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

Kateryna

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€820

Hedi Slimani model

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,353

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

Sans titre 3

Valérie Hadida

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

€1,300

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

Louise

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€215

Twin flame

Jojo Wang

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

€850

Gloria Vanderbilt Apartment in Manhattan

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,353

Entre deux silences

Christy

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

€1,200

Resting in Green | Olive Female Figure Watercolor Artwork

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 24 x 0 inch

€316

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

€500

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

Portrait of Woman

François Chapuis

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,600

In My Dreams We Are The Wolves

Tamara Alves

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

€3,800

Geek in the holidays #280

Céline Pierzchala

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

€119

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

Faces

Ada Severi

Fine Art Drawings . 47 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.5 x 11.2 x 0 inch

€800

POPI

Jordane Desjardins

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

€700

Fougère

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

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

Untitled

Fritz Zolnhofer

Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€3,600

Sans titre

Vanessa Beecroft

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,400

Crimson Halo

Yana Gorelik

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,218

Purpose

Vhils

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

€1,200

Resisting Gravity V

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

Painting . 29 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,360

Femme de la Ville III

Ye Pu

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

€550 €495

Madame LU: lire une lettre de son chat - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

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

€215

Llama shepperd

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 56 x 37.7 cm Painting . 22 x 14.8 inch

€910

The Baroness

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 22.9 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9 x 7 x 0.1 inch

€857

The Girl and Her Flower Shadow: Dreamy Blue and Magenta Botanical Portrait, Surreal Feminine Watercolor Artwork on Paper

Ella Jensen

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€207

Marché de Monségur

Hippolyte Romain

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

€850

Longing No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€2,345

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

Douceurs aux lèvres châtaigne

Christy

Painting . 41 x 31 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 inch

€1,100

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

€812

Bailarina en rosa

Eduardo Helguera

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

€2,399

Still Between Moments | Minimalist Female Watercolor Artwork in Blue and Navy

Ana Ozz

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€406

Cat

Jojo Wang

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

Azura - portrait

Fabrice Mangin

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,180

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

€2,255

Oblivion. Hidden identity.

Joanna Chudy

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

€850

The Fortune Teller

Mino Maccari

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

€800

The Blind Pianist

Yana Dmitrieva

Fine Art Drawings . 67 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€595 €536

Almost kiss

Yana Gorelik

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,218

Frida Kahlo et son Chat à oreilles de pinceau - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

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

€215

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

€3,045

Julien

Noah Borger

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€70

Untitled 202

Tarek Butayhi

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

€800

Atmospheric harassment

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 56 x 38.1 cm Painting . 22 x 15 inch

€820 €656

Nocefresca - Millis - Sardinia

Ilczyszyn Hanna

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

€300

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

woman in yellow, Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Benjamin Carrivick

Painting . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€141

The Ghost of the Cosmic Lotuses

Yulia Belasla

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

€741

The Alchemist

Terrece Beesley

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

€2,120

Duality

Dariia Tsenzeria

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

€6,127

Du bout des doigts

Marie-Aude Molin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€450

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

Life is pretty but complicated

Soh Ee Shaun

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€700

Carte au trésor

Vincent Pompetti

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

€1,400

Revolution

Mikhail Chemiakine

Fine Art Drawings . 74.5 x 52.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.3 x 20.7 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

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

Marc Jacobs fall 2020

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€902

Frédérica

Luigi Corbellini

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

€891

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

Sophia Pistis

Mina Mond

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

€1,800

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

To Dye or Not To Die. Drawings From the covid diaries series

Megha Joshi

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

€1,083

SunFlower Face

Pompilio Gianluca

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

€250

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

Moviegoer

Dima Filatov

Painting . 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

€800

Immersion Green - Surreal Female Portrait Sheet Music Collage Artwork

Julia Shilo

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€451

Subconscious No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€2,345

Clown jongleur

Frédéric Menguy

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

€550

La demoiselle IV

Kaige Yang

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

€1,600

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

Illustration (A Girl)

Janusz Stanny

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

€2,100

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

Genesis of neo-antiquity: Vibrant Semi-Abstract Watercolor Artwork of Classical Mythology and Contemporary Feminine Power in Rich Blue, Yellow, and Terracotta

Fatima Erkenova

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€622

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 €960

Friends

Marina Lukianova

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

€1,263

The rain

Ramonn Vieitez

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

€1,804

Retrato femenino IV

Serra Grau

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

€500

Sans titre

Ray Smith

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

€900

Flora

Harumi Yukawa

Painting . 33.8 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.3 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,790

Nana Ogura

Philippe Cormault

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

€990

Evil Thoughts

Mark Tobey

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

€18,900

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

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

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

€913

L’homme bleu

Alain Rothstein

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

€1,200

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