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!

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

Les petits matins

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Nicole 2

Alex Katz

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

€16,000

Untitled

Sara Shamma

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

€7,000

The Cleric

Doug Thoms

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

€670

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

Spirit

Nigel Makota

Sculpture . 56 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture . 22 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch

€720

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

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

Retratos

Boris OA

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

€1,500

Brother

cObo

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

€1,200

All Will Be Good

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

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

Belle

Dina Goldstein

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

€5,500

Plexi'Art "Panda #1"(10)

JM Collell

Photography . 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch

€1,100

Night Out

Malcolm T. Liepke

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

€2,139

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

€1,065

Portrait of a Sojourner

Charles Osaro

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

€3,095

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

Warrior Girl II

Roy van der Laars

Print . 50 x 25 x 4 cm Print . 19.7 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Untitled

Edward Shahda

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

€3,550

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

€1,337

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

Amy

Zeljko Masic

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

€2,200

Cinema - Unframed Limited Edition Print

Dasha & Mari

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

€2,500

Tango

Lili Mirante

Sculpture . 60 x 20 x 14 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 7.9 x 5.5 inch

€6,880

Mind Mechanics 14

Paul Sergounine

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Le passage du Styx

Clara Crespin

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 36 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€650

Le Temps Ralenti

Nina Khemchyan

Sculpture . 50 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€13,000

Lisa

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Waterloo Royal scots greys - Série Chevaux et scène équestre

Christophe Beuchard

Fine Art Drawings . 49 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€625

Force et résistance

Sylvie Honnart

Sculpture . 36 x 27 x 17 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 10.6 x 6.7 inch

€1,500

Holding Hands

Marco

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

€1,000

All’s Fair in Love

Andrew Tosh

Print . 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€160

Tänzerin - Amphore ( Danseuse – Amphore )

Hans Mendler

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

€16,000

Katabasis

Dylan Roworth

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

€3,420

Mapgirl

Christophe Streichenberger

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

€1,260

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

Couleur Safran

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€2,380

Without his hat on !

Joseph Beuys

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

€990

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

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

Yellow

Roberta Pinna

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

€1,639

La peur

Laurent Proneur

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

€26,581

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

€2,276

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

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

El Pensador (The Thinker)

Rafael Canogar

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

€1,332 €1,199

On est là

Eva Lamaignere

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

€1,600

Espíritu salvaje

María Galán

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Le pêcheur 1

Jean Tourlonias

Painting . 33 x 22 x 1.5 cm Painting . 13 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

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

Portrait d'homme à la moustache

Georges Darel

Painting . 41.5 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting . 16.3 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,111

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

€819

Brancacci 87

Thomas Lange

Painting . 69.3 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.3 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,100

Rougir

Françoise Pétrovitch

Print . 32.5 x 55 cm Print . 12.8 x 21.7 inch

€550

Invasion 11

FC Sofia

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

€2,800

Untitled

Elena Paredes

Painting . 57 x 50 cm Painting . 22.4 x 19.7 inch

€5,500

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

Sinking

Liza Petrova

Painting . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,100

Femme

Julien Danaux

Painting . 29 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€200

Cat Waits Apocalypse, You Think About Dinner

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Le stratége militaire Sahuguet d’Amarzit d’Espagnac – Mixed media with passamentrie and collage on brocade with originals medals and pins – 1971

Enrico Baj

Print . 90 x 61 cm Print . 35.4 x 24 inch

€3,500

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires

Pablo Picasso

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€7,680 €6,528

Before Pleasure

Kostya Amelinn

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

€2,300

J'ai des projets plein la tête - Série Portrait Caricature et Humour

Virginie Benoit-Dignac

Painting . 38 x 58 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

Inaya

Flu

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,390

Building trust, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Ala Ilescu

Painting . 35.1 x 26.2 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.3 x 0.8 inch

€303

Initials BB.

Karine Wald

Painting . 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Pointer

Pablo Viracocha

Painting . 14 x 17.8 cm Painting . 5.5 x 7 inch

€360

La grande Duchesse Caroline, lithographie originale

Robert Combas

Print . 46 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€1,900

Mr.'s Room

Mr.

Print . 57 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,600

Bruno Mars, Untitled 1 and Jennifer Lopez. Triptych

Cristian Hunter

Sculpture . 109.2 x 210.8 x 17.8 cm Sculpture . 43 x 83 x 7 inch

€15,931

The Asian Tiger V1 (Hand-finished)

Tristan Eaton

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

€600

Unwritten

Carl White

Painting . 41 x 51 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,420

Petit jour

Lucie Geffré

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

€4,000

Famille

Max Rovira

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

€3,900

Ramollissement

Pol Bury

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

€200

Leaving The World Behind

tizlu

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

€4,200

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

Illumination

Marcin Biesek

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

€6,372

True colors

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Sulphuris rosa

Antonio Mejias

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

€3,500

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