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!

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000

Baby girl

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

Oh Shit !

Gongas

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

€1,640

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Au sommet de la gloire

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Fly Over Wide Fields

tizlu

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€5,800 €4,930

Woodstock 1969

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€3,200

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

€2,180

J'ai rêvé du bonheur

Nep-

Painting . 77 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Archives X

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

Painting . 62 x 15 x 10 cm Painting . 24.4 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€900

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,300

Shana

Flu

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

€990

Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,646

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

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

€845

Léopold

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Visage glacial - Série: Palette de liberté

Isabelle Verdenne

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

€1,750

Sun-Atsuko

Monika Nowak

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

€8,700

An Ashrafieh pause

Elie Chammaa

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

€1,400

Scars of Light

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,269

Oneness

John Kayode Omidiran

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€1,499

Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€2,358

Enchanting Elegance

Samson Adetunji

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,002

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

€1,200

Girl power

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500

Totem boy

Iryna Gragera

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

€1,000

Senza titolo

Alessandro La Motta

Painting . 105 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Un instant de bonheur

Myriam Bourianne

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,800 €1,530

Victorious

Thandazani Ndlovu

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

€1,130

Eternal Recurrence #9. Mixed media Collage on Paper

Natasha Zupan

Photography . 25.4 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 10 x 7 x 0.1 inch

€890

Innocence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Figurative, Women, Africa

Ademola Ajayi

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,290

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

Sunflower

Michelle Gialanze

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

€1,300

New horizon nº 12

Marta Fàbregas

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

€2,200

My diary

Olga Marciano

Painting . 59 x 59 x 4 cm Painting . 23.2 x 23.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,230

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

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

€3,600

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

€961

Notre Dame des Mondes

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

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

€2,100

Beneath the crimson veil

Victor Sonoiki

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,646

Duck Vador

Daru

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

€1,800 €1,692

Seer 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting of Woman Hair

Ayotunde Ayomide

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,602

The bloom within

Bola Obatuyi

Painting . 71.1 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting . 28 x 28 x 1.5 inch

€1,602

Marked in majesty

Wasiu Akande

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

€1,157

La réveuse au chignon

Michèle Coudert

Painting . 83 x 49 x 5 cm Painting . 32.7 x 19.3 x 2 inch

€950

Banquise

Sevarbleu

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

About me

David Martinez

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Héritage en Mouvement

Modou Guèye

Painting . 65.5 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 25.8 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€1,270

Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,782

Panther Dough II (framed original painting on canvas)

Socko

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 1 inch

€1,669

Reminiscence

Salma Mbarek

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Ronin

Irakli (Akuna) Kavtaradze

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Paint is black, Mick Jagger. Technique mixte sur toile de Mr Sly

Mr Sly

Painting . 91.5 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

XS Paper Doll #111, Dolce Gabbana Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 32 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Sans titre

Kiki Picasso

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Verdant Soul 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Africa Women

Damilola Olusegun

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

€578

Carnaval musical (XXL)

Skepa

Painting . 107 x 142 x 0.1 cm Painting . 42.1 x 55.9 x 0 inch

€9,600

Black Girl in Origami Dress with Rooste II, Framed

Efren Isaza

Painting . 111.8 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44 x 72 x 1 inch

€13,348

Thom Yorke

Greg Frederick

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 1 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Moon fever

Axel Traverso

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

L'ange

Marie-Paskale Perrin

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

€1,100

Backyard

Mayer Azar

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,005

The Butterflies Collage, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Anyes Galleani

Painting . 61 x 569 x 4.1 cm Painting . 24 x 224 x 1.6 inch

€1,424

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

Les Demoiselles de Monti

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€10,000

Hopeful

Clement Nwafor

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€1,780

Woman

Iglesias15680

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

€1,300

Reina del viento

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 68 x 96 x 1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 37.8 x 0.4 inch

€515

Contemplation

Barry Wilson

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

€1,682

Ejima (Twins)

Gloria Mmaduako

Painting . 68.6 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 27 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€890

Julien

Gor Avetisyan

Photography . 101 x 66 x 7 cm Photography . 39.8 x 26 x 2.8 inch

€1,800

Barnús vermell

Teresa Riba

Painting . 27 x 21 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.3 inch

€600

Heart

Rosa Maria Gallego

Painting . 45 x 36.5 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 14.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Maria Antonieta

Candy

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

€1,100

Audrey Hepburn 2010

Russell Young

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

€16,300

Peace Shall Prevail 3

Babafemi Ogunkanmbi

Painting . 61 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 15 x 1 inch

€1,780

Girls need

William Vecchietti

Painting . 80 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€1,700

There's Maurice in it

Maurice Renoma

Painting . 100 x 105 x 10 cm Painting . 39.4 x 41.3 x 3.9 inch

€9,500

Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)

Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Painting . 49 x 33 cm Painting . 19.3 x 13 inch

€1,500

Headed For Home

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 122 x 101.6 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1.6 inch

€6,535

Dear Richard

Jack Savage

Painting . 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,403

Le Baiser

Elips

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.01 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€590

Le titan vert

Sylvie Cappe

Sculpture . 66 x 54 x 33 cm Sculpture . 26 x 21.3 x 13 inch

€980

Hey

Juan-Manuel Pajares

Painting . 185 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 72.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Raihana

Ahmed Art

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

€1,750

Untitled 1

Raffi Yedalian

Painting . 22 x 15 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.9 inch

€800

Stripy mood I - Série Portrait de femme stylisé

Alexandra Suliko Matyas

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€150

Fractures N°62 - Série Mannequin

ECW Artist

Painting . 25 x 24 x 0.8 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.4 x 0.3 inch

€440

Trotinette

Laurent Messager

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,620

Portrait of Jean Basquiat

Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,335

Stop

Cagla Misirli

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

€1,100

ToccO - Titanium

ZuZ Frederic Zuzek

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€4,500

The Skier II

Riccardo Mayr

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

€800

Sans titre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 53.5 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting . 21.1 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch

€800

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