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!

Love is Turmoil

Harry Ergott

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

€6,500

The butcher

Alain Le Chapelier

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

€700

The Dreaming

Harry Ergott

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

€1,500

Wild Rose

Harry Ergott

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

€1,500

Southern Belle

Harry Ergott

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Museum

Sophie Valette

Photography . 40 x 40 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€450

Le penseur Rodin comme excuse Rouge

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 32 x 14 x 22 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 5.5 x 8.7 inch

€940

Le penseur Rodin comme excuse Nickel

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 32 x 14 x 22 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 5.5 x 8.7 inch

€940

Le Decameron - La Femme Adultère

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.5 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.4 inch

€1,000

Descente

Vladimir Velickovic

Print . 91 x 69 cm Print . 35.8 x 27.2 inch

€850

Urban Wall

Jérôme Mesnager

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Descente Fig 23

Vladimir Velickovic

Painting . 207 x 150 cm Painting . 81.5 x 59.1 inch

€65,000

Mi-Siren

Arman

Sculpture . 25 x 26 x 17 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 10.2 x 6.7 inch

€6,000

Ragazza

Henri Matisse

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

€439

Sin titulo

Pablo Picasso

Print . 20.5 x 15 cm Print . 8.1 x 5.9 inch

€34,700

Candy II (Snickers)

Mel Ramos

Sculpture . 76.2 x 55.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture . 30 x 22 x 3 inch

€44,647

Oto-confidences

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Sculpture . 39 x 26.5 x 35.5 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 10.4 x 14 inch

€2,000 €1,700

Heaven and Hell

Andres Serrano

Photography . 83.8 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Photography . 33 x 45 x 1 inch

€107,154

Quando le terre stavano finendo

Alessandra Bisi

Fine Art Drawings . 127 x 94 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 37 x 0.4 inch

€2,550

Poesie Urbaine

Jérôme Mesnager

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Mlle C.

Nicolas Desbons

Sculpture . 67 x 45 x 17 cm Sculpture . 26.4 x 17.7 x 6.7 inch

€4,900

La Danseuse de Cabaret / Liegender Mädchenakt nach links / Reclining female nude facing left - 1914

Gustav Klimt

Print . 54 x 69 cm Print . 21.3 x 27.2 inch

€1,500

Album No 6 (III)

Vladimir Velickovic

Print . 90 x 62 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.4 inch

€850

Venus à cordes

Arman

Sculpture . 65 x 21 x 16 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 8.3 x 6.3 inch

€6,000

Burlsque dancer. The show

Reginald Marsh

Painting . 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€39,000

Sin titulo

Pablo Picasso

Print . 32 x 42 cm Print . 12.6 x 16.5 inch

€18,000

Love Bronze

Aleksy Kowalski

Sculpture . 74 x 37 x 17 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 14.6 x 6.7 inch

€1,100

Nu à l'échelle

Guy Thouvignon

Print . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,490

La femme fatale V

Erró

Print . 117 x 75 cm Print . 46.1 x 29.5 inch

€850

Sofa patchwork

Gaulmier Jean-Luc

Sculpture . 37 x 90 x 28 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 35.4 x 11 inch

€2,700

#10 - Voluptuousness 4 - XXL

Eric Lespinasse

Painting . 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€700

Memento Mori

Thierry Chavenon

Painting . 146 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€8,000

Zhan

Frédéric Léglise

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

€2,000

Vitruvian man-made (print)

Imbue

Print . 42 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€325

Athéna

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 219 x 80 x 56 cm Sculpture . 86.2 x 31.5 x 22 inch

€80,000

Nu Feminin 1 / Female Nude 1

Éliane Bonabel

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

€1,600

French Cancan - Série Equilibre, Forme et féminité

Michel Legoubé

Sculpture . 28 x 13 x 18 cm Sculpture . 11 x 5.1 x 7.1 inch

€3,375

Murmure du temps

Nicolas Desbons

Sculpture . 68 x 37 x 30 cm Sculpture . 26.8 x 14.6 x 11.8 inch

€4,900

Les cheveux

Henri Matisse

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

€439

Nu Féminin / Female Nude - 3

Michael Bastow

Print . 65 x 47 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.5 inch

€390

Untitled 6

Zouhair Dabbagh

Painting . 120 x 105 cm Painting . 47.2 x 41.3 inch

€9,300

Composition 1

Corneille

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

€900

Sin titulo

Pablo Picasso

Print . 37 x 49.5 cm Print . 14.6 x 19.5 inch

€30,000

Santa Klaus 4

Alexander Calder

Print . 51 x 67 cm Print . 20.1 x 26.4 inch

€1,500

Still moving

Margaret Hunter

Painting . 102 x 68 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Nuée de neige

Pol Bury

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

€130

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

Le Turban

Jean-Baptiste Valadié

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.25 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€600

