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!

Évanescence

Valérie Hadida

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

€2,800

Duma

Noah Borger

Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€70

Femme dans les nuages #2

Gris De Garance

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

€150

Double

Noah Borger

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€70

La demoiselle IV

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Artist Tracey Emin Working

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€808

Dans tes bras 3, prendre soin

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

Tête rose

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 36 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€1,600

Jane

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€215

The Family

Kirill Postovit

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

€1,293

Purpose

Vhils

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

€1,200

Bailarina en rosa

Eduardo Helguera

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

€2,399

Femme japonaise et carpes Koï

Gris De Garance

Painting . 36 x 26 x 1 cm Painting . 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

€160

Cosmic Flyer Original Mixed Media Drawing, Watercolor on Paper

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€3,029

Simone Veil femme forte héroïne célébrités paix liberté figure pop art Wahrol

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€1,100 €880

La belle espagnole aux accroche-cœurs

Jean-Gabriel Domergue

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Nocefresca - Millis - Sardinia

Ilczyszyn Hanna

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€300

Le photographe

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€400

Une Envolée de Légumes !

Noël Granger

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

Subtilesa

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

Painting . 26.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 10.4 x 7.7 x 0.6 inch

€900

Homme et chien

Pat Andrea

Painting . 21.5 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 8.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Sans titre 3

Valérie Hadida

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

€1,300

Fracture bleue

Christy

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

€1,800

Harlequin

Alfredo Edel

Fine Art Drawings . 43.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.1 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Dama de las orquídeas

Eduardo Helguera

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

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

Marché de Monségur

Hippolyte Romain

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

€850

Les silencieuses, partie 6/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Family 2

Ivan Afronskiy

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 11 x 0.4 inch

€1,290

Women

Guelfo Bianchini

Fine Art Drawings . 50.5 x 36 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.9 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch

€800

Oblivion. Hidden identity.

Joanna Chudy

Photography . 50 x 60 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 inch

€850

Illustration (A Girl)

Janusz Stanny

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€2,100

Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,167

Femme à tête de poisson

Gris De Garance

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

€150

Retrato femenino IV

Serra Grau

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

€500

La maison aux tournesols (tourterelles et tournesols)

Agrume

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

A dandy in the garden of black roses

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,244

SunFlower Face

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 21 x 13.5 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.3 inch

€250

Cat

Jojo Wang

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

€850

POPI

Jordane Desjardins

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Sauté de champignons !

Noël Granger

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

Sophia Pistis

Mina Mond

Painting . 112 x 45 cm Painting . 44.1 x 17.7 inch

€1,800

Untitled 202

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 inch

€800

20 déc. 87

Bernard Noël

Painting . 59.5 x 39.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 15.6 x 0 inch

€800

The Alchemist

Terrece Beesley

Painting . 48.3 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,109

Daily

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 54 x 38.9 cm Painting . 21.3 x 15.3 inch

€820

Evil Thoughts

Mark Tobey

Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€18,900

Carte au trésor

Vincent Pompetti

Painting . 47 x 70 cm Painting . 18.5 x 27.6 inch

€1,400

She is like that 3. Series For passport

Margarita Zipman

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€1,077

Le décor n'a pas changé...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

Guru (framed, original mixed media on paper)

Peter Max

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€3,029

Das Rheingold - L'Oro del Reno

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings . 75.5 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 22.2 inch

€10,000

Friends

Marina Lukianova

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

€1,256

Illustration (A Girl)

Janusz Stanny

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€2,100

Gradation of life, prayer

Harumi Yukawa

Painting . 31 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,430

Frédérica

Luigi Corbellini

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€907

Gérard d'Oelsnitz and Kees van Dongen

Léonard Foujita

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 16 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

€35,000

Le Persécuté

Mariam Khachatryan

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

€1,499

Femme de la Ville III

Ye Pu

Painting . 53 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€550

When the glass is broken/What is good wine?

Megha Joshi

Fine Art Drawings . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,077

Clawdia Chauchat

Laurent Mangepapier

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,060

Clown jongleur

Frédéric Menguy

Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 19.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.4 x 7.6 inch

€550

Flo et Helio

Fafi

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€1,200

Jeune fille assise, ca.

Constantin Terechkovitch

Painting . 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€9,500

Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€449

La Traviata - Rodolpe - 4e Acte

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€3,200

Ventre de Paris

Mikhail Chemiakine

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

€2,200

Procès

John Reitz

Fine Art Drawings . 36.5 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€930

Unique

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€175

The rain

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 64.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 25.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,795

Woman

Leo Guida

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€580

Fumo viola

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting . 30 x 20.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.1 inch

€350

Untitled

Fritz Zolnhofer

Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,400

Sans titre

Ray Smith

Painting . 27 x 19 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 x 0 inch

€900

Orange Backstage

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€853

Mémoire d'indigo

Christy

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

€1,200

01 janv. 88

Bernard Noël

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Moscow city: "Urban Symphony in Gold & Sapphire"

Yulia Belasla

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 23.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.3 x 0 inch

€736

L’homme bleu

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Theatrical Costume

Alfredo Edel

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Pallas’s Cat | Contemporary Wildlife Study in Watercolor

Elena Mashkova

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€718

Sen

Jordane Desjardins

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

couple à la pomme - mythologie - cosmogonie - pomme - apple - Basquiat

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 89 x 115 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch

€800 €640

Personaje inédito -serie cuerpos y almas-

José Fernández Morán

Fine Art Drawings . 67 x 48 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

La Guitariste

Jean Chapin

Painting . 18.8 x 15.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.4 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€680

Marharyta

Mina Mond

Painting . 47 x 115 cm Painting . 18.5 x 45.3 inch

€1,800

Carte au trésor

Vincent Pompetti

Painting . 57 x 30 cm Painting . 22.4 x 11.8 inch

€850

Le bonheur simplement...

Javier Navarro Avilés

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

€950

Varanasi baby

Rossella Mercedes

Painting . 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€400

Hommage à Léon Bourgeois II

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 cm Painting . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

Portraits

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€770

Reclining Woman and Flowers

Charles Levier

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 53.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 21 inch

€2,244

Aline Kominsky-Crumb & Dominique Sapel Collab

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€2,659

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