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!

The Silent Mantis 1

Georges Kafian

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1.6 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,600

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

La marinière

Maxime Frairot

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

€500

Wrapped in 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

€1,144

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

Backyard

Mayer Azar

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

€4,119

Grumor Question

XOOOOX

Painting . 48.5 x 19 x 3 cm Painting . 19.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,100

Sans titre

Kiki Picasso

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

€2,000

Women's Pride 2 -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

€961

Soft machine dream

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900 €2,610

Providence

Francesco Neo

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

€3,600

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

€1,464

Echoes of care

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 137.2 x 137.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 54 x 54 x 2.5 inch

€2,334

Sans titre (Batman)

Benjamin SPaRK

Painting . 51 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Manzana

Mara

Painting . 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€8,300 €7,885

Nile

Eva Dimitrova

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

€1,700

Beauty from Within 2 - 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

€1,968

Aristopunk

Stéphane Frey

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,300

Senza titolo

Alessandro La Motta

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

€1,000

Playroom

Amy Shekhter

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

€824

New horizon nº 16

Marta Fàbregas

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

€5,400

Atunbi (Rebirth) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Oluwatimileyin Tega Adegbenjo

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

€1,876

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

Peace

DB Waterman

Painting . 80 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,410

Soul Meditation (Journey to Inner Peace) 1 - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,464

Hosanna

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

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

€2,100

Mama 2

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 85 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

€1,197

Fairy Tale

Damilola Olusegun

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

€5,949

Queen 26-2-01

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 92.5 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 36.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€3,800

What we carry in love 2

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€2,288

MT20

Brat

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€800

Sans titre

Cédric Bouteiller

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

€14,000

Ronin

Irakli (Akuna) Kavtaradze

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

€1,600

Co-Comparison - 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

€1,693

Untitled 5

Raffi Yedalian

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

€800

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

€13,728

3 Milliards

Alben

Painting . 145 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 57.1 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€12,700

Alyson

Seaty

Painting . 130 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

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

€1,647

Untitled

Larissa De Jesus Negron

Painting . 34.3 x 27.9 x 2 cm Painting . 13.5 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€2,746

Strength Within Me 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,844

Smile of Frida

Wawapod

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

J+ les débuts

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€2,600

Mysterious Matryoshka: Textured Abstract Figure in Charcoal & Crimson | Stranger Artwork

Ekaterina Solopova (Gibris)

Painting . 80 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€2,288

Bye Bye Blackbirdds

Paula Montgomery

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch

€2,837

For All To See - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media

Princewill Aruocha

Painting . 98.6 x 78.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.8 x 30.8 x 1 inch

€3,295

Between The Past and The Future 1

Shadi Abou Sada

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

ToccO Hio

ZuZ Frederic Zuzek

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

€4,500

Archives X

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

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

€900

Regard sérieux à moustache

Robert Combas

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 48 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

€11,000

Bazaar Kate Moss Coiffe Amériendienne

Pola 4.0

Painting . 100 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

The Great Beyond

tizlu

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

€5,900

El diario de mi amiga

Iryna Gragera

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Souvenirs

Changzheng Zhu

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€680

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,650

Fantasy

Iglesias15680

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

€1,300

About me

David Martinez

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

€1,400

Disheveled

Martin Marko

Painting . 125 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,060

La paix

Hom Nguyen

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

€13,800

In My Solitude 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,974

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

Souvent le sang des herbes bat - série Mixed media 3D poétique

Denise Crolle-Terzaghi

Painting . 37 x 27 x 6 cm Painting . 14.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

€265

When the Eyes Are Silent

Arevik Gasparyan

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

€1,830

Tom Petty

Greg Frederick

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.4 inch

€2,300

La réveuse au chignon

Michèle Coudert

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

€950

Hey

Juan-Manuel Pajares

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

€5,000

Girls need

William Vecchietti

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

€1,700

Pienso

Núria Bosch

Painting . 170 x 160 x 3.5 cm Painting . 66.9 x 63 x 1.4 inch

€7,200

Little Sleep, Little Slumber - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman

Akinsola Olamilekan

Painting . 106.7 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 60 x 1 inch

€2,746

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

€1,716

Robert

Matthieu de Malte

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

€1,400

Aes Argentumque

Raul Lara Naranjo

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Isle of wight 1970

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€3,200

FREEZING

Antonio Murgia

Painting . 90 x 140 x 4.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 1.8 inch

€5,520

Far From Home 2

Michael Adetula

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

€1,327

The word in your hands will be better

Segreba Amadeo

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Mystery

Greatjoy Ndlovu

Painting . 60.5 x 45.5 cm Painting . 23.8 x 17.9 inch

€1,650

Effeullier la marguerite

Alex Laben

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

€1,440

Dark Side

Flu

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

€990

Comme un parfum d'été

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Peace Shall Prevail 3

Babafemi Ogunkanmbi

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

€1,830

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Silent Gaze

Sola Ojo

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

€1,281

Untitled 6-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,900

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

Rizière VI

Gabriel Schmitz

Painting . 56.5 x 62.5 x 2 cm Painting . 22.2 x 24.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

One banana, please

Elisabeth Sabala

Painting . 43 x 35 cm Painting . 16.9 x 13.8 inch

€1,300

Les Demoiselles de Monti

Orest Hrytsak

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

€10,000

Come Grooving Up Slowly

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 122 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,085

Obey Icon

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 68 x 53 x 0.5 cm Painting . 26.8 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch

€11,500 €10,350

Letter Dancers 200

Mehdi Mirbagheri

Painting . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Healing

Rosa Maria Gallego

Painting . 41 x 31 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

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