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!

Untitled, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 34.3 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.5 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€348

Jeune fille et la mort

Orphné Achéron

Fine Art Drawings . 38.2 x 28.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.2 inch

€1,200

Home Alone This Saturday Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,890

Good Woman - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€3,661

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,981

Diva nu aux seins rouge

Volt

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

€380

We Outside 2 (Lagos Baddie Girl)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,981

Sisters in Yellow

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

To whom it is deserved

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,752

Life Happens For Us

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,203

Life is too short to not Shawarma

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,203

Mystery of Freedom

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Flowers of paradise

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,222

Omidan (Maiden) 3

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Omidan (Maiden) 4

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Omidan (Maiden) 5

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Omidan (Maiden) 6

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Big Sister

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,478

Atoke Oni Koroba

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,524

Retrospect

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,746

John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY daily news cover

Manuel Santelices

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

€869

Omo Emiyan (Canvas of Emotion) 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Modern

Akande John

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

€412

Woman sketch, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 40.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 11 x 1 inch

€412

Naissance

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€175

La Rata

Stef Basias

Fine Art Drawings . 47.5 x 33.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch

€295

Pearlescent Colours

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€215

Les yeux ouverts

Evelyne Postic

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 57 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€2,000

Somewhere

Isabelle Hirtzig

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

€135

Sisters in Yellow 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Love African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Cheer up and Glow (Hope) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 76.2 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,837

Having Done All, I Stand 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,837

We Outside 1 (Escape Route)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,981

Bochapo

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€600

Observation

Eugenia Jaeger

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 59 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 23.2 inch

€700

Moods and Fears 5: Contemplative Mixed Media Graphic on Paper

Dizlarka

Fine Art Drawings . 27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€229

Strokes and Emotions 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Ajegbomogun Damilola

Painting . 20.1 x 16 x 2.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 6.3 x 1 inch

€458

Beneath The Sky, Among The Stalks 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Farm

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€686

Portrait of Adesuwa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,974

Soul of the City

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,974

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil 1

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,974

Inner Nature 2

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,746

Inner Nature 1

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,746

Nothing But Human

Obeka Simon

Painting . 137.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,850

The memorial of Vivienne Westwood Series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 139.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 55 x 0.1 inch

€2,288

Omidan 2

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Enfant

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€400

Bloom 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Gaze 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Gaze 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Gaze 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Rebirth 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Rebirth 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Yellow Durag - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€412

Faces 10 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expression, Africa

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€412

Omo Emiyan (Canvas of Emotion) 7 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Modern

Akande John

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

€412

Girl with red cheeks, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.6 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch

€494

Portrait 03, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.4 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€284

Disgusto

Eduardo Candil

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

€600

Souvenir of Resilience 3

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 101.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 28 x 1 inch

€4,896

Inner Nature 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,746

Away From The Noise - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Orange, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,563

Regardless I will be Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,974

Plaid Shirt

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Solitude

Gobe Joseph

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

€4,850

Seated Woman

Suzie Bernardeau

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 12.4 x 0 inch

€280

Isabella Blow in Philip Tracey

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,098

Oga madam

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,668

Johnny the Pioneer

Gobe Joseph

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

€4,576

Summer in Guadeloupe

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€4,850

Yoga Feelings On My Vintage Jacket

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,668

Woman, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,419

Seated Woman in Blue, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 45.7 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 13 x 0.1 inch

€503

Sister, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 83.8 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 22 x 1 inch

€915

Woman with outstretched hands, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 78.7 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 22 x 1 inch

€824

Woman V, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,281

Woman sketch II, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8 x 1 inch

€275

Harmonious (Mixed Feeling)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,119

Ovie (King)

Gobe Joseph

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

€4,850

Écharpe noire et blanche 245 ref BDNW11911

Atelier Vionnet

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 8.3 inch

€320

Mother and child

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,576

Beginning of new story 2

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€5,080

On A Date

Gobe Joseph

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

€5,033

Tenacity

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,759

Omidan

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,929

Carrie Bradshaw in the kitchen with a hat

Manuel Santelices

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

€1,098

Moods and Fears 4: Evolving Forms: Abstract Black & White Ink Artwork with Contemplative Figures | Modern Mixed Media Statement Piece

Dizlarka

Fine Art Drawings . 27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€229

Senza titolo ( chiamato retouche) - 20-08-25-9

Paolo Da San Lorenzo

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

€341

Sisters in Yellow 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Love African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 182.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 60 x 1 inch

€4,576

Woman with cat

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€805

A Life Unraveled

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,746

Having Done All, I Stand 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,837

Blossoms of Strength 2

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 137.2 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 35 x 1 inch

€4,850

The Internet

Ken Garduno

Painting . 21.5 x 18 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.5 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€400

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