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!

A Girl in Red Swimsuit

Joanna Woyda

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

€2,100

Dandy

Yury Rostiskavsky

Painting . 70 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Raíces bajo la piel

Laura Vaillant

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

€3,000

The man at the port

Maria Papa

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Composición

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,950

Photo de famille... (Visage & Face)

Olivier Messas

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

Guillaume, le poète

Zafi

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€14,900

Suspicious

Gongas

Painting . 90 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€650

Grindstone 2

tizlu

Sculpture . 29 x 24.5 x 15 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 9.6 x 5.9 inch

€900 €810

Unique (African Allure) 4

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,872

Mans Mímesí 53

Adriá Pina

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

€15,200

Andy Grey

Diego Barros

Painting . 35 x 27 x 4 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Le ruisseau

Julien Calot

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

€3,800

A passage in Time

Vincent Pompetti

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

€1,200

The Garden I Became - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Pixel, Floral

Olamilekan Okunade

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€4,413

Attestation- 21st Century, Acrylic Canvas Painting, Contemporary Art, Africa

Barnabas Macauley

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

€2,541

I Miss Me

Ara Deinde

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

€1,783

Anticipation

Seyi Odukoya

Painting . 81 x 66 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 26 x 1.2 inch

€1,250

Comunidad

Enrique Pichardo

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

€1,220

Gele 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Culture, Women

Lukman Olanrewaju Karounwi

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 1 inch

€1,471

Two selves

Winifred Otowa

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€1,070

Portrait of a Woman

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Exquisite Black 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Floral

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€2,184

Elévation - Scène onirique et fantastique

Sylvie Robert Alonso

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1.8 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.7 inch

€780

Just in time

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 42 x 42 x 2.5 inch

€2,674

Le Silence des Paquerrettes

Odeth'

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

€3,150

Stripes Andy

Melkio

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

€2,200

Envol

Flow

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch

€2,200

Sépulture pour une IA

Frédérique Lanquetin

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

€1,300

Les bonbons

Robert Combas

Painting . 54 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€39,000

Theatral II

Kazuhiko Tanaka

Sculpture . 8 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture . 3.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch

€160

Woman in the Sun

Gerardo La Porta

Painting . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€2,400

L'homme pieux

FAG

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

€1,450

Sombras 2

Carme Pastrana

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€750

Absoloutely fabulous

Karen Couillard

Painting . 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 2 inch

€3,343

Let’s wait it out

Irish Galon

Painting . 60 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,025

High tide

Antoine Renault

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

€3,000

Le fou de la reine

Diane Rosaz

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,800

Letters and Numbers

Joanna Glazer

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

€370

Witches 2

Nino Bosikashvili

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

€2,500

Tell Me Tomorrow

Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 inch

€5,000

The Parrot Speaks for Me

Kateryna Kolesnykova

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

€1,400

Union of Black Brothers 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Modern, Love

Alawaye Tope

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

€3,432

Moment of Affection - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionism, Portrait, Modern

Joshua Salami

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,649

Reassembling Myself I

Yana Dulger

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

€900

Psithyros - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Expression, Words, Colour

Olumide Ajayi

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

€1,070

Ce n'est pas moi

Michadu

Sculpture . 65 x 36 x 20 cm Sculpture . 25.6 x 14.2 x 7.9 inch

€1,900

Attraction

Wait

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

€2,400

Day Shapes: Bold Abstract Figurative Artwork in Red, Blue & Yellow with Whimsical Figures

Yana Medow

Painting . 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,783

Entwined Roots II

Iryna Bondar

Painting . 90 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

My Own Sweet Solitude 20

Georges Bassil

Painting . 36 x 28 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 inch

€1,298

In my univers

Jules Be Kuti

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

€5,200

Paisaje urbano-Barcelona

Nacho Perlado

Painting . 46 x 32 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch

€400

La venus de Milou

Florkey

Painting . 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Rubi

Fresha D

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

€950

Le charmeur

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 107 x 64 x 3 cm Painting . 42.1 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,500 €3,150

La pêche à la sardine

Sergio Moscona

Painting . 152 x 210 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch

€24,000

Le bonheur 2

Koffi Mounou Désiré

Painting . 90 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,560

Thinker !

Esther Barend

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

€6,900

Self Defense

ArtoRich

Painting . 80 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

The Crown 160424

Opas Chotiphantawanon

Sculpture . 74 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm Sculpture . 29.1 x 12 x 1.8 inch

€2,000

Let's Keep It

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 24 x 16 x 33.5 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 6.3 x 13.2 inch

€440

Illusions

France Courpotin

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

€4,400

Mike Jagger

Lo Da

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

€1,600

El Universo - The Universe

Peperina Magenta

Print . 99.1 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Print . 39 x 27.5 x 1 inch

€4,636

Anima e Animus

Gabriella Maino

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

€500

Alaska Street

Luis Martins dit L7Matrix

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,500

The three twins

Levoy Exil

Painting . 96 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 37.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€2,297

Baigneuse

Nicolaï

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Sensuality collection #3

O Gringo

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

€2,500

Gran Azul

Hugo Rosell Barbie

Painting . 55 x 46 x 0.3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,100

Le Complice

William Marcheval

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

€3,000

Retrato en fondo rojo mirada

Enrique Pichardo

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

€325

Vue mer

Quentin Badran

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€2,500

Matryoshka Balmain | Black Silver Luxury Russian Doll Artwork

Vera Zvyagina

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,229

The Insomnia: Abstract Surrealist Acrylic Painting

Aleksandra Pakhanian

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€981

She Returns to Herself

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 200 x 180 x 2.5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 70.9 x 1 inch

€7,300

Merchant of Vlues

Michael Makharadze

Painting . 90 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Spider

David Cumps

Painting . 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500 €2,250

Abike 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait of Modern Woman, Umbrella

Ogunleke Festus Abiodun

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

€2,273

La révolte de Mokosh

Christelle Didier-Cury

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

€2,000

Bright eyes

Ronald Hunter

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,399

Texture of Shapes

Astra Pasta

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

€2,496

Made in Japan

Mariia Kotiuzhynska

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

€1,380

Black Hat (3)

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200

Lover Boy

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,738

Game of Life

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

L'attente

Frédéric Balmefrezol

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

€960

Mademoiselle 48

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Dream - figurative neon painting

Olha Vlasova

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

L'homme bleu à la cigarette 3

Lila Maroun Frem

Painting . 25 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Melanated Queen

Abayomi Odetomi

Painting . 113 x 79 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44.5 x 31.1 x 1 inch

€4,457

Black Beauty

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Painting . 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,605

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