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!

Icon in echo

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Spirit of cobalt

O Gringo

Painting . 90 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

L'andalouse

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€200

Liberté en Liberté (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch

€1,880

Avoir les ondes positives

Jazzu

Painting . 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,842

Love is the Answer

Seaty

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€11,900

Smile

Mr Brainwash

Painting . 56 x 76 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

Midnight skin

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Porsche team

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,400

Mon enfance

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 180 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€28,900

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€865

Mona Lisa Boom

Maria De Campos

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Léopold

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,231

L'affranchie (hand painted)

tizlu

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch

€1,880 €1,410

Tender age in love

Nolwenn Samson

Painting . 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Forever in Love With You

Yasna Godovanik

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,290

Une clé pour un nouveau jour

Jazzu

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Frida Kalho

O Gringo

Painting . 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

MT19 - A Few More Picasso

Brat

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000 €1,700

Mona Lisa Pop 2

Ziegler T

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

€1,250 €938

XS Paper Doll #110 – Dior Couture Tribute | Luxury Fashion

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Mariane

O Gringo

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Orchid

Barry Wilson

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€3,039

An Ashrafieh pause

Elie Chammaa

Painting . 90 x 60 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 inch

€1,400

La mémoire des couleurs

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€850 €808

Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,685

Shana

Flu

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€990

Sun-Atsuko

Monika Nowak

Painting . 147 x 98 x 3.5 cm Painting . 57.9 x 38.6 x 1.4 inch

€8,700

Cordelia's Estranged Self - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media

Princewill Aruocha

Painting . 113 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44.5 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,962

Love from Afar 3

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,372

Micke Rix

Daru

Painting . 80 x 57 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Madame Monsieur

Véronique Chomienne

Painting . 143 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 56.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€1,600

Avec des étoiles dans les yeux

Changzheng Zhu

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

€1,260

Me and My Guys 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,873

Resonance III

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

The Dance Of Two Selves

Yana Reznik

Painting . 150 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,450

Flammarion. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€984

Niamey

Seaty

Painting . 105 x 90 cm Painting . 41.3 x 35.4 inch

€8,900

Gye Nyame I

Lawrence Amoo

Painting . 45 x 34 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.4 x 1 inch

€5,464

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Steve needs more speed

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,200

Meeth 07

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Woodstock 1969

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Echoes of Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fabric, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

Painting . 45.7 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,139

Human

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€11,900

Une ame du coeur

Jazzu

Painting . 81 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Women's Pride 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Fashion

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 55.9 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 inch

€956

Frog woods

Stéphane Frey

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

The Power of Thoughts III

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€890

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€3,600

L'âme azurée

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

Soul Meditation (Journey to Inner Peace) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,321

Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,958

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

Victorious

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,130

Where the shadow is just a dream

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Tirem Magnòlies

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

Painting . 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,300

Audrey Hepburn 2010

Russell Young

Painting . 91 x 71 x 1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 28 x 0.4 inch

€16,300

Long may she reign

Aiiroh

Painting . 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,459

Bondieuserie # 7

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,100 €935

We're All Mad Here

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Le silence des étoffes

Christy

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Colorful Spirit, Original Mixed Media on Handmade Paper, 28.75 x 22.75 in. Framed

Jiang Tie-Feng

Painting . 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€3,552

Between The Lines -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Fabrics, Women

Roseleen Labazacchy

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,825

Let it shine !

Noir Visualart

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

€350

Espejo de Sabiduría

Mamen Coranti

Painting . 61 x 88 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Sunflower

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,300

Collection Ballerina or

KiKo

Painting . 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,800

Raihana

Ahmed Art

Painting . 150 x 100 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 inch

€1,750

Untitle

Luis Fernández

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

€3,500

Brown Dots of Change

Patrizia Casagranda

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€5,600

Archive VI

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

Painting . 30 x 15 x 10 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€700

XS Paper Doll #30, YSL Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Displaced Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman

Akinsola Olamilekan

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,685

Godfather VI

Peter Donkersloot

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,950

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Moods

Fulvio Ghemasi

Painting . 77 x 77 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

She Carries Tenderness

Liana Asatryan

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€410 €328

Adieu

Martin Marko

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

€2,250

Power lady

James Chiew

Photography . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Photography . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

The Great Beyond

tizlu

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Portrait bleu

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€9,350

Brigitte Bardot 2017 - Diamond dust

Russell Young

Photography . 90 x 74 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,900

Untitled 7-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

€5,445

Peace shall prevail 5

Babafemi Ogunkanmbi

Painting . 88.9 x 72.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,277

Between Absence and Memory - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa, People

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,188

Victorine

Christine Barrès

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Les Murmures de l’Innocence

Modou Guèye

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€5,445 €4,629

Duck Vador

Daru

Painting . 63 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 24.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

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