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!

At the edge of the Jade Sea

John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,157

Nambuele

John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,157

Katia

Gilles Alliaume

Painting . 28 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€200

Les Causeuses --- Bronze - numéroté 1/8.

Véronique Clanet

Sculpture . 27 x 40 x 26 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 15.7 x 10.2 inch

€10,000

Sophia

Gilles Alliaume

Painting . 28 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€200

Oups la Lune

Christine Desplanque

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

€480

Lonely meditation

Alain Le Chapelier

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

€700

Waiting for the rain in Wamba

John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,887

Litiriyan

John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,887

Beauté des îles

Toby Mulligan

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

€12,000

Afar woman of Assaita

John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,674

La dame au gecko

Electre

Painting . 45 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€320

Portrait

Samiran Boruah

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

€400

The boxer

Alain Le Chapelier

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

€700

Pescadores de Blanes

José Luis Cuevas

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

€600

Luna

Gilles Alliaume

Painting . 28 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€200

Audrey et la Piqûre des Illusions

Muriel Deumie

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

€490

Fleur d'été

Muriel Deumie

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

€490

Julie Fume (Giclée print)

Kristina Mallen

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

€390

Liana

Gilles Alliaume

Painting . 28 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€200

Bleed 4 (Stranger Things Eleven)

UTN

Painting . 29.7 x 21 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€440 €396

Window on courtyard

Alain Le Chapelier

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

€700

Samson Composition

Lucio Forte

Print . 19.5 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€75

Photo Day

Lucio Forte

Print . 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€90

Ascia

Lucio Forte

Print . 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€80

Alpha

Lucio Forte

Print . 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€80

Woman outside

Alain Le Chapelier

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

€700

Untitled 36-5

Lucio Forte

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

€89

L'ange au sourire de la cathédrale de Reims N°3

Catherine Clare

Print . 32 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 10.2 x 0 inch

€480 €432

L'ange au sourire de la cathédrale de Reims N°1

Catherine Clare

Print . 32 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 10.2 x 0 inch

€480 €432

En attendant demain

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,000 €10,800

With your hands

Elisa Bonotti

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

€380

Reciprocity 8

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€500

Untitled

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 18.1 inch

€600

Mes amours de panda

Florence Le Van

Photography . 27 x 18 x 1 cm Photography . 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

€400

Barcelone

Paul Richard Mason

Print . 34 x 25 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 inch

€400

Meditation II

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 28 x 13 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 5.1 x 0.2 inch

€223

Concerned

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 26 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch

€179 €161

Ray

Gilles Alliaume

Painting . 20 x 15 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch

€120

Ma pomme et moi

Florence Le Van

Photography . 27 x 18 x 1 cm Photography . 10.6 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

€400

Femme assise

Florence Le Van

Photography . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€400

King of rock'n'roll

Gilles Alliaume

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

€400

Alberobello Echoes - 07

Ralouka Montesi

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

€675

Healing Tears

Elisa Bonotti

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

€250

Le Livre de Monelle 3

Leonor Fini

Print . 49 x 32 cm Print . 19.3 x 12.6 inch

€250

Le Livre de Monelle 18

Leonor Fini

Print . 49 x 32 cm Print . 19.3 x 12.6 inch

€250

Wonderland, Which Way? Which Way?

Sophie Valette

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

€480

Autoportrait aux chiens

Ray Smith

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

€400

Sin titulo

Molina Sanchez

Print . 59 x 65 cm Print . 23.2 x 25.6 inch

€520

Les petites filles modèles 16

Leonor Fini

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

€275

Série "Monsters vacarme" Barouf"

Gilles Alliaume

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€175

Série "Devils" Cry devil cry

Gilles Alliaume

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€150

Sans titre 12

Aurélie Sarramon

Photography . 36 x 24 x 0.5 cm Photography . 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€60

A note from the British Museum

Maria Korusiewicz

Print . 48 x 39 cm Print . 18.9 x 15.4 inch

€600

Three Graces III

Maria Korusiewicz

Print . 50 x 57 cm Print . 19.7 x 22.4 inch

€600

Exercise Gog III

Maria Korusiewicz

Print . 32 x 41 cm Print . 12.6 x 16.1 inch

€600

Mage

Maria Korusiewicz

Print . 14 x 15 cm Print . 5.5 x 5.9 inch

€200

La luz interior de Naruto

Yamila Velázquez

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

€175

Wolverine: Cicatrices de Oro

Yamila Velázquez

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

€175

El renacer dorado de Spider-Man

Yamila Velázquez

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

€175

Beckett

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,300

Harmony

Irina Barko

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€850

Jardin des présences

Clara Crespin

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€500

Tim Curry - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Mick Rock

Photography . 43.2 x 38.1 cm Photography . 17 x 15 inch

€6,702

Family matters 14

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Cinematic Queen

Azeez Okulaja

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,502

Igi Daduro (All By Myself) II

Emmanuel Akolo

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,234

La couronne de fleurs

Claire Astaix

Painting . 18 x 14 x 3 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch

€450

Jeune fille au chapeau

Claire Astaix

Painting . 18 x 14 x 3 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch

€450

Maternité

Claire Astaix

Painting . 18 x 14 x 3 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch

€450

Jeune fille au bouquet

Claire Astaix

Painting . 18 x 14 x 3 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch

€450

Man With a Lollipop

Zakhar Shevchuk

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

€1,800

Dementia

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€780

Guardians Of The Sanctuary

Emmanuel Akolo

Fine Art Drawings . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,234

Le rêveur 2/8

Benjamin Georgeaud

Sculpture . 77 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture . 30.3 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch

€13,500

Love is blind: whimsical figurative oil artwork featuring a tender embrace in soft pastel tones

Ekaterina Kuzmina

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,963

Looking back at the light_1 | Intimate Figurative Gouache Artwork

Yuriy Khudov

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€446

IIliada & Ilion

Gia Khutsishvili

Painting . 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

A Crown for No One. Series: The New Fragility: Moody Figurative Oil Artwork on Paper, Introspective Portrait in Warm Earth Tones and Forest Greens for Modern Wall Decor

Nastya Prairie

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€758

The Keeper of the Banya | Expressive Rural Man and Goat

Alina Petkune

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

€1,160

Escape: Semi-Abstract Oil on Linen Canvas Featuring a Serene Blue and Earth-Tone Figure Merging with Nature

Irina Petrova

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

€758

Heavens Apart: Surreal Vogue Magazine Collage on Linen Canvas with Angel Wings, Birds, and Jewels in Muted Sage Green, Silver, and Cream

Maria Vetkalova

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

€803

Sans titre - Face à face

Bengt Lindström

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

€18,500

Contente toi du monde donné

Fabienne Recanzone

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€1,200

Glamour Pop con Amapolas

Kiri Aguilera

Painting . 130 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€500

Wild, wild III

Petra Schott

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

€3,130

Danza Abstracta

Kiri Aguilera

Painting . 130 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€500

Wind Melody

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 47 x 21 x 18 cm Sculpture . 18.5 x 8.3 x 7.1 inch

€2,145

Self portrait in teal & red

Tania Potapenko

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€350

Manani

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 93 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture . 36.6 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch

€1,300

Where the Wind Leads | Seaside Woman in Deep Blue

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€312

Maurane

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 56 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 22 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€580

The red dress

Duytter

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

€5,500

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