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!

Halfway Love 4 - 21st Century Contemporary Abstract Expression, Flowers, Couples

Olumide Ajayi

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

€1,093

Green Trousers, Painting, Oil on Paper

Benjamin Carrivick

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

€151

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

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

€900

Marilyn Monroe Tribute Red

James Gill

Painting . 39 x 29.5 x 1 cm Painting . 15.4 x 11.6 x 0.4 inch

€14,200

Goodbye, Dad

Helen Spoon

Painting . 42 x 30 x 5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,102

Letter

Giovanni Omiccioli

Print . 38 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print . 15 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€200

Urania

Salvador Dali

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

€5,700

Vermeer Dollar

Su Yu

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

€1,200

Révérence du groseillier (Curtsying Gooseberry Bush)

Salvador Dali

Print . 74.5 x 54.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.3 x 21.5 x 0 inch

€5,700

Toy Boat

Anna Reznikova

Painting . 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€800

Les bonbons

Robert Combas

Painting . 54 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€39,000

Pillar of Strength 2

Agwunwa Theophilus

Painting . 124.5 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,871

Four

Liutauras Grieze

Sculpture . 28 x 28 x 28 cm Sculpture . 11 x 11 x 11 inch

€1,300

Esclarmonde

Mina Mond

Painting . 72 x 48 x 0.8 cm Painting . 28.3 x 18.9 x 0.3 inch

€1,800

The castle of the soul

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 50 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€580

Woman

Kate Aksen

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,150

All-In

Karolina Feigina

Painting . 38 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,144

Amazon Woman

Erró

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

€19,000

Leurre

KogaOne

Sculpture . 30 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

€399

Gabriel García Márquez Portrait

Hernan Diaz

Photography . 39.4 x 29.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 15.5 x 11.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,732

Recomeço, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 194 x 148 x 3 cm Painting . 76.4 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch

€16,500

Life can be tough but so are you

Mpumi

Painting . 74 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

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

Bernie the Sheep

Marie Serruya

Sculpture . 14 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch

€1,800

Lipari

Enrico Romagnoli

Sculpture . 34 x 19 x 8 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 7.5 x 3.1 inch

€435

A fragile glow

Jorg Karg

Photography . 130 x 118 x 3 cm Photography . 51.2 x 46.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,810

Ponte de Rodillas

Salvador Dali

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

€1,100

Somnium No. 2, Series XII

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Fades de Canigó

Marta Carceller

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

€1,950

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

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 250 x 190 x 3 cm Painting . 98.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch

€58,100

La Gourmandise

Francois Priser

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

€2,800

Sans titre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,800

Radious

Lucie Rydlova

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Sans titre 3

René Holm

Print . 65 x 48 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€500

Hommage à Botticelli - La naissance de Vénus

Espolisto

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

€2,750

All about love

Joann Côté

Painting . 121.9 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 44 x 2 inch

€3,370

Miroir

Nili Pincas

Sculpture . 52 x 31 x 14 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 12.2 x 5.5 inch

€4,900

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

Girls

Christian Silvain

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

€2,000

Lotus

Jojo Wang

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€850

Surreal Dream in Blue

Alice Zilberberg

Photography . 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography . 24 x 20 x 2 inch

€865

Édition Caractère Clint 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Édition Un tramway nommé Désir 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Édition D.B Immortel 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Édition Toujours Marilyn 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Édition Éternelle Audrey 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Édition Rebelle 30

Miguel Guía

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

€320

Lost lands

Ludovic Thiriez

Painting . 130 x 170 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,100

Enfant sable

Jean-François Morro

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,080

Somewhere only we know

David Cow

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

€1,000

Sans titre 4 (3)

Dennis Kristensen

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

€500

Love

Iglesias15680

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

€800

Masque de Prométhée

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 45 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch

€18,000

Girl, Boy and Bird

Yosl Bergner

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€7,195

Take Care

Pernille Egeskov

Print . 60 x 85.5 cm Print . 23.6 x 33.7 inch

€625

Boy#5, Cigar

Dominique Dève

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€200

Awen

Véronique Ball

Sculpture . 32 x 30 x 10.5 cm Sculpture . 12.6 x 11.8 x 4.1 inch

€3,800

De Face

Nicolas Fropo de Habart

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

€1,590

Two Faced

Poovi Art

Painting . 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,093

Leoni's dreams 2

Clément Herrmann

Fine Art Drawings . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€450

Lug II

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 50 x 40 x 17 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 15.7 x 6.7 inch

€10,000

The Castellan

Florisa Cordova

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch

€250

Rencontre

Miguel Condé

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

€4,000

Mother and Child

Irene Pereyra

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€300

Echo's answer

Andrea Michaelsson BTOY

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

€450

Woman

Simon Goldberg

Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.7 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€300

Soldier

Jacques Hirtz

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€300

L'anti marche contemporaine

Willy Charps

Sculpture . 40 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch

€2,875

Intelligence artificielle

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 70 x 50 x 28 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 19.7 x 11 inch

€30,000

Untitled

Michael W. Soi

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,980

Sketches

Paul Garin

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch

€380

A Theater Character

Flor David

Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.1 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€350

Portrait of Boy

Jean Dreyfus-Stern

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€350

Portrait of a Man

Ildebrando Urbani

Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 21.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.4 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€300

Green splash

Jef Aérosol

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

€5,000

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,200

Klee`s Mask

Martsi (Nataliia Martsilenko)

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

€700

Mademoiselle Colombine

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

Le monocycle

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

La Naine

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

L'homme qui crache du feu

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

Le Clown et la Danseuse

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

Mademoiselle

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€1,950

L'avaleur de sabres

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 x 1 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,950

Blue one collection #9

O Gringo

Painting . 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

La naïve innocence de la bête éperdue. (3D)

AKET

Painting . 90 x 126 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 49.6 x 0.8 inch

€13,000

Portrait Triplet 1

Renjie Gao

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

€3,572

Frowner

Jean-Luc Almond

Painting . 26 x 35 cm Painting . 10.2 x 13.8 inch

€1,641

Orbit of Emotions #3

Marina Mark

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,650

Kylie

Philippe Niago

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.7 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.1 inch

€2,500

Flora's Gesture

Katerina Romanenko

Painting . 120 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€800

Where Myth Becomes Flesh

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€546

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