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!

Sans titre #2

Micheline Simon

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

€1,100

Sur la route

Jaja

Sculpture . 67 x 30 cm Sculpture . 26.4 x 11.8 inch

€850

L’événement V

Camille Cottier

Painting . 22 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€950

La Cage De Lamentables Harmonies

Sandra Chevrier

Painting . 96.52 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm Painting . 38 x 20 x 1 inch

€22,286

La duda

Miquel Martorell Bonet

Painting . 177 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 69.7 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,000

Freelove

Branka Grubic

Painting . 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,769

The Approach

Olesia Miftahova

Painting . 173 x 103 x 0.1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 40.6 x 0 inch

€3,300

Unspoken: Mixed-Media Portrait with Neon Thread and Vivid Collage, Textured Female Face in Turquoise, Magenta, and Yellow

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch

€1,070

Threshold (Interval) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€1,025

The Great Beyond

tizlu

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

€5,900

Red Dress - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of an African Woman in Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,744

Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€1,248

Framed in Purple -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women

Elie Hatungimana

Painting . 59.9 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.6 x 1 inch

€1,382

No Regrets, No Limits

Omoniyi Gabriel

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

€712

Spring

Chaiyapong Hongtong

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

€1,950

Radiant Child

Fabrice Prenat

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

€3,390

A Farewell to My Problem Days II

Sophia Oshodin

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

€2,800

Freddie II

Le Closier

Painting . 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Thoughtful

Paulina Maksjan

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

€500

Fusion

Claudia Coccina

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

€2,000

The Godfather 'Legacy of Silence'

Ben Riley

Print . 96.5 x 76.2 cm Print . 38 x 30 inch

€5,304

Luna

César Malfi

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

€3,000

Nos jours heureux - 25

Elise Poinsenot

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

€2,200

The Giver of Abundance

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 110 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,280

Heritage

Oluwabori Gafar

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 2 inch

€8,915

A Drunken Monk

Oleg Timchenko

Painting . 195 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€22,000

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

Loje Oluwaseun

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

€2,362

Bany de sol

Jordi Sàbat

Painting . 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Historia

Baptista Antunes

Painting . 54 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Trust Fall II

Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Painting . 91 x 71 x 4 cm Painting . 35.8 x 28 x 1.6 inch

€5,700

Untitled (44)

Mansour El Habre

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Malcomx

Lo Da

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,600

The queen

Douglas Findlay

Painting . 100 x 70 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,114

Angels In Puerto Rico (Passenger Seat)

Ara Deinde

Painting . 127 x 114.3 x 3.8 cm Painting . 50 x 45 x 1.5 inch

€2,674

I Will Sit Till I Rest

Janet Adegoke

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

€1,605

Space mermaid

Rosana Friederichs

Painting . 160 x 99 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 39 x 1.2 inch

€9,650

Revolution

Mikhail Chemiakine

Fine Art Drawings . 74.5 x 52.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.3 x 20.7 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Fragments 3

Baboute

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,400

Ceci n'est pas un auto - portrait dans ma cuisine

Djénina Hagenburger

Painting . 122 x 93 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Une soirée d'automne

Lydi

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

€1,200

The Blonde

Ronald Hunter

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

€1,950

Long Gaze - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Fashion

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 152.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,605

ToccO - Terra

ZuZ Frederic Zuzek

Painting . 85 x 85 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch

€3,300

Nomanda 2

Lluisa Pla Oliveras

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Unspoken Bond - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,541

I’ve Got the Moon (3)

Georges Bassil

Painting . 100 x 48 cm Painting . 39.4 x 18.9 inch

€5,598

Lost of Value - 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, African Currency, Modern

Abdulateef Salaudeen

Painting . 71.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,649

Black Love Matters I - Contemporary African Acrylic Painting

Ekele Francis

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€2,674

Blue Brigitte

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200

Unbound

Harry Ergott

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Breaking bad again

Marcelo Novo

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€1,186

Marilyn Monroe

Peter Donkersloot

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

€3,250

The touch

Dionysios Maravegias

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

€883

Oreo Lovers

Anthea Missy

Painting . 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,800

Saxophoniste

Flow

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Beach. A Step

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Producto de consumo

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

Painting . 124 x 124 x 3 cm Painting . 48.8 x 48.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Le fil d'Ariane

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,500

Woman's Dream

Willis

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

€2,800

Speak, see and hear no evil

Theo Mackaay

Painting . 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€17,500 €14,000

Sans titre 4

Pinto

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

€1,800

Abstract Love

Julien Raynaud

Painting . 43 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 16.9 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

In the FIeld among the Flowers - Contemporary printed portrait

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Print . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Print . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Red tie 3

Jérôme Royer

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

€870

Imagine, Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€20,000

What Remains Unmasked - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€2,541

Durag Boy -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Dotted Green

Makama John

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

€2,630

Untitled 7 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Neo-Expressionism

Wisdom Uche

Painting . 134.6 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,006

Zahara cascos rojo

Salustiano

Painting . 86 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 33.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€53,240

Africa Motherhood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Kehinde Oyafajo

Painting . 113.3 x 82.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44.6 x 32.4 x 1 inch

€2,006

Sophia Pistis

Mina Mond

Painting . 112 x 45 cm Painting . 44.1 x 17.7 inch

€1,800

Cosmic girl

Britt

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

€1,800

Coupling in Istropolis

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

Just Dreaming

Roy Fairchild

Painting . 77 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,040

Rumble in the Jungle

Boris Gobina

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

€2,400

Through the Fog

Stephanie Blaess

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

€3,400

Femme Fatale

Soniart Akouavi Soniart Setono Djedatin

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 92 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Ritratto #0124

Damiani

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

€1,900

The Queen of Resilience

MrKas

Painting . 158.75 x 126 cm Painting . 62.5 x 49.6 inch

€9,500

Romantic Interlock 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love

Aragbada Stephen

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

€4,769

Hard Black

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 102 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,438

Vivid 173

Orit Fuchs

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

€17,500

Maasai people

Hristo Gaberov

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

The Breakfast of the Goddess

Vahag Hamalbashyan

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

€1,900

David

Patrick Zévaco

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

€3,800

Portrait 02

Loi Duc

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

€1,450

Portrait #11

Giusy Lopez

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

€690

Girl in Her Fro (Afro) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Alawaye Tope

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

€2,630

Regard n°1

Arnaud Laly

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Unknown: Striking Geometric Face Artwork – Contemporary Duality in Olive Green & Peach, Acrylic

Astra Pasta

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,426

Percolating

Ghazi Baker

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

€6,000

Flowers For You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral, Women

Michael Mensah

Painting . 99.1 x 132.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 52 x 1 inch

€2,006

Ewie - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral, Modern, Women

Kum Cletus

Painting . 110 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€2,184

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