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

Jérôme Cartellier

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

$7,700

Essence de la jeunesse 72

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 172 x 44 x 40 cm Sculpture . 67.7 x 17.3 x 15.7 inch

$13,931

Nous sommes la littérature bronze

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 39.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture . 15.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch

$1,505

Gravity

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 44.5 x 24.5 x 27 cm Sculpture . 17.5 x 9.6 x 10.6 inch

$1,730

Dreaming Muse #2

Lilit Soghomonyan

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

$1,777

Chercheuse de poux

Jules Pascin

Print . 33 x 25 x 0.01 cm Print . 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$237

Soledad

Chloé Sontrop

Sculpture . 38 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture . 15 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch

$4,502

A girl in a blue room

Marlena Nizio

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,422

What loss taught me

Poovi Art

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

$2,142

Dîner with friends

Peggy

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

$770

L’heure rose

Sophie Hors

Painting . 80 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,161

Where Thoughts Belong

Elena Russkikh

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

$958

La Vision d'Ezechiel, Signed Aquatint and Etching with hand Coloring, Framed

Marc Chagall

Print . 44.5 x 34 x 0.3 cm Print . 17.5 x 13.37 x 0.1 inch

$6,027

Le Temps Des Cerises

Véronique Clanet

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$1,730

Amazone Pyra .32

Leslie Daisy Ibarrola-Ibero

Sculpture . 23 x 25.1 x 17 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 9.9 x 6.7 inch

$2,002

N°98

Alicia Lasne

Design . 93 x 63 x 2 cm Design . 36.6 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch

$1,422

Azura - portrait

Fabrice Mangin

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,398

In

Claudia

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

$1,635

Benjamin Franklin

Salvador Dali

Print . 38 x 27.8 x 1 cm Print . 15 x 10.9 x 0.4 inch

$2,251

Candy Girl

Jean-Luc Almond

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

$1,410

Face2Face

David Sagnier

Sculpture . 50 x 15 x 0.8 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inch

$1,422

Amoureusement

K Ja

Sculpture . 51 x 26 x 8 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 10.2 x 3.1 inch

$1,007

Working class

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

$10,662

All’s Fair in Love

Andrew Tosh

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

$190

David Bowie 7

2Kyff

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,007

Katabasis

Dylan Roworth

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

$4,051

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

$1,452

Then I Wasn’t Alone Life Was Here (from A Journey To Death)

Tracey Emin

Print . 94 x 74 x 0.01 cm Print . 37 x 29.1 x 0 inch

$14,216

Time

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 79 x 50.5 x 2 cm Painting . 31.1 x 19.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,410

Third Eye Open Letterpress

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 51 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$415

Fumo di pietra III

Jannis Kounellis

Print . 80 x 60.5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.8 inch

$2,369

Cela lui traversa l'esprit

Emile Orange

Painting . 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,042

Taken Away

Snik

Painting . 100.3 x 130.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.5 x 51.25 x 2 inch

$16,143

Untitled

Gabriel Rigo

Print . 77 x 55 cm Print . 30.3 x 21.7 inch

$263

Saint Michel (bronze)

Antoniucci Volti

Sculpture . 260 x 64 x 42 cm Sculpture . 102.4 x 25.2 x 16.5 inch

$100,695

A Ticking Watch

Genevieve Cohn

Painting . 40.64 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch

$3,767

Essence classique

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 48 x 28 x 23 cm Sculpture . 18.9 x 11 x 9.1 inch

$1,576

Nous sommes une énigme

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 20 x 11 x 7.5 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 4.3 x 3 inch

$1,505

Le Pouvoir de la Parole

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 24 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

$1,327

L'avenir est technologique

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 40 x 14 x 10 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 inch

$1,564

Ménine air et métal avec patine rose pâle

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 40 x 21 x 37 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 8.3 x 14.6 inch