Nu assise sur rocher

André de Dienes

Photography . 35 x 26 cm Photography . 13.8 x 10.2 inch

€890

L'artiste

Patrick Cornée

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

€1,600

Le Serpent Jaune

Corneille

Print . 45.5 x 63 x 0.2 cm Print . 17.9 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€510

Marilyn Baby on the bed

Bert Stern

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

€2,490

Série Lignes Blanches, A

Stefan Hoareau

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,900

Deux femmes et un musicien

Pablo Picasso

Print . 49 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 19.3 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

Le Bain de l'enfant

Pablo Picasso

Print . 49 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 19.3 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

Baigneuses

André Guillarmain

Sculpture . 26.7 x 25 x 12 cm Sculpture . 10.5 x 9.8 x 4.7 inch

€800

La penseuse

Changzheng Zhu

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

€1,260

Petite fille au Ballon Paris rue de Rivoli

Pierre Schwartz

Photography . 100 x 80 cm Photography . 39.4 x 31.5 inch

€1,400

La femme fatale IV

Erró

Print . 117 x 75 cm Print . 46.1 x 29.5 inch

€850

La femme fatale I

Erró

Print . 117 x 75 cm Print . 46.1 x 29.5 inch

€850

Flotie

Mikka Chesno

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

€1,785 €1,606

4 danseuses

Salfo Dermé (Yabré)

Sculpture . 14 x 40 x 6 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch

€800

Dos patchwork

Gaulmier Jean-Luc

Sculpture . 92 x 55 x 20 cm Sculpture . 36.2 x 21.7 x 7.9 inch

€2,700

Femme Nu Grand II

Martín Duque

Sculpture . 36.5 x 49.5 x 29 cm Sculpture . 14.4 x 19.5 x 11.4 inch

€1,490

Elle se donne a l'été

Corneille

Print . 68.6 x 53.3 cm Print . 27 x 21 inch

€1,072

Grande terre à l’arc-en-ciel

Corneille

Print . 96 x 76 cm Print . 37.8 x 29.9 inch

€1,450

Fenêtre ouverte sur le paysage

Corneille

Print . 96 x 76 cm Print . 37.8 x 29.9 inch

€1,450

Détente en famille

Jean-Louis Toutain

Sculpture . 30 x 68 x 38 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 26.8 x 15 inch

€18,000

#9 - Voluptuousness 4 - XXL

Eric Lespinasse

Painting . 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€700

Le doux félin de l’été

Corneille

Print . 110 x 76 cm Print . 43.3 x 29.9 inch

€1,650

Seconde tension

Nicolas Desbons

Sculpture . 87 x 33 x 19 cm Sculpture . 34.3 x 13 x 7.5 inch

€4,900

Marilyn in black white scarf

Bert Stern

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

€2,490

Beyond Boundaries #1

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€10,000

Femme ailée

Franz Priking

Painting . 116 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Nu drapé fond rouge / bleu RX

Peter Klasen

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

€19,500

El Bolso

Valerie Marty

Sculpture . 53 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

€1,350

Achille - Egon Schiele - Mars - Hadès - Dieu

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 130 x 93 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 36.6 x 2 inch

€900

Nu masculin / Male Nude - 1

Éliane Bonabel

Fine Art Drawings . 75 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 21.7 inch

€1,650

Expire

June Stolian

Photography . 75 x 50 x 3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Salto

Miguel Castillo Oñate

Painting . 55 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

La Ronde

Jean Laniau

Sculpture . 51 x 48 x 28 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 18.9 x 11 inch

€15,000

Miss Kiss (Lightbox)

Mel Ramos

Sculpture . 76.2 x 58.4 x 25.4 cm Sculpture . 30 x 23 x 10 inch

€44,647

Dionysos

Alekos Fassianos

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

€2,800

La visita II

Valerio Adami

Print . 152 x 72 cm Print . 59.8 x 28.3 inch

€1,300

Impossible behaviour - 12

Galya Popova

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,900

Ligne de ton dos

Luo Li Rong

Sculpture . 16 x 34 x 13 cm Sculpture . 6.3 x 13.4 x 5.1 inch

€6,000

Nu Homme Grand

Martín Duque

Sculpture . 31.5 x 37 x 27.5 cm Sculpture . 12.4 x 14.6 x 10.8 inch

€1,490

Untitled 3

Zouhair Dabbagh

Painting . 120 x 105 cm Painting . 47.2 x 41.3 inch

€8,900

Sublime II

Aleksy Kowalski

Sculpture . 73 x 30 x 18 cm Sculpture . 28.7 x 11.8 x 7.1 inch

€1,100

Santa Klaus 3

Alexander Calder

Print . 51 x 67 cm Print . 20.1 x 26.4 inch

€1,800

Fly in White

Florence Sartori

Sculpture . 30 x 14 x 6 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 5.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,100

Volutes, aquagravure originale

Erró

Print . 76 x 56 x 2 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Clair-obscur

Sergio Ceccotti

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

€6,400

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