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!

Unbroken 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,060 €2,448

The Alchemy of Wings and Spires

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 71 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 28 x 0 inch

€1,500

Portrait d'une déesse oubliée

André.M

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€280 €252

Uppercut

Herve Malcom Thomas

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€240

Girl with a Balloon

Ilczyszyn Hanna

Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch

€210

Rebirth 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€2,740

You are Me

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,324

Esosa 2

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,169

Vision

Charles Osaro

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

€1,871

Soul Pentatonics

Akande John

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,644

Euphoria

Desmond Akindoju

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

€1,279

La Demande

Esther Blanchot

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€500

Les silencieuses 2, partie 4/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

In This Moment - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€4,887

Mixed Feeling 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,142 €913

Hombre rompiendo Silla

Eduardo Candil

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

€600

I've Been Here Before

Mayowa Esan

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

€3,973

Edith

Gaelle Beyaert

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€560

Enthusiasm

Lazarus Massavo

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,388

Fleur

Monica

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€350

Two Women

Paul César Helleu

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€9,500

Peace: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of African Woman, Blue

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€3,060 €2,448

Paris, Moulin Rouge La Goulue

Aimé Venel

Painting . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Inner Peace 1

Meshach Charity

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

€1,690

Portrait of destiny

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 121.9 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,238

Aren't We All Hungry?

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,055

Inner peace

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€1,827

Sophie Blanchard Aéronaute

Claudine Loquen

Fine Art Drawings . 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch

€180

Silent Glow - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,192 €1,754

Injured (The Stoic Men)

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,882

Hopeful

Amiolemen Emmanuel

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,101

Tife

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,188

I Am My Own Bestie

Charles Osaro

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

€2,078

Two Figures

Henri Epstein

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€500

Dialogues

Margarita Ivanova

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Les silencieuses 2, partie 3/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Tides of Change 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€3,197

Putain ça brille

Jéko

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Ceteris Paribus (All Things Being Equal) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,517

Boldness 3

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,827

Mind Full

Akande John

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

€913

Timeless Radiance -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,918

Me!

NABEchan

Painting . 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Raíces y ancestros

Cristina Méndez

Painting . 26 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,700

Embracing Stillness

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,603

My Beloved Business

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 81.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 28 x 1 inch

€2,055

Woman

Pierre Georges Jeanniot

Fine Art Drawings . 47 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.5 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€450

Filmstars Vl

Robert van Bolderick

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

€2,650

Framed by Foliage

Desmond Akindoju

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

€2,055

Positive Gaze

Esther Obiwuru

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

€2,603

First Love Yourself

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,055

Massavo the Makokean

Lazarus Massavo

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,827

Adanne

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,279

Juvenile Gaze

Charles Osaro

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

€1,871

Focus

Victor Morawo

Painting . 69.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 inch

€1,754

Beholder 3

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€2,558

A sunny day

Meshach Charity

Painting . 88.9 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 27 x 1 inch

€2,284

A Touch of Red 1

Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo

Painting . 101.6 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 42 x 1 inch

€3,471

Jeune femme allongée sur le sofa

Maurice Barraud

Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.1 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€790

Nourrisson

Carl Albert Angst

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€452

Tides of Change 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€3,197

Never tear us apart

Myriam Mechita

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 inch

€2,990

La plage à Biarritz

Rosario Heins

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,200

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

€2,603

REX SYLVARIUM

Pierre Touron

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Les silencieuses 2, partie 2/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Away From Home - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Painting, Migration

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,695

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Africa 2

Oladire Araireoluwa

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

€4,430

Red Ribbon

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

Painting . 105 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€3,000

Smile

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,827

Traveler (red cloth ) 3

Aragbada Stephen

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

€3,745

Emotan (Becoming Series)

Barnabas Macauley

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

€2,512

My sister and friend 1

Esther Obiwuru

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

€2,603

Black girl in Paris

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€2,558

Gorille des montagnes et ses deux petits - série portrait animaux sauvages

Jean-Paul Radic

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,250

Insight 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,918

Read Me Like A Book

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,517

Divinité 14

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

My father's car 2

Desmond Akindoju

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

€1,142

Gazing at the Stars

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€1,690

Just soar, Don't hesitate

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,055

Red

Victor Morawo

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

€2,466

Where the Light Stays 10 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

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

€411

Feu orange

Jéko

Painting . 75 x 55 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Diaphanous

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 99.8 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.3 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€3,654

Paranoïa

Kokian

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

€690

Les silencieuses 2, partie 1/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Silent Struggle - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Expressionism

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,567

Equilibrio

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€3,000

Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,969

Neo Deco 08-10-24

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,499

Se retourner

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.25 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€550

Crooked Player

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,197

6/17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Have a question?

Check the buyer's guide by clicking here.

Contact us by phone:
US : +1 646-844-7306
FR : +33 1 87 66 99 05
UK : +44 20 3890 6678
at 9:30 am - 6:30 pm CET, from Monday to Friday

By chat, clicking on the black bubble
at the bottom right of your screen.

By email, [email protected]