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Mary and her little lamb
Theophilus Madaki
Painting - 106.7 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 32 x 1 inch
$3,200
Africa girl's right
Jonathan Kabeya
Painting - 49.8 x 44.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 17.5 x 1 inch
$2,200
Africa post-pandemic
Jonathan Kabeya
Painting - 99.3 x 111.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.1 x 43.9 x 1 inch
$4,300
Unbeatable Me
John Ayobamidele
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,800
Medusa
Fatunmbi Anjolaoluwa Grace
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Inseparable
Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,300
Girl from Gombe
Abifola Olorunlana
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,800
Green Table-Top
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,353 $3,700
Symbol of Memories 2
Oladimeji Alabi
Painting - 127 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 inch
$7,500
Les starlettes et les retraités, La Croisette, Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.4 inch
$447
The woman on sofa
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 90 x 70.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.8 x 1 inch
$6,921
Série: Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$2,791
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,791
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,791
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,791
Jardin classique de Suzhou
Jia Juanli
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$26,791 $24,111
Soul of the Land
John Ayobamidele
Painting - 104.9 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$3,600
Feelings
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 127 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,000
Le Festival de Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 26.5 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.4 x 8.1 inch
$391
Soirée d'ouverture, Festival de Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.3 inch
$391
Starlette devant le Miramar, Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 9.1 inch
$447
Journaliste en plein travail, Cannes
Hippolyte Romain
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.6 inch
$391
Sérigraphie Regard de Geisha
Vincent Sabatier
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$201 $181
Carnaval de Venise. Tout d'or vêtue
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563 $1,328
Carnaval de Venise. Miroir mon beau miroir
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,563
Carnaval de Venise. En rouge et or
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,449
Pow wow. Indiens. Amérique du nord 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,451
Triple Polarity
Antonio Almodovar
Painting - 55 x 48 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.9 x 0.6 inch
$2,366
Ha Noi Beauty
Luong Trung
Painting - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,725 $6,952
BUTTERFLY2 : METAMORPHOSIS OF GRACE
Ryoko Watanabe
Painting - 150 x 170 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 2 inch
$7,144
Girl with flowers - Italian painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Unique openwork portrait
Boguslaw Popowicz
Sculpture - 41 x 32 x 22 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 12.6 x 8.7 inch
$7,255
Kiki Smith Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
Acteur de l'ombre 103-19
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 42 x 14 x 8 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 5.5 x 3.1 inch
$781 $664
Flora In The Garden (14)
Marta Lafuente
Painting - 14 x 14 x 5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 inch
$307
Gainsbourg et Jane
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Simone de Beauvoir Les Plapitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
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!