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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Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,150
Bateau d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$673 $640
Les Impromptus du matin - Sarasvati
Valerio Adami
Print - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$819
Gazing Through Ankara 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 76.2 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 27 x 1 inch
$1,850
Mariage aux Marguerites
Raya Sorkine
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$21,060
Des corps II
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$585 $556
Next steps
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,925
Pareja Saludando
Francisco Muñoz Tejeida
Painting - 111 x 103 x 1 cm Painting - 43.7 x 40.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,076 $1,661
Woman with orange flowers
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$936
The Seed of Balance
Sephora Venites
Print - 114.3 x 114.3 x 0.3 cm Print - 45 x 45 x 0.1 inch
$2,866
Pablo Picasso, the women of his life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,850
Medusa out of this world
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 85 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$1,948
Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,170
Sheep With a Donkey - Rare Masterpiece
Menashe Kadishman
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,600
L.A 2 Personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,638
El Pintor
Francisco Muñoz Tejeida
Painting - 145 x 93 x 1 cm Painting - 57.1 x 36.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,173 $1,739
Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 50.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,450
Enduring Echoes 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 66 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,450
Radiance of Joy 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 53.3 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21 x 17 x 1 inch
$1,450
Radiance of Joy 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 58.4 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,450
De profil, homme à la cigarette
Zafi
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,265
Pas à côté
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Painting - 55 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
$643 $612
Jeu de dames
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,111
Fragile Peace 6/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$7,897
Shadows and Diamonds
Makama John
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,350
Malinconia autunnale
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$842 $716
Estate, serie Stagioni
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0.2 inch
$608 $517
Gazing Through Ankara 3
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 78.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Gazing Through Ankara 4
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Gazing through Ankara 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 81.3 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,850
Tribal Identity
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,400
Portrait II
Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)
Painting - 38.5 x 28.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.2 x 11.2 x 0.8 inch
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Cosmic Messenger: The Rustic Hermes Bust 1/1
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 50 x 36 x 16 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 14.2 x 6.3 inch
$1,044
Ritratto di una giovane
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11 x 0.2 inch
$503 $428
“Portrait in Pieces”
Sephora Venites
Print - 106.7 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 42 x 31 x 0.1 inch
$2,866
Faces of health: The multi-faceted hygieia decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 33 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$362
“Collage of Consciousness”
Sephora Venites
Print - 106.7 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 42 x 31 x 0.1 inch
$2,878
I love my style in Louis Vuitton
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,404
Resilient Beauty
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Darth Vader (Galaxy stamp series)
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$468