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!

Untitled

Yasser Safi

Sculpture . 22 x 50 x 36 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 19.7 x 14.2 inch

€4,500

Dance of Golden Light

Tigran Araqelyan

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

€201

Miss America's Favorite Son

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 45.7 cm Print . 24 x 18 inch

€260

Le retour

Xavier Wttrwulghe

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

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

Couple ultime

Philippe Millereau

Photography . 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€890

Profess

Gega Paksashvili

Painting . 73.5 x 74.5 x 2 cm Painting . 28.9 x 29.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Diez mil canciones en tu bolsillo

En Blanco

Painting . 75 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€815

Kaidan

Letta K.

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

€1,000

Ambivalence

Sophie Gouvion

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

€3,100

Mind Emancipation 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Men

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€1,231

Trotinette

Laurent Messager

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,620

La Faille

Zo

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 80 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,560

Dream

Keti Tedoradze

Painting . 55.5 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.9 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€950

Le colosse

Steddy John

Sculpture . 120 x 39 x 40 cm Sculpture . 47.2 x 15.4 x 15.7 inch

€6,000

Deconstrucción de Retrato de familia

Teo Franco

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,200

Transhumans 2 - Noir et blanc

Enki Bilal

Print . 76 x 58 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

Homme-Aum

Sophie Mathilde Tauss

Sculpture . 32 x 8 x 6 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 3.1 x 2.4 inch

€3,300

Gorilla with Butterfly

Hani Badawi Leo

Painting . 148 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 58.3 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Bleu

cObo

Painting . 59 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Hanoï

Seaty

Print . 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€2,400

Still Nature

Anna Witek

Painting . 110 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,995

Dans les étoiles

Eklektik

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

€1,500

Vers le futur

Jean Marais

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€250

Belle

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 101 x 72 x 1 cm Photography . 39.8 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

La frutta verticale II

Tonino Guerra

Print . 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch

€210

Night Out

Malcolm T. Liepke

Print . 55.9 x 66 x 5.1 cm Print . 22 x 26 x 2 inch

€2,143

Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion

Artemisia Fine Art

Fine Art Drawings . 54.9 x 54.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.6 x 21.6 x 2 inch

€1,067

Portrait of a Sojourner

Charles Osaro

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

€3,101

What, You egg?

Bambi Artist

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€899

La reine et l'épouse

Yoël Benharrouche

Print . 78 x 106 x 2 cm Print . 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.8 inch

€6,800

Child

Reinaldo Chavez

Design . 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design . 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

€320

Le parrain - Marlon Brando

Martin

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

€800

Young Pixelated

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 45 x 19 x 11 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.5 x 4.3 inch

€1,656

Untitled

Edward Shahda

Painting . 71 x 63 cm Painting . 28 x 24.8 inch

€3,557

J'ai perdu un peu de moi quelque part...

Sophie Hustin

Sculpture . 163 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture . 64.2 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch

€6,900

Le Veilleur

Didier Delamonica

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

€2,800

Femme à la blouse rose

Pierre Jaques

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

€1,332

Amy

Zeljko Masic

Painting . 40 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

To catch a cloud

Galya Popova

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

€1,760

Aquarium

Mamen Coranti

Painting . 40 x 42 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch

€385

Díptico de Geishas: La Piel Dorada y el Arte del Irezumi

Yamila Velázquez

Print . 80 x 120 x 5 cm Print . 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€175

Sympathie

Marta Grassi

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

€1,200

Fine fleur

Chatillon Aldehy

Painting . 41 x 33 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€1,990

We The Future / Power To The Polls

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€550

Untitled

Sara Shamma

Painting . 71 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 28 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€7,000

Retro

Karine Langevin

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

€3,500

Katabasis

Dylan Roworth

Painting . 76 x 101 x 4 cm Painting . 29.9 x 39.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,420

Homme, technique mixte

Christophe Hohler

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,950

Autoportrait sur un fil à linge

Laurent Villepontoux

Photography . 93 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 36.6 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

His-Story-2

Geert-Jan Maillé

Sculpture . 135 x 70 x 70 cm Sculpture . 53.1 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€9,860

So Good From A Distance

Anthony Lister

Painting . 51 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Flower Power 1

Alex Laben

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€3,000

Every day we are born again

Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Painting . 89.9 x 154.9 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 0.8 inch

€2,280

Untitled I (1)

Izumi Kato

Print . 41.9 x 29.8 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€8,500

The Annunciation

Svetla Koseva

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

On est là

Eva Lamaignere

Painting . 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Maybe (Peut-Etre)

Gerard Boersma

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

€390

Hello Wolrd

Gago Chtchyan

Painting . 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Samourai colorfull

Julien Soone

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

€3,800

L’homme bleu

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Israel 20 Shekel 1998 Circulated Bank Note

Steve Kaufman

Print . 69.85 x 35.56 x 2.54 cm Print . 27.5 x 14 x 1 inch

€821

Invasion 11

FC Sofia

Sculpture . 200 x 75 x 2 cm Sculpture . 78.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Jpg déchirée

François Cognet

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

€1,900

Untitled

Adam Niemczyc

Painting . 63 x 52 cm Painting . 24.8 x 20.5 inch

€1,700

Two Men

Franco Gentilini

Print . 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€850

Commanda Large Format

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 105 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print . 41.3 x 30.3 x 0 inch

€2,300 €1,955

Mini Free (corail)

Antoinette Rozan

Sculpture . 18 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

€1,800

Personajes en fondo beige

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,216

Frida Kalho

O Gringo

Painting . 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Umbrella Man #3, Unique Acrylic Painting on Paper, Hand Signed

Peter Max

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€4,378

L’été de Grace Kelly

Sophie Hors

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€990

Viene

Enzo Cucchi

Print . 30 x 30 cm Print . 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€300

Picador (A. R. 202)

Pablo Picasso

Design . 22.2 x 22.2 x 2 cm Design . 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Femme au corsage Blanc, Madame Archinard

Emile Chambon

Painting . 100 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch

€8,500

Nicole 2

Alex Katz

Print . 150 x 102 cm Print . 59.1 x 40.2 inch

€16,000

Audre

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€820

The General

Doug Thoms

Painting . 51 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€670

Holding Hands

Marco

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch

€1,000

Tänzerin - Amphore ( Danseuse – Amphore )

Hans Mendler

Sculpture . 165 x 40 x 30 cm Sculpture . 65 x 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€16,000

The Asian Tiger V1 (Hand-finished)

Tristan Eaton

Print . 40.6 x 30.5 cm Print . 16 x 12 inch

€600

Without his hat on !

Joseph Beuys

Photography . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€990

Petit jour

Lucie Geffré

Painting . 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Five dots (S)

Brice Gelot

Photography . 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Retratos

Boris OA

Painting . 70 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Famille

Max Rovira

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,900

Yellow

Roberta Pinna

Painting . 43.2 x 33 x 20.3 cm Painting . 17 x 13 x 8 inch

€1,642

La peur

Laurent Proneur

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

€26,630

01 janv. 88

Bernard Noël

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Brian

Karenina Fabrizzi

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

€338

Illumination

Marcin Biesek

Painting . 152.4 x 177.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 70 x 1 inch

€6,384

Lou dans la cuisine à Vergisson

Marc Dailly

Painting . 38 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

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