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!

While The World Decay (Fluro)

Snik

Painting . 48.7 x 102.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.2 x 40.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,500

Demain après-midi

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings . 35.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 10.2 x 0 inch

€3,800

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 4

Bert Stern

Photography . 61 x 61 cm Photography . 24 x 24 inch

€27,119

Giano

Massimiliano Pelletti

Sculpture . 40 x 20 x 34 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 7.9 x 13.4 inch

€42,000

Portofino

Frédéric Batard

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

€1,967

Tête

Hans Bouman

Painting . 69 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.9 x 0 inch

€950

Femme en blanc sur la plage

Rene Lelong

Painting . 29 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

N° 1284 La Croix-Rousse. Salve, o philosophus.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€520

Maria and the Callas #2268. Homage to Horst P. Horst limited edition photograph

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€4,520

Insight 4

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,898

Rubik Kubrick Clockwork Orange (Alex)

Invader

Print . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€10,218

Africa Queen 1

Enrica Ciffo

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€540 €486

3 Milliards

Alben

Painting . 145 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 57.1 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€12,700

FabuLLeuse 1

B.AX

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€990

Nen

Alicia Grau

Painting . 33 x 44 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 17.3 x 0.8 inch

€900

Evening at the Bar

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€8,647

Souvenirs

Audrey Faivre

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

€3,580

Lady with Fur

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 105 x 76 x 0.7 cm Painting . 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.3 inch

€6,400

Harbor 10, 2006

Alex Katz

Print . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€6,200

Metropolis

Irina Shark

Sculpture . 34 x 13 x 23 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 5.1 x 9.1 inch

€5,500

Marché de Monségur

Hippolyte Romain

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

€850

Agora

ARySQUE

Painting . 116 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 57.5 x 1 inch

€1,900

El Keif Le Drogué Ou Perdu Dans La Fumée

Hamed Abdalla

Painting . 44 x 32 cm Painting . 17.3 x 12.6 inch

€4,000

Wild Grace Within

Tigran Araqelyan

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€814

Femme parfaite I – Serville

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 113 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,637

Harmonic Sounds

Jules Courvoisier

Painting . 95 x 71 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 28 x 0.8 inch

€1,885

Femme paysanne

Alessandro Pomi

Painting . 68 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 26.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,589

Style mosaïque

Charles-Auguste Humbert

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

€2,265

Hope #7

Raf Urban

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

€950

Bazaar Kate Moss Coiffe Amériendienne

Pola 4.0

Painting . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Apparences

Shank Arte

Painting . 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,360

Blue in Sunlight - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperrealism, Africa

Falope Ibrahim

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,898

Echoes of Laughter: A Surreal Chaplin Portrait

Artush Voskanyan

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€10,848

Compact Maradona

Gameon

Sculpture . 33 x 33 x 4 cm Sculpture . 13 x 13 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Seule sous l'ombre du jaune

Arnold Fokam

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€4,000

Madelgaire

AKET

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

€250

Confidence

Beatrice Bizot

Sculpture . 30 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch

€2,400

Untiteled

JM Robert

Print . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

For Your Eyes Only 5

Marian Williams

Fine Art Drawings . 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch

€250

Pearls

Ziqian Liu

Photography . 61 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 24 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,500

Green Smoke - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Realism, Africa

Etuk Unyime

Painting . 152.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 inch

€2,712

Apollo (1)

Henri Matisse

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

€439

Chinoiserie

Barry Wilson

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

€1,689

Syll

Fabien Delaube

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Oil caricature genre painting "Perfomance"

Leonid K.

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

€809

Portrait de femme

Ilse Voigt

Painting . 96 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,992

Toute la lumière en nous

Jules Atarax

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,250

Hommage aux tirailleurs

Nathanael Koffi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€900

Trio of Queens Gold - Series Gold

Margot Laffon

Print . 92.5 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print . 36.4 x 24 x 0 inch

€1,700

Fred nuance Bleute

Bruno Roudil

Sculpture . 25 x 50 x 17 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 19.7 x 6.7 inch

€430

Sade n°3 - Série Série les femmes et la nature, portrait de femme iconique

Esther Essounga

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€600

Tapisserie

Jean Marais

Design . 190 x 140 x 4 cm Design . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Desse(i)ns

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Portrait d'une jeune Geisha - série portrait pop coloré

Jair Marques Herculano

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,070

Orphic Hymn to Winged Niké HPM

Pichi & Avo

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,150

Pupa Woman (Plate)

Yoshitomo Nara

Sculpture . 26.7 x 26.7 x 3 cm Sculpture . 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,714

Hidden (triptyque)

Hom Nguyen

Print . 104 x 234 x 1 cm Print . 40.9 x 92.1 x 0.4 inch

€14,000

Gotta wear shades

Jahlil Nzinga

Print . 109.6 x 80 cm Print . 43.1 x 31.5 inch

€1,703

Amour Fleuri

Raya Sorkine

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

€15,500

Moses

Marco Araldi

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

€1,146

Abstrait de Snath

Snath

Painting . 120 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Peace

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 87 x 87 x 2 cm Painting . 34.3 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Kipusa (gorgeous)

Mosoti Kepha

Sculpture . 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch

€1,890

Urban Kontortion

Bom.K

Print . 90 x 67 cm Print . 35.4 x 26.4 inch

€931

Candy Girl

Jean-Luc Almond

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,182

Bluegrey Balloon Girl - Embrace Hope | Africa

Patrizia Casagranda

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

€5,600

Hide

Nathan Chantob

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

€7,600

All You Need is a Cat

Mariia Kotiuzhynska

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

€1,280

À l’intérieur

Charlotte Brunstein

Photography . 57.97 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€990

Joya

Esther Barend

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

€13,500

Marilyn, Amagansett, NY, 1957 (1D)

Sam Shaw

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,250

Sans titre (code 2502)

Walter Ciandrini

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

€1,650

Nina

Virginia Benedicto

Sculpture . 30 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€2,100

Dutress and Her Cat -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Animals

Akingbade Mayowa

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,576

Hot Flush

Rob Omodiagbe

Print . 59.2 x 45 x 0.3 cm Print . 23.3 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€262

Azalaïs

MarielauTerre

Sculpture . 32 x 17 x 16 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 6.7 x 6.3 inch

€2,900

Society Portrait, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg

Rose Teitigen-Obeurer

Painting . 46 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,210

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Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

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

€350

Rimbaud was a punk

Cécile Abiven

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

€1,300

White marble samouraï

Julien Soone

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

€3,500

Aura

C215

Painting . 50 x 35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€3,800

Apollo

Luka Bartoli

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

€1,400

Silver and Gold I Have All But Happiness? -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative

Samson Toba

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

€3,480

L'Arlésienne

Jean-Pierre Mocci

Sculpture . 50 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€1,500

Harmony or devastation

Anton Klepikov

Sculpture . 65 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch

€1,808

Untitled

Larissa De Jesus Negron

Painting . 34.3 x 27.9 x 2 cm Painting . 13.5 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€2,712

Next steps

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Painted Lips II (XS)

Tyler Shields

Photography . 38.1 x 50.8 cm Photography . 15 x 20 inch

€2,260

The wait 1

Barnabas Macauley

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

€2,260

de la série PERCEPTION - Dessin Graphite et aérosol sur papier

Maxime Lemoyne

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€2,200

Kaelys

Claudia

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

€1,380

The New Frontier

Ray Richardson

Painting . 10 x 10 x 2 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Les silencieuses, partie 6/6

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

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