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!

Baiser d’hiver

INLA

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

€1,350

Série silhouette

Joël Mbaï

Painting . 24.7 x 24.7 x 3.4 cm Painting . 9.7 x 9.7 x 1.3 inch

€445

Sans titre

Vanessa Beecroft

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

Tête dans le carton

Afat One

Sculpture . 90 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture . 35.4 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€8,000

Batgirl (framed, hand signed screen print)

Hebru Brantley

Print . 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,678

Duck Vador

Daru

Painting . 63 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 24.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Nocture 5

Françoise Pétrovitch

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

€1,400

Dame à la lecture

Eloise

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,318

Mélange

André.M

Painting . 72 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,750

La Cage et l'union des Forces (Red)

Sandra Chevrier

Print . 86.4 x 61 cm Print . 34 x 24 inch

€1,800

Jump2

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Kira (Burnished Gold)

Roby Dwi Antono

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

€9,966

Bate-Bola - Rio Secret Carnival #246

Vincent Rosenblatt

Photography . 100 x 66 x 0.4 cm Photography . 39.4 x 26 x 0.2 inch

€3,300

Cajita feliz

En Blanco

Painting . 95 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€844

Picnic by the River in Nature - A copy of a painting by some 19th-century

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 59 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Le photographe

André Villers

Fine Art Drawings . 58 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Rojo X

Joseph Firbas

Painting . 80 x 80 x 10 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch

€3,200

Azur

Sabrina Gruss

Sculpture . 20 x 35 x 11 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13.8 x 4.3 inch

€1,700

Afro Ebony Queen 4

Justice Ngwoke

Painting . 127 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm Painting . 50 x 40 x 2.5 inch

€1,401

Expectancy

Hassan Wasiu Sunday

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,039

Tale of the Girl and Flamingo

Fiorenza Gorini

Painting . 53.3 x 53.3 x 2 cm Painting . 21 x 21 x 0.8 inch

€1,853

My Joy My Hope

Gobe Joseph

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

€2,757 €2,261

Ghost

Oleksandra Hrebelna

Painting . 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Reina

Martyna Nowak

Painting . 78 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 30.7 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Cover Book #2

Jana & JS

Painting . 27.5 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€950

Lovers - Passionate 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€502

Unspoken layers

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 61 x 40.6 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 16 x 2.5 inch

€949

Black Pride 8 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Floral

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€1,808 €1,446

Rêverie Or - Série Portrait de femme en bas relief

Gérard Couinet

Painting . 41 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,125

Schisme #4

Erwann Tirilly

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

€2,800

Robe rouge

Xavier Jambon

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

€3,000

Page 8

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

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

€350

Tulleries

Fin Dac

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

€1,710

Sans titre (Batman)

Benjamin SPaRK

Painting . 51 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

After a long day (Series 1)

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,163

Intertwined Souls

Narine Vardanyan

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

€542

Lucky Charms are Magically Delicious

Katherine Bernhardt

Print . 80.6 x 101.6 cm Print . 31.7 x 40 inch

€3,830

Self-Worth 2

Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€2,938 €2,409

Calista

Alan Lemin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Marie Agnes Gillot - Opera National de Paris

Philippe Robert

Photography . 87 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 34.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

Yuki The Young Yak

Mark Ryden

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

€1,520

Glow 1

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 119.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,163 €2,594

Nubile

Charles Osaro

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

€2,585 €2,120

Meurtre n°5

Jacques Monory

Print . 89.5 x 60 cm Print . 35.2 x 23.6 inch

€420

Longue vue

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 40 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Crimson Halo

Yana Gorelik

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,220

Le regard intense

Dominic

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Plume fatale

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 167 x 127 x 4 cm Painting . 65.7 x 50 x 1.6 inch

€24,000

Le Ciel Bleu

Nina Khemchyan

Sculpture . 56 x 60 x 24 cm Sculpture . 22 x 23.6 x 9.4 inch

€11,000

Dream

Katrin Rymsha

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,260

Radiance of her root

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€2,712

Jardim dos Sonhos, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 90 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500 €6,750

El Pensador (The Thinker)

Rafael Canogar

Print . 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€1,322

David

Appaloosa

Sculpture . 82 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture . 32.3 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch

€500

Flower/Boulder

Maxime Cousineau Perusse

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,598

Ray Charles

Philippe Gras

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€950

Fun Loving Criminals

Batik

Print . 101.6 x 152.4 cm Print . 40 x 60 inch

€2,205

Jeux de Plage

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Le Veilleur

Didier Delamonica

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Le danseur de kabuki

Claude Weisbuch

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 32 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Lady Evet

David Akolo

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

€1,142

Resisting Gravity V

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

Painting . 29 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,360

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Aziza VS Arsen Lapin

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,470

Afterglow

Li Deyang

Painting . 173 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Don Quichotte

AKET

Painting . 154 x 115 x 5 cm Painting . 60.6 x 45.3 x 2 inch

€15,000

Lights off

Tania Potapenko

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Madonna and child

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 42 x 42 x 2.5 inch

€2,712

Sunflower

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,300

Essence de jeunesse féminine

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 41 x 11 x 11 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch

€1,140

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400

Bloom of the soul-21st Century contemporary African painting

Temitope Ojumoro

Painting . 104 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40.9 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,365

Unblighted - 21st century figurative African painting; landscape composition

Peter Eneji

Painting . 139.5 x 104.1 x 2 cm Painting . 54.9 x 41 x 0.8 inch

€2,490

To whom

Oyeleye Feranmi

Painting . 60.4 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23.8 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,499

Cloud Dancer

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 152 x 122 x 1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€9,310

Jacks World

David Sipko

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

€1,085

Al Despertar - Upon Awakening

Peperina Magenta

Print . 90.2 x 59.7 x 1.3 cm Print . 35.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 inch

€4,248

M.50

Peter Klasen

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

€10,500

Aquarium at Coney Island, Ny

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography . 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20 x 20 x 0.04 inch

€2,486

Lionne

Hossein Borojeni

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€550

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, Original Painting on Canvas, Signed

Mark Kostabi

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 inch

€4,429

Echoes of a Former Self

Halyna Kirichenko

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

The Dancer

Sabine Danzé

Painting . 135 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

The Collector - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 104.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,712 €2,169

XL Ancient Astronaut Nefertiti (Graphite Black) 2/100

Imbue

Sculpture . 30 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€850

Self vs other I

Winifred Otowa

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

€2,350

La voiture rouge - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,190

Portrait sur Marie-Thérèse

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Aura

C215

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

€3,800

Il a une tête à passer à la télé

Robert Combas

Painting . 150 x 101 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.8 inch

€90,000

Beach day

Ivo Petrov

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

€950

Petit astronaute

SeiLeise

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Wax

Mateo Andrea

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

€3,900

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