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!

Matryoshka Balenciaga | Chic Black White Fashion Artwork

Vera Zvyagina

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,101

La Dispute

D-A Woisard

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

€800

Prosper

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€195

C’est tellement vrai

Frédéric Batard

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

€1,260

Miss America's Favorite Son

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€260

Liane

Lydie Thonnerieux

Sculpture . 57 x 15 x 8 cm Sculpture . 22.4 x 5.9 x 3.1 inch

€1,600

Kali

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 87 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 34.3 x 44.3 x 0 inch

€825

The Beauty of Liberty and Equality

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€460

Bats-toi, ne baisse pas les bras et tu seras libre N°11

Jacob Diboum

Painting . 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch

€330

Où le vent s'évapore

Marta Grassi

Painting . 94 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

POP

Nicolas Jesbac

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

€1,100

Recyclage

Daniel Piérart

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€2,900

Perfect Kiss

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€4,500

Pétronille

Hervé Louail (Darlou)

Sculpture . 18 x 14 x 8 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 5.5 x 3.1 inch

€400

Girl in Trailer

Tom Hunter

Photography . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€690

Stil Ikonen II

Miss Mouse

Painting . 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,000 €2,600

Coin Speech

Su Yu

Painting . 53 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Universal Dignity 6/6 HPM

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,800

Astérion 2

Christian Hevin

Sculpture . 30 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,900

Je te donne mon coeur

Volt

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

€280

Clara

Kathrin Messerschmidt

Sculpture . 65 x 43 x 43 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 16.9 x 16.9 inch

€4,000

I´m So Happy

Mr Sly

Painting . 88.9 x 88.9 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€4,928

Black Head

Armando

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

€8,900

Portrait of Pedersen

Carl-Henning Pedersen

Painting . 110 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€6,900

Carnaval à Venise

Joëlle Darmon

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,840

Woman behind Grapes

Vanessa Beecroft

Painting . 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€13,800

Fermo Immagine

Versace-Pino Costa

Painting . 60 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Portrait series

Taner Yilmaz

Painting . 170 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€9,600

Elégantes

Constantin Terechkovitch

Print . 55 x 44 x 0.01 cm Print . 21.7 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€650

Vienna

Sasha Bernardes

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Hollywood

Jack Daly

Photography . 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.2 cm Photography . 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch

€3,996

Il velo di sposa

Rossella Baldecchi

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

€3,197

Homeboys (S)

Brice Gelot

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

€1,800

Head Tie 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous, Women, African

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

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

€2,147

Strange Broom

Marian Williams

Painting . 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,950

The Lady in Noir

Tamar Nazaryan

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

€438 €373

Audrey

Laurence Nolleau

Sculpture . 110 x 110 x 5 cm Sculpture . 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€6,394

Bound By Time 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa People

Aragbada Stephen

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,690

Weary Grin

Ali Buhamad

Photography . 50 x 40 x 5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€913

Amoureux

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 34 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€2,100

Untitled

Gabriel Rigo

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

€222

Untitled

Pepe Nebot

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€999

Sans titre

François Boirond

Print . 50 x 40 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€450

Société suspecte

Junior Waylee

Print . 100 x 82 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.4 x 32.3 x 0 inch

€3,200

Flamenco dancer (Red)

Fabian Perez

Print . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Print . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€1,142

Music players

Yosl Bergner

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1 inch

€3,580

Poolside

John Popkess

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,170

LV, Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,740

It's a fire

GraffMatt

Painting . 24 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch

€270

Drawing I

Nigel Howlett

Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 20 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 7.9 x 0.5 inch

€3,197

Kate (Rosso)

XOOOOX

Painting . 77.5 x 66 x 3 cm Painting . 30.5 x 26 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

Imagine, Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Orest Hrytsak

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

€20,000

Entre Ciel & Mer

Sylvia Brotons

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

€4,000

Roy all clubs

Nathan Paddison

Painting . 95 x 78 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch

€11,000

Madame Dutilleul

Eric Valat

Sculpture . 140 x 115 x 60 cm Sculpture . 55.1 x 45.3 x 23.6 inch

€25,000

Frank

Garry Anderson

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

€10,000

Queen J

Alexandre Granger

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,900

La clé des songes

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€3,800

Composition 11

Grigol Malania

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Point Final

Nicolas Clézio

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,600

Resisting gravity IV - Primeval series II

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

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

€3,960

Between Prayer and Grief

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€320

Vendimiador

Eduardo Helguera

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.01 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,900

Virgen

Fernando Alday

Painting . 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,635

Hindu Princess (large hand signed foil stamped embossed serigraph)

Erte Tirtoff

Print . 74.9 x 102.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.5 x 40.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,466

Rhythm of the Beast

Lilia Larcos

Painting . 76 x 102 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,100

Love on Blends

Peter Max

Painting . 23 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.1 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€2,080 €1,872

January

Laëtitia Payombo

Photography . 20 x 15 x 0.3 cm Photography . 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€900

Aspetto Classico

Ger Doornink

Print . 60 x 45 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,050

Couleur Safran

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€2,380

Junior's world 3

Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli

Painting . 88.5 x 89 x 1 cm Painting . 34.8 x 35 x 0.4 inch

€6,500

Eternal Recurrence #3. Large limited edition color photograph

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 152.4 x 109.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 43 x 0.1 inch

€4,567

American Rage (wood panel 6/6)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€5,900

Lauryn I

Raf Urban

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

€700

Jungle Fever

Paul Wagner

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

€3,450

Guerriers dans la jungle

Jacques Audiberti

Painting . 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch

€750

Dreaming Big - Yellow series sisters #2

Charlotte Krashinsky

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

€1,000

You Man

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 280 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 110.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€62,000

Behind Me

Nir Hadar

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

€3,197

Resilient Stare

Samson Olatubosun

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

€1,690

L'africain

Béatrice Fernando

Sculpture . 186 x 26 x 14 cm Sculpture . 73.2 x 10.2 x 5.5 inch

€5,500

Amazon Woman

Erró

Painting . 89 x 59 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 23.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,000

La véranda

Emilio Grau-Sala

Print . 37 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 14.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€350

Silver face

Catha Gurova

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

€457

Glance

Vhils

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

€1,400

Not everyone will be taken into the future

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Délia Fille de la Mer

Laurent Chimento

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

€640

Ally

Ibitoye Emmanuel

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€2,238

Barco en un desierto africano

Juan José Fuentes Reyes

Fine Art Drawings . 57 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.4 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€2,300

Tebogo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Art Deco, Men

Jason Langa

Painting . 70.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,096

Damaged

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€650 €520

Hot Blue Bath

Jordi Ribes

Print . 85.03 x 75 x 2 cm Print . 33.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,197

In stillness, in solitude, i count 11

Christa David

Photography . 25.4 x 22.86 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10 x 9 x 0 inch

€1,500

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