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!

Roméo et Juliette III

Hastaire

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€450

Tribal mask from an arcane past

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Gorilla

Gillian Brin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€490

Le jour J...

David Jehan (B.boss)

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

€540

Catherine

Hugues Candaës

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

€960

L'appel du bleu

Christy

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

€1,150

Alba

Claudia

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

€1,280

My Own Sweet Solitude (12)

Georges Bassil

Painting . 42 x 29 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.4 inch

€1,298

Butterfly flight. The girl's back | Colorful Feminine Portrait Artwork

Svetlana Iskoskikh

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

€1,093

Sportif

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€200

Fragments 1

Baboute

Painting . 65 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch

€2,800

The Pearl Fisher

Olena Kishkurno

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

€2,500

The Silk Road

Olena Kishkurno

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

€2,500

Appollo Stranger

Frédéric Batard

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,860

Serenity -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Mixed Media

Gobe Joseph

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

€6,785

Spirit, Mind and Soul - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative Modern, Africa

Aba Linus

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

€3,188

Hide and Seek

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 110 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

ORyA

Anne Billen

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

€1,250

Serene Solitude (A Lady's Retreat) - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of Woman

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,825

Abimbola: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting of Africa Woman

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,186

Ecstasy 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Women, Modern

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,503

Girl bending over a vase

Vladimir Kordiukov

Painting . 95 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Nerya

Nef

Painting . 63.5 x 44.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 17.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Sunkissed

Kosta Morr

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

€1,500

Kaleidosoul

Mariia Kotiuzhynska

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

€1,280

Gold in Me - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, Portrait, Modern, Women

Amiolemen Emmanuel

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

€1,685

Boy With Dream in His Eyes - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern People

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€1,321

La sieste sous les arbres

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€830

Amour Blue

O Gringo

Painting . 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Cuerpo verde

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 150 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,419

Respiration absurde d'une énergie en dérive, série: Ajourements - Portrait fragmenté (3)

Christian Bader

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch

€315

Retrato en fondo rojo

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,774

Artist Within

Mr Brainwash

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€10,500

Toast To Celebrate

Akingbade Mayowa

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

€3,507

Attache toi

André.M

Painting . 28 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 11 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€400

Happiness and Flowers

Svitlana Lazoriak

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

€600

Persona YB2306

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,824

Persona YB2302

Alex Senchenko

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

€1,824

Beauté 8

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Godfather coin

Jorn Van Hoorn

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

€4,950

OH OH ! SURPRISE

Sophie Petetin

Painting . 30 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€795

Champagne à gogo

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€3,800

La collectionneuse

Zafi

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

€8,000

A couple in sepia colour

Agata Stomma

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

€2,700

Portrait aux rayures

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Monochrome Faces Nr.35

Asko

Painting . 130 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,700

Still Waiting

Natalia Yangalycheva

Painting . 125 x 125 x 0.1 cm Painting . 49.2 x 49.2 x 0 inch

€1,700

Daffodil

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€1,500

Yeux ouverts, yeux fermés

Claudia Coccina

Painting . 40 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€850

Echoes of Identity - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Figuration, Modern

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€3,051

Red

Xavier Wttrwulghe

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

€2,000

Lipstick and rock'n'roll

Ewen Gur

Print . 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€380

Desse(i)ns

Jean-Claude ByandB

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

€1,111

Venice in Gentle Light

Natalie Borisenko

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Half man

Maria Papa

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

€1,200

A Clean Slate

Iryna Bondar

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€800

Nous deux

Henry Escobar

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,600

Bany de sol

Jordi Sàbat

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

€1,700

Longing 2

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,812

Laughter in Colour

Elie Hatungimana

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

€1,412

Portrait Basquiaise N°6

Sylvain Copete

Painting . 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€315

Portrait 2, Petite fille aux barrettes bleues - Série portrait, univers de l'enfance

Fabienne Octobre

Painting . 24 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€315

Old Money billionare

Kilian Beck

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

The Fire Within

Lavanelli

Painting . 117 x 102 x 3 cm Painting . 46.1 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Her Worth I

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 68.6 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27 x 26 x 1 inch

€2,140

Body Painting

Lydi

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

€1,200

Imaginaire

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 96 x 68 x 4 cm Painting . 37.8 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,400

Napoleon on balloon dog

Le Closier

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,230

Festival de Paris

Guy Olivier

Painting . 182 x 152 x 3 cm Painting . 71.7 x 59.8 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

Aunty Mansa and daughter

Emmanuel Adiamah

Painting . 68.6 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm Painting . 27 x 27 x 4 inch

€7,469

Untitled #135

Ilana Gal

Painting . 170 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 66.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€11,500

Tangerine

Cannibal Malabar

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Menteur

Christian Silvain

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Saudade

France Courpotin

Painting . 116 x 91 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€4,400

Lost somewhere

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€902

Squelette

Flow

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

€750 €375

Character with dots

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240 €204

Insufficient identification II

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

The real seventies

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,480

Halloween

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,399

Mimicry

Margarita Ivanova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

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

Le lendemain qui chante

Flavien Couche

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€350

Au bord du monde

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€600

The Two of Them

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€865

Source du mal

Mara

Painting . 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€8,700

Starman

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

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

€2,300

White Dog (Fleur-de-Lis)

Inga Makarova

Painting . 150 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

les silencieuses, partie 1

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

Black Drips On White Promises

Alex Carr

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

€1,850

Dans ses pensées

Jean-Philippe Berger

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€180

Mind At Peace, Amidst a Thousand Thoughts -21st Century Contemporary, Modern Men

Samson Adetunji

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

€3,188

Don't Rush Life 3 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Men

Elijah Olanase

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

€3,643

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