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!

Butterflies 2

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€175

Blue - Série portrait de femme

Michel Verclytte

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€200

La danza de las libélulas

Aiko Iwakawa

Painting . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€8,000

Diptych: Asking For Your Touch

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 75 x 110 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€2,500 €2,250

Femme sur d'autres planètes

Gris De Garance

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

€130

Femme africaine

Gris De Garance

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

€120

News Paper Sellers

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 42 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,400

Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 22.8 x 30.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€812

A corner at Dries van Noten’s home

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,579

The woman with flowers

Krum Kostov

Painting . 39 x 27 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

€150

Oblivion. Hidden identity.

Joanna Chudy

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

€850

Untitled

Igor Bodnar

Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 14 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.9 x 5.5 inch

€150

Femme papillon

Gris De Garance

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

€150

Hombre rompiendo Silla

Eduardo Candil

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

€600

Untitled

Carlos Mendez

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€555

Sight

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 56 x 76.2 cm Painting . 22 x 30 inch

€1,136

Lord and Lady Eliot.

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,353

Sonia Spider Quenell

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€1,173

Sies Marjan

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€722

Poet 16/2

Karl-Karol Chrobok

Painting . 52 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch

€950

Our masks

Fred Borghesi

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

€2,600

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 29.9 inch

€1,800

Halston Halstonettes Liza Minelli, Marissa Berenson, Bianca Jaeger and others

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 73.7 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29 x 33 x 0.1 inch

€2,255

Don de soi 4

Feng Kaixuan

Photography . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Jeremy Abbott and Oliver Hartt Diptych, Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Turquoise

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€185

Ensemble

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€195

Canto de sirena

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,935

In her eyes, a lifetime

Natalya Mougenot

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

€250

Navajo on My Mind

Eter Merkviladze

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€650

Portraits 4

Ivan Afronskiy

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€890

The Kiss

Mino Maccari

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

€800

In the Bar

Alla Kechedzhan

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€1,300

Peacock Diva

Kristina Mallen

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

€1,150 €1,035

Swallow My Silence

Kristina Mallen

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

€1,250 €1,125

Taste My Tears

Kristina Mallen

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

€850 €765

N555

Maria Vanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 29.9 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€360

AhamBrahmasmi (I am Divine). 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

€1,082

Melody

Christy

Painting . 62 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 24.4 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,685

Diva pop up

Sven Pfrommer

Painting . 64 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 25.2 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,590

Le stratège

Eva David

Painting . 24 x 18 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 inch

€300

Inner Current | Contemporary Female Form with Fluid Line

Ana Ozz

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

€316

Ian and Oliver Hartt Diptych, Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Threshold or Pagan

Derek Carruthers

Painting . 64.5 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.4 x 22.2 x 0 inch

€590

The Frowns N2

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

Before the concert

Evaristo Callo

Painting . 56 x 75.9 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 inch

€1,120

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 21.7 inch

€1,800

Typical Poet

Michael Alan

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.04 inch

€2,526

Humand Architect

Michael Alan

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.04 inch

€3,067

Ghost

Michael Alan

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 0.04 inch

€2,887

Abstract Joker

Michael Alan

Painting . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9 x 12 x 0.04 inch

€2,887

Acceptance of a New System

Yana Dmitrieva

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€316

Diaquarelle n°149

Stéphane Belzère

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Elle était si jeune

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€165

Main dans la main

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€175

La fille aux coquelicots

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 75 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 22 x 0 inch

€255

Frozen

Dima Filatov

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

€1,600

Stranger No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€541

Clarity No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€541

"Family tree": Expressive Abstract Artwork in Gold, Purple & Blue | Ideal Modern Decor

Yulia Belasla

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€740

Kiss

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 4.3 inch

€320

Au soleil

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€175

Contemplar el descanso desde la rosa

Micaela Piñero

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Red Ballerina

Lali Kakubava

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

€500

Divine fleur

Christy

Painting . 45 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,050

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 21.7 inch

€1,800

Quiet Strength | Indigo Female Figure in Watercolor

Ana Ozz

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

€316

Big Indian Chief

Lluís Bargalló

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Une Envolée de Légumes !

Noël Granger

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

€150

Rudy. From Art, culture & society series

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,353

Je pense à toi

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€175

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

Colombe paix Frida Kahlo Miroir pop art libre

Adélaïde Leferme

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

€800

Portrait

François Chapuis

Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 30.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€600

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

Kurhessisches Corps

Herbert Knotel

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch

€360

Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)

Manuel Santelices

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

€541

Between Words | Indigo Café Conversation in Watercolor

Ana Ozz

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

€316

Un chapeau bleu - Série portrait de femme

Michel Verclytte

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€200

Carrie Bradshaw says good bye. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,082

Charles James. From the Fashion series

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

The waiting

Zied Lasram

Painting . 33 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€360

La cheminée

Jean-Louis Toutain

Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Sobre el puente

Rosa Agenjo

Painting . 160 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Classical Heads.

Derek Carruthers

Painting . 76.5 x 56 x 0.2 cm Painting . 30.1 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€680

Somewhere

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€135

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

€700

Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini

Sergio Barletta

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€600

Regard lointain

Christy

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

€820

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 21.7 inch

€1,800

Gilles Mendel in Paris

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 6 x 0.1 inch

€541

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

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

€541

Alexander McQueen / We love Kate

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch

€722

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