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!

Surrender No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Dream

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Blessed

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€165

Feel No. 8

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€256

Touch No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Touch No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Sleep Study No. 6

Elizabeth Becker

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

€256

Anthony

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€275

Surrender No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Space No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Sleep Study No. 7

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Sleep Study No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Rest No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Portrait Sketch No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Portrait Sketch No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Identity No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Feel No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Feel No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Endure

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€302

Searching No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€105

Evoke No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€183

Stillness No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€183

Permeate

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€183

Identity No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€329

Without

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Layers of Time

Elizabeth Becker

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

€302

Jean Cocteau

Quentin Badran

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 40.9 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch

€11,000

Dreams

Valery Savenets

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

€264

Tête du 16 octobre 1987

Bernard Noël

Fine Art Drawings . 32.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

The Old and the Young

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 48 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€600

Azur look at the blue kimono

Christy

Painting . 76 x 57 x 0.5 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch

€2,500

Giuliana

Lucio Forte

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

€80

The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human VI

Joanna Chudy

Photography . 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€750

The frowns

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Deeper No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€348

Yesterday

Elizabeth Becker

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

€302

Interlude No. 9

Elizabeth Becker

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

€211

Impermanence

Elizabeth Becker

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

€256

Sullen No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Mend no. 15

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€211

Portrait Study No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

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

€105

Whisper

Elizabeth Becker

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

€302

No longer

Elizabeth Becker

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

€302

Oh! Gang Bank!

JP Malot

Painting . 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

Muted No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 4.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch

€128

Muted

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 4.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch

€151

Enigme 4

Lucio Forte

Painting . 23 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€80

Breath

Elizabeth Becker

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

€105

Clouded

Elizabeth Becker

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

€320

Mend No. 13

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€348

Perceiving No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€211

Profound

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€302

Perceiving

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€302

Awareness

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€302

Healing No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€211

Healing No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€256

Withstanding No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€302

Fortitude No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€211

When No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€256

Fluid

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€211

Stranger No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.64 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€256

Disappearing

Elizabeth Becker

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

€211

Interlude No. 8

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€256

Interlude No. 7

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€256

Interlude No. 6

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€211

Ray Charles (noir & blanc)

Noël Granger

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

€100

Ray Charles

Noël Granger

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11 inch

€100

Innate

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€211

Envision

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 4.72 x 3.54 cm Painting . 1.9 x 1.4 inch

€151

Insightful

Elizabeth Becker

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

€183

The day before yesterday and other days

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 29.8 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€250

Lucky me

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€310

Dull shout

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€330

Douce Corruption

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€950

Untitled

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 18.1 inch

€600

Après l'expo

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Présence

Yazz

Painting . 80 x 53 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

€400

Wonderland, Which Way? Which Way?

Sophie Valette

Photography . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€480

Vanessa

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Kat, the mistress of the night

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Invisible Threads | Blue Female Figure Watercolor Artwork

Ana Ozz

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

€412

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

€412

Zhan

Frédéric Léglise

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

Silence sacré

Philippe Huart

Painting . 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€10,500

Sans tain

Cécile Baldewyns

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

€800

Étreinte Sanguine

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Robin plus Elena

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,150 €978

Fond bleu

Joanna Flatau

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 17.7 inch

€3,200 €3,040

Primal

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500 €2,125

IL est mien #1

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Le Martyr

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Immersed No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

€256

Eddy Mitchell

Noël Granger

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

€100

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