 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€9,833

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

Love Life and Wait for Spring

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,100

View to Brighter Future - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman

Agwunwa Theophilus

Painting . 86.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,279

In the shade of the apricot tree

Yaroshevich Anastasia

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

€530

Elegance

Ibitoye Emmanuel

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

€2,190

Bolero mallorquin

Coll Bardolet

Painting . 13 x 18 x 0.3 cm Painting . 5.1 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€950

Carmen, NY

Horst P. Horst

Photography . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€10,727

The Man and the Red Berries

Adjei Tawiah

Painting . 208 x 175 x 2 cm Painting . 81.9 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch

€39,500

Gone with the wind

Hedwige Leroux

Sculpture . 90 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture . 35.4 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch

€13,800

Paresse

Appaloosa

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

€1,350

Tribute to Max Ernst

Sophie Verger

Sculpture . 38 x 15 x 14 cm Sculpture . 15 x 5.9 x 5.5 inch

€3,500

Into the Beyond

Gavin Jay

Painting . 26 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€850

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

White cat

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,300

Regarde

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€650

Portraits

Ossip Zadkine

Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 19 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch

€10,000

Georgia is Here

Nino Nasidze

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

€2,700

Le bain de soleil

Jéko

Painting . 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Destination

Ahmed Zelfani

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

€3,800

Pipo et Jac à la pêche

Jéko

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Spring walk

Arevik Gasparyan

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

€1,073

Red Character

Carlos Mendez

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

€1,150

My father's car 2

Desmond Akindoju

Painting . 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,117

Rêve mieux

AKET

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Seagull

Galya Popova

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

€1,760

Basquiat

JM Collell

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

€2,800

Memories

Matteo Nannini

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,250

Kabuki Portrait

Ihar Barkhatkou

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

€3,000

So Windy

Isabel Miramontes

Sculpture . 68 x 33 x 18 cm Sculpture . 26.8 x 13 x 7.1 inch

€14,800

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

Colombine

Armen Gasparian

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

€4,600

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

€1,117

Monica B

SKP

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€880

L'Ultima visita di Mao a Venezia

Erró

Print . 45 x 59 x 0.5 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch

€390

La forêt

Maude Ovize

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

€2,200

Three sisters. Faith

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,112

Sans titre

Domizia Tosatto

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

€150

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

Jean Meunier

Pierre Molinier

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

€2,800

The Scream

Nino Pedone

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

€300

Chernobyl. Mother.

Olha Kizub

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

€1,251

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

€13,408

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

Youri Gagarine

Martin

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€990

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

Il Generale Bazooka

Enrico Baj

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€700

Carnaval en piedras blancas

Edgardo Flores

Painting . 44 x 53 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.3 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch

€350

La cuisine plein d'esprit !

Noël Granger

Painting . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€150

La mirada de Greta

Cristina Redondo

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

€350

Le costume du chaos

Eric Doisy

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

€1,660

I could feel my heart beating VI

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

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

€5,960

Voyageur quatre

Barbara Thaden

Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€115

Équilibre

Christine Guillemin

Sculpture . 30 x 15 x 2 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Discrètement dissocié

Nep-

Painting . 115 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

She Who Dances With Shadows

Iryna Rets

Painting . 41 x 29.5 x 0.4 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch

€560

Mermaid

Margarita Ivanova

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

€3,200

Regard d'Orient

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

The Illusion of Decorum

Yana Reznik

Painting . 150 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Homo Novus XVIII

Rémi Planche

Painting . 130 x 110 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€5,800

La Dispute

D-A Woisard

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

€800

Un Homme et une Femme

Fabio Purino

Painting . 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,450 €1,088

Réfugiée

Claudia Coccina

Painting . 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€850

Geisha con Sombrilla en Azul y Oro

Yamila Velázquez

Print . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€270

Elle bouscule ma libellule

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 197 x 97 x 7 cm Painting . 77.6 x 38.2 x 2.8 inch

€5,300

Jalia - Série Portrait enfant du Monde

Lydie Paumier

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€975

Croyance et raison - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€690

Green Andy

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

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

€2,000

Ragazza davanti muro rosa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 90 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€520

Venus Azul

Fernando Alday

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€5,085

Matthew Barney, Isle of Man and Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 40.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 16 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,469

Les silencieuses 2, partie 4/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Number23

Artwhos

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€879

Good vibes

Florkey

Painting . 85 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,350

“Champagne Moment — Elegant Gentleman Portrait in Contemporary Classic Style”, gentleman, luxury portrait, elegant man

Saskia Rem Brandt

Painting . 80 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Tentative psychopompe

Stéphane Fauchille

Painting . 90 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€5,900

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