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!

Books about Love

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,200

Anna - Portrait de femme rouge

Christophe Boverli

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

€1,190

La Plongeuse

Patrick Rubinstein

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

€10,000

Arcrylic genre painting with ballerinas

Natalia V.

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

€169

A Message From Our Sponsor

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 80 x 64.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.5 inch

€21,900

Découpages de Pablo Picasso, la femme et le cheval

André Villers

Photography . 30.5 x 24 x 1 cm Photography . 12 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,590

Peace that makes no sense - 21st century colorful African figurative panting

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 139 x 139 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 54.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,590 €2,872

Banquise

Sevarbleu

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

€1,600

Afrique physique

Clara Castagné

Fine Art Drawings . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€800

Wolfgang Amadeus

Kokian

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

€4,000

Overwhelmed - Format M

Deborah Zuanazzi

Photography . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Eye to eye

Muriel Matt

Painting . 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€3,100

Ritual

Francisco Zuniga

Print . 47 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,073

L'effrontée

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

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

€1,900

Un petit air de printemps

Josepha

Sculpture . 28 x 73 x 24 cm Sculpture . 11 x 28.7 x 9.4 inch

€17,200

Thy Knowledge

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,073

Silent Response

Deyron Favour

Painting . 38 x 32 x 4 cm Painting . 15 x 12.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,350

Whirl along

Ana Maria Kis

Painting . 60.96 x 91.44 x 1.27 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.5 inch

€1,300

Hotel Molitor

Serge Nicolas-Castel

Painting . 81 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Women's Pride 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Fashion

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 55.9 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 inch

€939

Providence

Francesco Neo

Painting . 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

The Silent Mantis 1

Georges Kafian

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1.6 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,600

Portrait de Palenquera 1

Rosario Heins

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

€2,400

Le clin d'oeil

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€800

Poème collage

Georges Mathieu

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 43 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€15,000

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

Listen to your Soul

Pariz One

Print . 29 x 29 x 2 cm Print . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch

€500

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

La tante Louison

Britt

Painting . 38 x 28 x 1 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.4 inch

€960

Pupa Woman (Plate)

Yoshitomo Nara

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

€2,735

Who is the reader

Paola Grizi

Sculpture . 35 x 29 x 22 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 11.4 x 8.7 inch

€11,500

Empreinte

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€30,000

Les Noyers de l’Altenburg

Vladimir Velickovic

Print . 35 x 24.7 cm Print . 13.8 x 9.7 inch

€230

Colin de Land

Elizabeth Peyton

Print . 57.15 x 47 cm Print . 22.5 x 18.5 inch

€7,500

Mesdemoiselles

Kaige Yang

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

€2,500

About me

David Martinez

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

€1,400

Anna Wintour

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€20,000

Femme pensive

Zafi

Painting . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€15,000

Sabine

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,890

In the mirror of time, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 154.9 x 154.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 61 x 61 x 2 inch

€16,397

Cui Cui

Nef

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€220

Tête

Hans Bouman

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

€950

Second Portrait

Adriana Oliver

Sculpture . 25 x 26 x 8.5 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 10.2 x 3.3 inch

€1,175

Premier Souffle

Nadine Denjean

Painting . 116 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,080

The Lady and the Peacock

Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

Too Much Fun

Linda Kyser-Smith

Print . 61 x 63.5 x 1.9 cm Print . 24 x 25 x 0.75 inch

€1,207

Flower girl

Igor Volkov-Tkachinskiy

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

€891

All is not what it seems

Jean-Luc Curabet

Painting . 180 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€7,000

Untitled

Ayako Rokkaku

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

€1,710

Claudia

Jack Jacquot

Sculpture . 70 x 62 x 4 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 24.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Blue Portraite

Hrair Gharib

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

€130

Adam & Ève

Eloy Morales

Painting . 195 x 240 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch

€42,200

Operating

Katalin Soós

Painting . 130 x 163 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

The Future god

Jorn Van Hoorn

Sculpture . 40 x 27 x 20 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 10.6 x 7.9 inch

€5,500

Live passion

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,800

Flamenco

Isack

Print . 100 x 72 cm Print . 39.4 x 28.3 inch

€990

Le pianiste

Giuseppe Piermatteo

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

€920

Nomanda

Lluisa Pla Oliveras

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

€2,700

The Beauty Never Fades

PØNK Stencil

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

€1,400

Blonde Indigenous

Nunca

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

€22,237

Le visage

Luis Martins dit L7Matrix

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Old But Golden 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Figurative Portrait, Africa

Loje Oluwaseun

Painting . 76.2 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 23 x 1 inch

€1,654

Silent Harmony

Oluwaseun Oyewale

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

€1,609 €1,448

Seer 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting of Woman Hair

Ayotunde Ayomide

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,609

Apparences

Shank Arte

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

€1,360

Basquiat

Maria De Campos

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,347

Down the memory lane

Meshach Charity

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

€3,128 €2,503

Lady with a hand fan

Anatoly Metlan

Painting . 91 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 1 inch

€6,078

Deux clowns

Pierre Jacquot

Painting . 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Le plus dur est fait

Francky Boy

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

€2,700

Viens me voir

Jacques Monory

Print . 49.5 x 39.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 15.6 inch

€450

Sense títol nº3

Marta Fàbregas

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

€660

Pause Between Steps

Ewurama Amankwah

Painting . 78.7 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 31 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Red 09

Cristiano Felismina

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

Apollo

Andrey and Aleksey Kulibin

Sculpture . 95 x 95 x 4.5 cm Sculpture . 37.4 x 37.4 x 1.8 inch

€1,296

ToccO - Aloha

ZuZ Frederic Zuzek

Painting . 85 x 85 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch

€3,300

Madame Love (Move for Freedom)

Antoinette Rozan

Fine Art Drawings . 40.5 x 29.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.9 x 11.6 x 0.4 inch

€800

Man of Steel - Superman in the National New York Times

Benjamin SPaRK

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€7,850

Subtilesa

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

Painting . 26.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 10.4 x 7.7 x 0.6 inch

€900

The Family

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,293

The Two of Them

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€849

Sculptures Dans L'Atelier (Lust 185), rare hand signed etching

Alberto Giacometti

Print . 28.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.25 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€13,945

Luminance

Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

Painting . 50 x 36 x 0.6 cm Painting . 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€980

Marked in majesty

Wasiu Akande

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€1,162 €1,046

Portraits

Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)

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

€1,400

Blue dress

Alena Di Santo

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

€670

Nérée

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 78 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture . 30.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€1,000

David Bowie - The Archer

John Rowlands

Photography . 25.4 x 48.3 x 0.5 cm Photography . 10 x 19 x 0.2 inch

€1,341

Hypnosis

Nino Chichinadze

Painting . 80 x 79 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.1 x 1 inch

€2,300

Melancholy (DIV 104)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 122 x 76 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 29.9 x 1.5 inch

€125,144

Man 2

Pepe Hidalgo

Painting . 51 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,980

Ne me quitte pas!...

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 145 x 119 x 0.01 cm Print . 57.1 x 46.9 x 0 inch

€440 €418

Purp

Kateryna Komendant

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

€2,300

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