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!

Love ...Mick

Michael Edery

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€3,800

Viana

Seaty

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Dwarka

Seaty

Painting . 77 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Niamey

Seaty

Painting . 87 x 68 x 2 cm Painting . 34.3 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Robert Sapolsky

Timi O

Painting . 150 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€364

Black Turtleneck 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Kehinde Mayowa

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

€2,276

Weight They Cannot See 2 (Memorial of George Stinney) -21st Century, Contemporary

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,140

Sarchiaponi

Kotcha Kotte

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€380

Jour de repos

Taner Yilmaz

Painting . 130 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€9,800

Sans titre

Jaber Al Mahjoub

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

€1,300

215

Ivana Salajic Veljkovic

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

€1,350

Parrot Paradise II

Sreya Gupta

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,850

Skull

M.Cros

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

€2,200

Happy life

Daru

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Paris, Profil au jardin du Luxembourg

Aimé Venel

Painting . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Double Face

Dje Ozval

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

€400

Ring of Athos (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Bulat Valeriy

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

€1,125

Aurore

Marc Le Rest

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

€4,500

Edie Sedgwick Diptych

Victoria White

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€8,923

Vital Anguish

Segundo Gutiérrez

Sculpture . 50 x 15 x 18 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 5.9 x 7.1 inch

€5,500

I'm Alright, Just Here 2

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,959

Somnium No. 3, Series XII

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

L'attente

Frédéric Balmefrezol

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

€960

Édition Le regard de David 30

Miguel Guía

Print . 32 x 30 x 0.3 cm Print . 12.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€380

Joconde du Nord

Kevin Lombarte

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

€790

Serge Gainsbourg au Palace

Arnaud Baumann

Photography . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,300

Spring of Hope

Oyewumi Oyindamola

Fine Art Drawings . 101.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 28 x 1 inch

€4,097

Dear Sister 2

Boluwatife Victoria Lawal

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

€4,553

The frozen few 5546

Götz Göppert

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

€1,550

The message

Daniel Gibert

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

€600 €540

Aux arts, citoyens !

ARySQUE

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Toys

Ramon Moscardó

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

€2,560

Les amants imaginaires

Tanguy Mendrisse

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

€940

Faune

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 34 x 17 x 15 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 6.7 x 5.9 inch

€4,200

Sv8

Stefano Mazzolini

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

€1,500 €1,350

Flower Power

David Cumps

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,800 €1,620

B6

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Duo

Antoni Muntadas

Print . 74 x 95 x 0.02 cm Print . 29.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€1,000

Giants

Sándor Rácmolnár

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Toréador

José Pirès

Sculpture . 42 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture . 16.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch

€390

Rain

Margarita Ivanova

Painting . 90 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Everglades golf club (3D)

AKET

Painting . 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

The Black Cat’s Energy Policy

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 85 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Reclaiming Europa

Yana Reznik

Painting . 150 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Moon melody | Elegant Blue Musical Portrait Artwork

Svetlana Iskoskikh

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

€1,821

Abramovich

Dmitry Vrubel

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

€2,000

Vera

Olga Marciano

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€7,448

State of Mind 15 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Floral

Damola Ayegbayo

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,231

A vif

Jazzu

Painting . 45 x 25 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,050

Niamey

Seaty

Painting . 50 x 42 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,950

L'oreille cassée

Wabé

Sculpture . 56 x 24 x 19 cm Sculpture . 22 x 9.4 x 7.5 inch

€3,900

Emotion

Elisabeth Besnier

Painting . 41 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Blue 777

Kseniya Rai

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

€900

Capbreton

Lydi

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

€190

Série des aimantés - encadré - le chevalier

Maurice Falise

Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 10 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch

€120

Intimacy

Bruce D

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

€48,779

Bollene - Sculpture de femme assise

Gary Sculpteur

Sculpture . 32 x 20 x 14 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 7.9 x 5.5 inch

€580

Weary gaze III

Emanuel Gravina

Photography . 40 x 40 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€650

Abstract Dollar

Su Yu

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

€1,200

Harsha, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India

Jill Peters

Photography . 61 x 41.1 x 0.3 cm Photography . 24 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch

€3,187

Noa's dress

Pere Sala

Sculpture . 43 x 38 x 12 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 15 x 4.7 inch

€2,050

Portrait

Sirio Pellegrini

Sculpture . 24 x 21 x 18 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 8.3 x 7.1 inch

€3,200

Where love comes from

Leni Acosta Knight

Print . 91 x 71 x 3 cm Print . 35.8 x 28 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Désert

Sevarbleu

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

€1,800

Assise en tailleur

Carol On the roof

Sculpture . 17 x 15 x 13 cm Sculpture . 6.7 x 5.9 x 5.1 inch

€2,600

Will This Be in Focus? NYC

May Pang

Photography . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.6 cm Photography . 16 x 20 x 0.25 inch

€2,276

Untitled

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€110

Sognami ancora

Francesco Calistri

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

€1,700

Terpsichore, from Les Muses

Salvador Dali

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

€3,000 €2,700

Saltarí

Modest Cuixart

Print . 69 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print . 27.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,000

Ponte de Rodillas

Salvador Dali

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

€1,100

Homage To Mercure

Salvador Dali

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

€3,460 €3,114

Amigos de fiesta

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Maternity 2

Agustin Rio

Painting . 65 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€700

Untitled (92)

Nazir Ismail

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

€5,000

Trapped

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 34 x 25 x 16 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 9.8 x 6.3 inch

€1,184

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 €2,682

Shadow of Light

Jill English

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€1,889

The True North

Roldán Lauzán Eiras

Painting . 170 x 145 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Colombine

Armen Gasparian

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

€4,600

I paint reality

Mark Kostabi

Print . 50 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€240

Kate Front Cover

Sam Haskins

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

€14,478

Tokyo Pic Nic II

Motohiko Hasui

Photography . 45.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography . 17.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€500

Identities

Graça Tirelli

Painting . 63 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 24.8 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,600

Mimi

Monica

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€350

Nous ne sommes pas les derniers

Zoran Music

Print . 33 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 10 x 0 inch

€2,500

Afternoon Coffee

Nguyen Vinh Trung

Painting . 165.1 x 144.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 65 x 57 x 2 inch

€6,010

Flying Doves

Tran Huy Hoan

Painting . 86.4 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 34 x 42 x 2 inch

€9,106

Chanel doggy

James Chiew

Sculpture . 35 x 62 x 39 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 24.4 x 15.4 inch

€2,450

Ailleurs

Marta Grassi

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

€2,200

L'Inca

Eric Khellas

Painting . 70 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€990

Model in Margiela

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€637

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