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!

A contre-pied

Patrick Vandecasteele

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

€2,700

Listening to the infinite

MaKù

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

€1,350

Kiss Me

Anathomie

Sculpture . 26 x 30 x 26 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 11.8 x 10.2 inch

€900

Femme libellule

Gris De Garance

Painting . 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€150

Seeking or hiding, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Asterios Lamprou

Painting . 100.1 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€25,256

Social Mask

Esther Cohen

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

€1,200

Insouciance

Virginie Coste

Sculpture . 25 x 7 x 7.5 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 2.8 x 3 inch

€2,400

Marilyn Monroe in Classical Times

Su Yu

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

€1,200

Silken dress - Série portrait de femme

Michel Verclytte

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€200

Spirit

Nigel Makota

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

€720

Champions #2

Mic Staib

Painting . 100 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch

€3,800

Fragile esquif

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,780

Paul McCartney Change Begins (Red)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€540

Paul McCartney Change Begins (Blue)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€540

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

Just Outside Your Centre

Keya Tama

Print . 35.6 x 27.9 cm Print . 14 x 11 inch

€280

Imploding

Joon the Goon

Print . 63.5 x 48.3 cm Print . 25 x 19 inch

€180

The Great Beyond (Papyrus)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€1,200 €960

Woman behind Grapes

Vanessa Beecroft

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

€13,800

Gone with the moon - Figurative painting of a lady in red dress

Peter Eneji

Painting . 139.7 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55 x 41 x 1 inch

€2,231 €1,786

Les fiancés

Ottone Rosai

Print . 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

Les Dames De la Seine

Gustave Courbet

Print . 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

At Prime (Igba Ara) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Linocut

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print . 39 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,009

The Cellist. Allegro! - French Character Portrait

J Tempier

Painting . 46 x 33 x 0.25 cm Painting . 18.1 x 13 x 0.1 inch

€480

Glimpse

Vhils

Print . 87 x 61 cm Print . 34.3 x 24 inch

€2,500

Big City Blues

Lavanelli

Painting . 117 x 102 x 1 cm Painting . 46.1 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,850

A toy II

Slasky

Print . 40 x 40 x 0.5 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€690

Carmen

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€3,860

My Escape from Reality

Ljuba Ananina

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

€1,150

Band

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,438

Cabaret

Edu Danesi

Painting . 128 x 118 x 3 cm Painting . 50.4 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch

€7,200

Morning Glory

Wencke Uhl

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

€1,072

Dancer

Miroslava Vrbova-Stefkova

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

€2,400

Drifting

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 40 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€3,400

Portrait Head 047B Pop - Italian School - NSWE

Dario Moschetta

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Deep Light

tizlu

Painting . 140 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€3,800

Becoming the tea

Allison M. Low

Painting . 29 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Unknown Soldier - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Military, Veteran, Men

Makama John

Painting . 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,366

Only the Finest Poison HPM 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€7,900

Future is Equal HPM 2/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€7,900

Lute Player

Ossip Zadkine

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€800

Ponte de Rodillas

Salvador Dali

Print . 41 x 29 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.1 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€1,100

La Belle Endormine

Irakli Nasidze

Sculpture . 14 x 32 x 11 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 12.6 x 4.3 inch

€4,600

Requiem

Leonardo Cremonini

Print . 49.5 x 59 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.5 x 23.2 x 0 inch

€500

Icare

Chantal Dufour

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

€10,000

Hello Wolrd

Gago Chtchyan

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

€1,200

Portrait cubiste

Alain Beraud

Painting . 114 x 81 x 1 cm Painting . 44.9 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

€12,200

Styles Change - Style Endures _ yellow

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 48.26 x 35.56 cm Print . 19 x 14 inch

€500

Miami heat kid cup

Léo & Steph

Sculpture . 50 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€9,822

Deceit and disruption 6/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€8,200

Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même

Salvador Dali

Print . 84 x 63 x 0.1 cm Print . 33.1 x 24.8 x 0 inch

€2,980

Flower Woman 1/6 HPM

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Just Angel Rising 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 62 x 46 cm Painting . 24.4 x 18.1 inch

€7,900

Dans un ciel d'or

Raya Sorkine

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

€23,000

Defend Dignity HPM

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 104 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 40.9 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€21,500

Royal Legacy Original Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Gardani

Painting . 85.1 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 27.5 x 1.5 inch

€3,572

Dottor Pupius

Massimo Festi

Photography . 200 x 100 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€900

Party Girl

Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa

Sculpture . 26 x 6.3 x 5 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 2.5 x 2 inch

€1,190 €1,071

Self Portrait with Haircut

Peter Saul

Print . 76.2 x 55.9 x 1 cm Print . 30 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€8,037

JUSTICE WOMAN 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€7,900

Bob Marley 40th (Set of 3: Confrontation, Soul Rebel, Lively Up Yourself)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 49.53 x 41.91 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.5 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

Lui

Kevin Lombarte

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Petite dame au fourreau

Josepha

Sculpture . 40 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€7,500

Overwinning (Victory)

Rietje Geurts

Sculpture . 62 x 23 x 11 cm Sculpture . 24.4 x 9.1 x 4.3 inch

€6,275

Naive | Bronze Sculpture

Aurelija Simkute

Sculpture . 23 x 18 x 13 cm Sculpture . 9.1 x 7.1 x 5.1 inch

€6,500

Portrait d'homme

Henri Fehr

Painting . 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€735

Girl

Nino Cordio

Fine Art Drawings . 44.5 x 31 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch

€550

Portrait

Serge Fontinsky

Fine Art Drawings . 35.5 x 23.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 9.3 x 0.1 inch

€580

Roméo et Juliette

Jeanne Daour

Fine Art Drawings . 14.7 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€650

Il Generale (The General)

Enrico Baj

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

€650

Masque cubiste

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 26 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch

€580

Spring Forth

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€300

Venice Carnival N1: Large Venetian Masquerade Oil Artwork with Textured Purple and Orange Portrait Decor

Anna Privaloff

Painting . 150 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,099

Reading

Pablo Ientile

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€850

Diptyque : Suzanne Valadon et Maurice Utrillo, dit Mômô - Série portrait en diptyque iconique

Marie Voillat

Painting . 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€350

Unspoken

Franklin Ifeanyi Igwenagu

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€2,402

Eclosion

Victoria Stagni

Painting . 80 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Poupée de Peau #C1N4

Noémie Ninot

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

€770

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

€2,411

Frida Kahlo

Vincent Bardou

Painting . 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,399

Hurtful King

Suketchi

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

€2,900

Made you Look

Gelena

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

€7,950

Parallel Lies

Kateryna Kostyk

Fine Art Drawings . 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€2,250

La boite à rythme

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

No Thanks, I Am Good

Ernesto Artig

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

€5,000

Two seated woman, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 119.4 x 99.1 x 2 cm Painting . 47 x 39 x 0.8 inch

€4,643

Urania

Salvador Dali

Print . 51 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€5,700

Sound of silence

Weber Zhang

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

€10,000

Scream

Tsotne Kveselava

Painting . 70 x 53 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 20.9 x 0 inch

€1,000

Anne-Marie with red ribbon in hair

Stephen Najda

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Femme Blue

Laurence Courto

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

€1,500

Obey Noir Flower Woman (Blue)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€250

Obey Noir Flower Woman (Red)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€400

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