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!

La baigneuse

Virginia Benedicto

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€2,500

Après l'été

Jéko

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Brave heart, tender heart, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 149.9 x 228.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 90 x 2 inch

€13,496

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Acorn of peace

Awofadeju Solomon

Painting . 96 x 60 x 6.4 cm Painting . 37.7953 x 23.622 x 2.5 inch

€1,384 €1,246

The Great Beyond (World Map 1898)

tizlu

Painting . 50 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

Anticipation of Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Awofadeju Solomon

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

€4,331

Hope Of Deliverance (Papyrus)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€950

Calm and passion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 68.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 27 x 2 inch

€8,672

Être meilleur

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,300

Rappel toi d'eux

Jéko

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

€3,500 €3,150

What?..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Fire Sale - HPM 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,900

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 100 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

L'affranchie (hand painted)

tizlu

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch

€1,880 €1,486

La Vie en Rose

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 75 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,223

Love is the Answer

Seaty

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€11,900

Neon Identity

Youthone

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€1,020

Even in Pain - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Love

Awofadeju Solomon

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

€4,331

Leçon de conduite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Brut II

Jazzu

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

€400

Sur le sable

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Frida Kahlo (2)

Maria De Campos

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 1 inch

€1,300

Mother’s Piano

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€890

Champagne et Musique

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

African girls III

Kosta Morr

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Frida Kahlo

Alberto Ricardo

Painting . 79 x 79 x 5 cm Painting . 31.1 x 31.1 x 2 inch

€1,040

The Guardian

Halyna Kirichenko

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€840

Unhurried

Svitlana Van Rossum

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Kinh

Seaty

Painting . 113 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 44.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Ireti (Hope) - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, African Woman

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 50.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,295

Touching The Surface (Complete Series 3/5)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€4,200 €3,360

Blue one #2

O Gringo

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

€1,800

Reve IX

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Vénus pensive

Brigitte Derbigny

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

€1,000

Sheep

Menashe Kadishman

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,527

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Sargis Zaqaryan

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€804 €683

L'infiniment petit au tapis

Flavien Couche

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,000 €1,800

Pablo

Maria De Campos

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,750

Fragment 259

Seaty

Painting . 53 x 39 x 4 cm Painting . 20.9 x 15.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,950

Porsche team

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,400

True colors

David Jamin

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

€800

Madame Magnolia

Maddalena Fanfani

Painting . 100 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€470 €376

Krylon Chanel Freedom Pearl

Jisbar

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Tuer le temps

AKET

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

Control

Flow

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,800

No Need To Hide

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€3,800

Blu Hair

Simone De Rosa

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€850 €765

Sun-mariko

Monika Nowak

Painting . 150 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€8,700

Beauté 14

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Los cinco guerreros

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,386

Who Cares If I'm Waiting -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Horse

Elijah Olanase

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

€3,438

Si proches que le silence

Jules Be Kuti

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,200

Blonde rousse brune

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€1,900

Pour ma Maman 16/80

Stratos

Sculpture . 40 x 15 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 5.9 x 3.5 inch

€1,100

Michel Strogoff

AKET

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Sanctuary 3

Franklin Ifeanyi Igwenagu

Painting . 88.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 35 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€2,304

One More Chapter

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€890

Les visages du Cognac

Zafi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 3 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,450

La fiancée de Frankenstein

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€450

Oh Shit !

Gongas

Painting . 96 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,610 €1,369

Voices in the Wind

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,900

La sportive

Sylvie Eudes

Painting . 25 x 25 x 4 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

€800

Mother of All Life

Kusbudiyanto

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

€2,000

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

Boy with a Cat

Ilczyszyn Hanna

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Unspoken Grace

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€1,429 €1,286

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€75

Keeper of Memory: Serene Female Portrait Artwork with Gold Leaf Accent, Modern Mythological Wall Decor in Yellow, Pink, and Blue

Anna Bell

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,473

Azul majorelle

Mister P

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,400

Visite ensoleillée

Jéko

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Rebondir

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€950

Human

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

Sympathie

Marta Grassi

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Expressive Female Portrait. Woman in Red Earrings

Julia Ruf

Painting . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€190

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€450

Quiet Strength -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Bold Africa Women

Kehinde Mayowa

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

€1,607

King Poseidon, Startue

Michail Art

Sculpture . 37 x 29 x 15 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 11.4 x 5.9 inch

€1,450

Malcolm X

Art By Son

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,250

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,500

La Reine sorcière

Onemizer

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

€2,690

Frida kahlo (réhaussée à la main)

C215

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Confident

Raphaël Laventure

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€6,500

Mediterranean Summer

Daniel Jonez

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.01 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€860 €774

State Your Name

Snik

Painting . 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Night Butterflies

Maka Zedelashvili

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Woodstock, pink & Piet

Lydi

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

€800

Au bord

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Hommage à Camille Claudel

Duytter

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€5,900

Neon Empress

Youthone

Painting . 100 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.1 x 0 inch

€1,050 €840

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,545

Drowning

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

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