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!
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View to Brighter Future - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman
Agwunwa Theophilus
Painting - 86.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 32 x 1 inch
$2,550
Sous le chapiteau
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 28 x 25 x 0.4 cm Painting - 11 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
$310
Reciprocity 8
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$596
Rhythm and Blues
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
Sold
Boy in Wonderland 2
Samson Olatubosun
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,850
I Am My Own Bestie
Charles Osaro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,275
Shaded 2
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,100
Shaded 3 (The light bearer)
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,100
Shaded 1
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,100
Endeared Without A Price 1
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,100
Keeper of the City
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 127 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,500
Rendition of Days to Come
Awosola Michael Angello
Painting - 87.6 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34.5 x 46 x 1 inch
$2,000
Woman of Virtue (Feminine Epidemic series)
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,200
Gainsbourg et Jane
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,384
My culture and my beauty 2
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 19 x 1 inch
$1,100
My culture and my beauty 1
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,100
Panic attack
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$465 $418
La course aux escargots / The snail race
Sylvie Gaudissart
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 32 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 12.6 inch
$3,338
Confidence
Anna Camille
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$668 $634
Michel Desjoyeaux
Christophe Paucelier
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$918
Vieux Soldat Blessé
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 58 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$9,537
Coco Chanel, Paris
Horst P. Horst
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$17,000
Le jeune prince à Venise
Dominique Andrier
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,742
Waiting for the rain in Wamba
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,187
Transition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Love, Women
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
Portrait of An Introvert - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Food, Children
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 91.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 47 x 1 inch
$2,850
Lady Mariposa
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 91 x 71 x 1.5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28 x 0.6 inch
$2,681 $2,279
Afar woman of Assaita
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,940
Chérubin Enfant au corail 1991 Cherub Child and Coral
Blaise Simon Balazs
Print - 28 x 19 x 0.5 cm Print - 11 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,180 $826
Expansive Potential
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,800
Le vieux soldat
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
$9,775
Wunsch-Erfueller (II)
Nina Kruser
Painting - 29.5 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.6 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,058
Art urbain partagé
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,384
Charming Oddities
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$500
1963 THE KISS Paris Tour Eiffel
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 57.75 x 48 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22.7 x 18.9 x 0.2 inch
$4,113 $2,056
1962 Parisiennes Confidences Parisians
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$5,901 $2,951
Girl in butterflies
Fred Meurice
Sculpture - 110 x 110 x 3 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,800 $4,560
The King of Pop: A Surreal Tribute
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$10,000 $8,000
Duality
Alexandre de Poplavsky
Painting - 160 x 110 x 3.5 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 1.4 inch
$33,380
Le temps des cerises 2/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 52 x 21 x 12 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 8.3 x 4.7 inch
$6,557
Sotigui Kouyaté
Bernard Pras
Photography - 106 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,961
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Adewuyi Theophilus
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
Sold