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!

Yellow Bikini, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting . 91.9 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.5 x 1 inch

€1,640

Pop Design N°2/20

Lydi

Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€190

Girl with her alter ego

Andrea Vandoni

Painting . 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,300

Believe in yourself 5

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Listening to Yourself

Tetiana Khlivenko

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

€860

Portrait of a Woman

Keti Bubunauri

Painting . 104 x 77 x 2 cm Painting . 40.9 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Untitled

Winifred Otowa

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

€891

Gold

Nathalie Cubéro

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

€1,900

"Sitting" figuratif nu acrylique sur lin 60x60cm 2010

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€1,100

La Sieste

Carole Leprince

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

€850

Assise devant le mur

Zafi

Painting . 82 x 71 x 1 cm Painting . 32.3 x 28 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

No smoking, madame

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 45 x 67 x 0.1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 26.4 x 0 inch

€3,000 €2,250

Native

James Chiew

Painting . 90 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€8,500

Wash & Go

Maximillian Otte

Painting . 90 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,200

Bubble Pop

Maximillian Otte

Painting . 90 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,200

The Sleeper

Andrea Vandoni

Painting . 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Summer 2020

Andrea Vandoni

Painting . 70 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

A woman for every size - Ancient pleasures

Andrea Vandoni

Painting . 30 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Don't ask (1)

Iryna Kobzar

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

€900

Venus no. 5

Mario Henrique

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

€500

Venus no. 4

Mario Henrique

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

€500

Venus no. 3

Mario Henrique

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

€500

Venus no. 2

Mario Henrique

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

€500

Venus no. 1

Mario Henrique

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

€500

Dinand 77 II

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Man with red pepper

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Companion 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Bee Love

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,649

Toute une vie

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€1,000

"Assignée à résidence" figuratif nu acrylique sur toile de lin 30x90cm 2010

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 80 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€800

In the land of my fathers 3

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,380

Nu dans l’atelier

Danielle Stora Darmon

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

€2,300

Without words

Liubou Sas

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

€2,200

Nathalia

Asko

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€2,800

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Blue water, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 39 x 2 inch

€11,543

Sabores de verano

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,087

American Ice Cream 2

Maximillian Otte

Painting . 90 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,200

Shelter me

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

€500

The Portrait 2

Andrea Vandoni

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€400

And I Say to Myself: What a Wonderful World

Joanna Glazer

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

Cassiopeia

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 56 x 46 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€890

Lordliness

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,990

Larme Française

Zafi

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

€4,000

Flamme intérieure / Inner Flame

Cristina Redondo

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.6 inch

€450

Oil portrait painting with nude woman

Ivan T.

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€739

Divan bleu

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€230

Lovers

Paulina Pior

Painting . 100 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€4,595

Quiet Boldness

Keti Tedoradze

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Good News - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Figurative Portrait, Women, Africa (1)

Loje Oluwaseun

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

€2,362

Au coeur de l'atelier

Zafi

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€16,500

Hold On II

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Nude #12

Le Closier

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,203

Blue Bananas

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 55 x 36 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Jardin Secret

Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€1,880

Quiet mind

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€500

Muse Noire

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,350 €1,013

We've Got The Phunk 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism

Omoayo George Osoba

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

€2,452

Dualité

Joseph Piermatteo

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

€3,700

Flames of Ascending Inspiration

Joanna Glazer

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

€2,600

Femme à la plage

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Moires

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch

€24,000

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Pure joy

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€450

Statue menhir

Micheline Simon

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Strength of a Black Man: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait

Obeka Simon

Painting . 121.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 54 x 1 inch

€3,432

La frayeur

Zafi

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

€7,000

On n’est jamais trop Levi’s

Christof Monnin

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

€1,600

Veil of the Endless Sands Dream

Marina Mark

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

€2,100

La fille de Dioné et de Zeus

Alexei Lantsev

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Nude II

Le Closier

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,203

Bianca

Walter Minus

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

€950

Semi-nude

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,200

Cinéma

Mat Elbé

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€650

American Ice Cream 1

Maximillian Otte

Painting . 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

Think

Le Closier

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

€1,560

Homard

Lili Tao

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

€3,650

Rouge désir

Fabio Purino

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,650

Femme photographe et selfie

Jean-Claude ByandB

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,111

Bells.

AreiRa

Painting . 70 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Profil bas

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 55 x 46 x 5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 2 inch

€550

Tropic # 13

Pascal Marlin

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

€150

Tropic # 11

Pascal Marlin

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

€150

Sogni e domande fuori porta

Luigi Iona

Painting . 75 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€390

New Beginning - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Couple

Ogbonna Francis

Painting . 86.4 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 46 x 1 inch

€2,006

Réveil

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,800

Le peintre, la muse et son chat

Zafi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Abyssinia

Ladamenrouge

Painting . 60 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Jacqueline Bisset

Tian

Painting . 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€400

Bazaar coiffe amérindienne

Pola 4.0

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

€5,900

Ange rebel 1901

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 50 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€540

L'animal de compagnie

Zafi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

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