$1,872

Muhammad Ali - Heavyweight Ideals

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

$888

Chutt

Ora

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$3,435

Untitled 7

Layla Dagher

Sculpture . 27 x 21 x 8 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 8.3 x 3.1 inch

$1,829

Sans titre

Camilo Franqui

Print . 65.5 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print . 25.8 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

$332

Respire

MaxL

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$6,516

Bouba

Flora Gueton

Sculpture . 100 x 100 x 11 cm Sculpture . 39.4 x 39.4 x 4.3 inch

$2,251

Picasso

David Lurkin

Painting . 80 x 63 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

$948

My Friends with Red Hats

Nguyen Dinh Vu

Painting . 185.4 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 73 x 55 x 2 inch

$5,812

La question du ciel

Fabien Gäng

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,016

Victory

Jordan Pankov

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,185

Code 1934 (Estampe)

Thierry Carrier

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

$948

Calme et petite silence

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 31 x 7 x 10 cm Sculpture . 12.2 x 2.8 x 3.9 inch

$817

Beaten

Cecilia Cubarle

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

$3,317

Pink Dip

Katherine Russell

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

$1,125

Monogamous

Amir Kerr

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

$2,690

Writing On The Wall Cream

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

$592

Fiducia in dio

Massimiliano Pelletti

Sculpture . 58 x 24 x 27 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 9.4 x 10.6 inch

$56,863

Anvy II

Karin Vermeer Artist

Painting . 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$3,287

Joker

Scimoc

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

$1,955

Por Ella

Marta Breeze

Painting . 140 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$1,422

Girl`s Back

Ilczyszyn Hanna

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

$1,173

Unspoken Grace II

Iyiola Odunayo

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

$1,722

She is found in the night, as if she never meant to return

Elsa Garate

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

$5,686

Orgasme

Tømføx

Print . 61 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$332

My Own Sweet Solitude 20

Georges Bassil

Painting . 36 x 28 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 inch

$1,538

Hocus pocus woman with a rabbit

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,777

Tanzania

Léa Roche

Print . 70 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch

$332

Civilizacion

Juan Ibarra

Painting . 70 x 77 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

$480

Karel in his Studio

Karel Appel

Print . 85 x 70 x 1 cm Print . 33.5 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,054

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

$1,185

Izia

Anne Billen

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

$2,583

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 90 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,251

Qui s'occupera du ciel

Nathalie Sizaret

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$5,597

Exile and Embrace 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern

Agbabiaka Johnmark

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

$2,529

Kiss V

Roy Lichtenstein

Design . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Design . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$800

Nothing Happened Here

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$1,659

Xi’an woman

Stinkfish

Painting . 76 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

$2,796

Composición

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

$2,310

Wild Flowers (Edition Vieillie)

Toctoc

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.01 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$652

Sparrow

Adda Donato

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

$1,895

OverUnder (Pink)

David Salle

Print . 106 x 106 x 1 cm Print . 41.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch

$5,381

Deep soul 232 B

Laurence Verney

Photography . 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,369

Untitled

Martín Rigo

Print . 76 x 54 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 inch

$474

Autoportrait par un autre

Dove Allouche

Print . 21 x 17 cm Print . 8.3 x 6.7 inch

$1,019

D is for Dwarfs and Midgets

Peter Blake

Print . 102.5 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.4 x 30.3 x 0 inch

$3,554

Fill your eyes

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 150 x 112 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 44.1 x 1.6 inch

$24,759

Memories take a nap in between

Djénina Hagenburger

Painting . 122 x 149 x 1 cm Painting . 48 x 58.7 x 0.4 inch

$5,331

L'homme à la guitare - Le Trianon - Paris - Avant première du concert de Guts - série photo Noir et Blanc

Lucas Perrigot

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

$344

Les Dieux aussi ont parfois du chagrin

Julie Ruelle

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

$4,976

A town

Dominika Stawarz-Burska

Painting . 32 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 12.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$1,066

Flying Maria

Christian Silvain

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

$11,846

The golden jail

Idan Wizen

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$1,422

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