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!

Méditerranée

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,900

Ojulari 1

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€1,808

Tomas Vincent Young

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Print . 24 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch

€680

Augmented skies yellow

Miss Bugs

Print . 113 x 81 cm Print . 44.5 x 31.9 inch

€1,500

S078 Mémoire pour Herve

Jacques Tenenhaus

Sculpture . 70 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch

€10,000

Morning with Cranes (custom framed large hand signed serigraph)

Jiang Tie-Feng

Print . 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 31 x 31 x 0.1 inch

€2,373

The Beauty Never Fades

PØNK Stencil

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Heartbreaker

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 15.5 x 7 x 1 cm Painting . 6.1 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch

€250

The spring fairy

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,400

Récréation - Série Portrait Caricature et Humour

Virginie Benoit-Dignac

Painting . 43 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch

€1,125

Là où les arbres ont des feuilles en hiver

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€830

L'officier

Charles Lapicque

Print . 56 x 38 cm Print . 22 x 15 inch

€500

In a room where day and night are unknown

Ha Yeon U

Painting . 53 x 65.1 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Johan's Hope

Priscilla Vettese

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Stay here

L.E.T.

Painting . 85 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Mets lui un nez I

David Cumps

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

€1,200

Eivi

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 140 x 105 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch

€18,600

Heritage 7 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman Hair

Tomiwa Arobieke

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€407

Eustache

Nef

Painting . 30 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€500 €450

Changes

Jana & JS

Painting . 45 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

The Nail and the Pearl

Tijs Dragtsma

Sculpture . 52 x 52 x 4 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 20.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,989

Emo Night Angela Davis jacket

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€4,000

Mother is burning

RNST

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

€475

Brothers

M. Hovol

Painting . 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Untitled (PEN 04)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Fine Art Drawings . 45.7 x 40.6 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 16 x 0 inch

€72,317

Rainbow Queen

O Gringo

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Awelewa (Beauty) - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Floral

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,260

Co-Comparison - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

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

€1,672

The Gift

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€15,000

El baile del amor - Série: Inspiration Latine, portrait de danseurs

Isabelle Verdenne

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

€1,240

Hard Black

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 102 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,514

Sans titre 3

Valérie Hadida

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

€1,300

Dancer 2 (Cutout), rare aluminum sculpture

Alex Katz

Sculpture . 73.7 x 53.3 x 7.6 cm Sculpture . 29 x 21 x 3 inch

€15,910

Circus

Katerina Belkina

Photography . 30 x 40 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€1,808

Street Art portrait-32

SmaK-titi

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

€1,500

Eat fugu fish

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting . 110 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,400

Envie I

Pauline Cornee

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

€2,000

Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique

Philippe Robert

Photography . 105 x 145 x 1 cm Photography . 41.3 x 57.1 x 0.4 inch

€12,500

The princess and her dangerous stunt

Anna Bulkina

Painting . 95 x 119.9 x 2.8 cm Painting . 37.4 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch

€1,627

Aba Novak

Eduardo Arroyo

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

€200

Sans-Titre

Pierre Buraglio

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

€250

Bridesmaids

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€1,175

Buste Street Goldo

Sekter

Sculpture . 25 x 44 x 16 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 17.3 x 6.3 inch

€600 €540

Balance 1: Dynamic Abstract Figurative Artwork | Magenta, Green & Purple Spiritual Study

Vera Klimova

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

€2,079

Olga II

Antoni Falat

Painting . 81 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Iretiola - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Modern Women

Faith Gbadero

Painting . 59.2 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.3 x 19 x 1 inch

€1,446

Couple

Jean-Michel Cordier

Painting . 116 x 82 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 32.3 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Confinée

Vinie

Print . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Print . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,300

Autoportrait

Jacques Villon

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.01 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,200

New Strokes

Nathan Chantob

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

€2,900

Black series - red edition N.8

Creami One

Painting . 105 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 63 x 0 inch

€3,985

Senza titolo

Alessandro La Motta

Painting . 105 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Set from the Ibiza people series

Mikael Kenta

Photography . 239.8 x 359.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 94.4 x 141.6 x 0.1 inch

€25,311

De l'autre côté du réel (XXL)

Skepa

Painting . 142 x 107 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.9 x 42.1 x 0 inch

€9,600

Tamara

Artigas Planas

Sculpture . 42 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture . 16.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€1,146

Beach day

Ivo Petrov

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

€950

The Tree of Life

Kateryna Ocheredko

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

€1,718

Aequorea Victoria

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 32 x 42 x 3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch

€850

Mother

Helen Uter

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

The fire of marseille

Hans Bellmer

Print . 78 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print . 30.7 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Drouot District 13

Dface

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

€1,290

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€9,000

Moon melody | Elegant Blue Musical Portrait Artwork

Svetlana Iskoskikh

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

€1,808

Day Shapes: Bold Abstract Figurative Artwork in Red, Blue & Yellow with Whimsical Figures

Yana Medow

Painting . 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,808

Liwaga

Salfo Dermé (Yabré)

Sculpture . 29 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€1,200

Fracture bleue

Christy

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

€1,800

Woman and dove (tribute to Picasso)

Dantès

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€50

Acrobats Balance, no.VI/VIII

Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa

Sculpture . 37.5 x 11.5 x 6 cm Sculpture . 14.8 x 4.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,900

Jumelles et fleurs

Leonor Fini

Print . 72 x 51.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,900

Hosanna

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

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

€2,100

En songe

Jo Di Bona

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€1,250

Le petit éclaireur

Eznop

Painting . 65 x 51 x 0.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 20.1 x 0.2 inch

€1,400

Liens invisibles

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,600

Despair

Zied Lasram

Painting . 80 x 65 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€950

Visage

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 38 x 12 x 7 cm Sculpture . 15 x 4.7 x 2.8 inch

€520

Barman danseur

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€950

Appolo 11

Steve Bandoma

Painting . 98 x 68 x 1.5 cm Painting . 38.6 x 26.8 x 0.6 inch

€3,000

Nina Hagen

2Kyff

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

€890

Yuki The Young Yak

Mark Ryden

Print . 51 x 46 x 1 cm Print . 20.1 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,508

Kira (Burnished Gold)

Roby Dwi Antono

Sculpture . 31 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture . 12.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch

€9,884

lueur rouge, lithographie originale

Christophe Hohler

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€660

Harlequin

Alfredo Edel

Fine Art Drawings . 43.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.1 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Days of Promise -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Memories

Oluwaseun Ojebiyi

Painting . 91.4 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,893

Iris - Éternelles

Nadine de Lespinats

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

€1,500

Livia

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€2,250

Michel Strogoff

AKET

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

€7,500

Bitch 2

Nolwenn Samson

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

€1,200

No Art Here (Wood)

Javier Calleja

Design . 40 x 40 x 17 cm Design . 15.7 x 15.7 x 6.7 inch

€4,885

The Reader -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,164

Romantic Interlock 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love

Aragbada Stephen

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1 inch

€4,836

Fille qui saute à la corde

Henri Matisse

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,250

Private Angel

Ia Liparteliani

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

€1,000

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