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!

Star reader

Isabel Miramontes

Sculpture . 65 x 30 x 40 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€12,800

Dialogue de Sourds

Isabel Miramontes

Sculpture . 23 x 33 x 17 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 13 x 6.7 inch

€12,800

Nirvana

Isabel Miramontes

Sculpture . 30 x 50 x 15 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 19.7 x 5.9 inch

€10,800

Bleu Nuit

Annick Bouvatier

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

€5,900

Zhan

Frédéric Léglise

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

5 Gracas

Vando Figueiredo

Painting . 110 x 240 cm Painting . 43.3 x 94.5 inch

€14,192 €11,354

L'artiste

Patrick Cornée

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

€1,600

Homme de profil

Isabella Kretzdorn

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€950

Song to Siren: Mystical Mermaid Stippling Ink Drawing | Black & White Original Artwork for Contemporary Spaces

Iana Cherepansky

Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€723 €651

Ange rebel 1901

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 50 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€540

Femme en maillot bleu

Rosario Heins

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€1,300

Tendrement

Nicolas Fropo de Habart

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

€1,700

Homme pensif

Isabella Kretzdorn

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€950

Oscillant

Nicolas Fropo de Habart

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

€1,700

L’oiseau familier

Corneille

Print . 74 x 61 cm Print . 29.1 x 24 inch

€950

Trialism of intentions | Contemporary Surreal Figurative

Yana Dmitrieva

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,718

"Pearls" la dernière séance (1962)

Bert Stern

Photography . 26 x 37 x 2 cm Photography . 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,990

Nathalia

Asko

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€2,800

Evi

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture . 70 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

€5,428

Emotion Robe

Josepha

Sculpture . 30 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€10,500

Sans titre

Thierry Dussac

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€7,000

Kate Moss Nude

Bert Stern

Photography . 49 x 33 x 1 cm Photography . 19.3 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Silence sacré

Philippe Huart

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

€10,500

Gravitas 19. From the series Gravitas

Tulio Pinto & Eduardo Rezende

Photography . 179.8 x 134.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 70.8 x 53.1 x 0.1 inch

€8,949

Chantilly

Carl White

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

€1,850

Au-dos-portrait

Em'Ji

Painting . 49 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

L'attente

Joel Giraud

Painting . 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400 €2,160

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€600

Schigian

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 183 x 151 x 1 cm Painting . 72 x 59.4 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Nude model

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€900

Divinité 7

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Divinité 9

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Divinité 11

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Divinité 12

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Irezumi +

Bruno Timmermans

Print . 90 x 70 cm Print . 35.4 x 27.6 inch

€95

L'ingenue

Yves Pires

Sculpture . 43 x 38 x 40 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 15 x 15.7 inch

€12,500

Tales of Love (Swans)

Rafal Olbinski

Print . 61 x 39 x 1 cm Print . 24 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€650

She

Nimrod Messeg

Sculpture . 172 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture . 67.7 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch

€24,000

Tesvol

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 110 x 92 x 1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Macman

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 130 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Kyla

Nimrod Messeg

Sculpture . 144 x 44 x 44 cm Sculpture . 56.7 x 17.3 x 17.3 inch

€25,000

Blistering Vibe

Esther Barend

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€10,500

Genèse

Guillaume Roche

Sculpture . 215 x 36 x 25 cm Sculpture . 84.6 x 14.2 x 9.8 inch

€7,800 €6,942

Infede

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 150 x 180 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch

€4,000

Uomec

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 130 x 92 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Au pays du soleil

Rebecca de Cachard

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Fragile soul

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€300

Beyond Boundaries #1

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 213 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 83.9 x 0.8 inch

€9,000

Picnic

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 130 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Sirya

Stefano Mazzolini

Sculpture . 75 x 70 x 40 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch

€5,000

¿ Nue et muette?

Gaia du Rivau

Painting . 50 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€650

Les costumés

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 130 x 162 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63.8 inch

€8,000

Vénus

Hedwige Leroux

Sculpture . 68 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture . 26.8 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€7,800

Bleu Océan

Enki Bilal

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

€850

Meditation Woman

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 inch

€290

Sappho

Marino Marini

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

€1,400

Hommage à San Lazzaro

Max Bill

Print . 35 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.8 x 10 x 0 inch

€1,250

Tulleries

Fin Dac

Print . 90.2 x 66 cm Print . 35.5 x 26 inch

€1,710

Noa's dress

Pere Sala

Sculpture . 43 x 38 x 12 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 15 x 4.7 inch

€2,050

Dans les champs, en fin d´après-midi.

José Saboia

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

€1,800

Haïku

Albena Vatcheva

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€450 €428

Rough Cuts 1

Hush

Print . 60 x 41 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.1 inch

€830

Night: William Dunas Dance 2 (Pamela)

Alex Katz

Print . 63.5 x 78.7 x 0.5 cm Print . 25 x 31 x 0.2 inch

€5,424

Bowie In Suit

Mick Rock

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

€2,460

Chop-Chop!!

Nolwenn Samson

Print . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€380

Daydream

Linde Ergo

Sculpture . 16 x 16 x 8 cm Sculpture . 6.3 x 6.3 x 3.1 inch

€1,150

Umbrella - Silent Rain No.7

Roger König

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,900

Beach. A Girl Eating Ice Cream

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,400

Melanin - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€407

Kaori

Istraille

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

€1,200

Melba

Hope 1393

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

€1,200

Freddie Mercury

Félix Rodríguez

Sculpture . 74 x 74 x 10 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 29.1 x 3.9 inch

€3,500

Le stratége militaire Sahuguet d’Amarzit d’Espagnac – Mixed media with passamentrie and collage on brocade with originals medals and pins – 1971

Enrico Baj

Print . 90 x 61 cm Print . 35.4 x 24 inch

€3,500

Si proches que le silence

Jules Be Kuti

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,200

Bethesda, l'ange de Central Park

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 131 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.6 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€2,000

Damayanti

Deville-Chabrolle

Sculpture . 58 x 56 x 50 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 22 x 19.7 inch

€32,000

Hershey Pa

Dan Witz

Painting . 122 x 152.4 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.6 inch

€24,000

Murmure

Réjane LeChat

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

€1,800

Spellbound

Dillon Boy

Painting . 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Fragile heritage

Joseph Christian Ekeomobong

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

€1,356

Bretonne (3)

Laurence Sibille

Painting . 67 x 55 x 0.5 cm Painting . 26.4 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Fantasy with Flowers 206

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€350

La tendresse

Joseph Piermatteo

Painting . 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

I've Been Here Before

Mayowa Esan

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

€3,932

Les Pommes de la Connaissance

Bernard Buffet

Print . 65.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,860

The Agony and Ecstasy

Faile

Print . 50.2 x 34.9 x 2.5 cm Print . 19.75 x 13.75 x 1 inch

€1,672

M.50

Peter Klasen

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

€10,500

Sirene

Mandi Oh

Painting . 97 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 38.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€2,800

Alice et le Flamant

Caro Graffiti

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

€1,900

Richard Wagner

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 inch

€2,500

La cage à l'unisson

Sandra Chevrier

Print . 100 x 75 cm Print . 39.4 x 29.5 inch

€2,590

Saturday Night

Nguyen Van Cuong

Painting . 71.1 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 28 x 58 x 2 inch

€3,797

Music in Motion 8.0 (unique 1/1 hand painting on screen print )

Shane Turner

Print . 80 x 50.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 31.5 x 19.75 x 0.1 inch

€1,695

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