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!

The Emotional Pause

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 75 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

In Peace and Serenity - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Woman

Victor Morawo

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

€1,912

Ours lunettes

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Tapestry of Beauty (Arike) 2

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,275

Saxofonista

Enrique Pichardo

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

€2,123

Miss Priss

Todd Goldman

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

€1,639

Contemporary portrait "Full Moon"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Poet Kid

Troy Henriksen

Painting . 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Contemporary portrait "Stop!"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Wind of Change

Olalekan Adeyemi

Painting . 91.9 x 102.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 40.2 x 1 inch

€2,458

Sarayu, My Breath of Life, My Soul

Bernadette Sterk

Painting . 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,700

Péché Mignon

Véronique Clanet

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

€1,460

Black and Bold 1

Loje Oluwaseun

Painting . 74.9 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch

€1,320

Black Melanin

Hammed Olayanju

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

€1,366

Bold Gaze 2

Rotimi Godwin

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€1,002

Flo

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,400

His wife 1654

Maude Ovize

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

€2,950

Loba

Kate Kalashnikov

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

€3,865

Red Mustang Steve

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

elegance

Gillian Brin

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€650

Solitaire 3

Kehinde Mayowa

Painting . 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€2,049

Cover n°12

Jean-Marc Calvet

Painting . 30 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€550

Tomato 1

Desmond Akindoju

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

€1,275

Vanity

cObo

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Skate Pablo Picasso

Horss

Painting . 80 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€900

Stand appart from the crowd

Nite Owl

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

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Cocoquelicots

Painting . 30.5 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Save the present

Nathalie Molla

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Purple Child

Jef Aérosol

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

€2,700

Yellow Child

Jef Aérosol

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

€2,700

Innocent portrait

Ladamenrouge

Painting . 154 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 60.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Dewey

Franck Savoye (Francky)

Painting . 80 x 57 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 22.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Marilyn

Phoebe Dingwall

Painting . 90 x 90 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€2,800

Sans titre

Meteo Meteo

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

Alain 2

Electre

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€410 €369

Billie Eilish

Ashot Avagyan

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Not My Story

Iryna Bondar

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

€500

Les eaux calmes

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Les baigneuses

Hugues Candaës

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

€2,460

Le gardien du temps

Rémi Bénard

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€980

Piqûre de rappel

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 196 x 130 x 6 cm Painting . 77.2 x 51.2 x 2.4 inch

€8,400

My Own Sweet Solitude (4)

Georges Bassil

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

€1,298

Chaussette

Mumuzepaint

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

€880

Merchant of Vlues

Michael Makharadze

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

€3,000

Nosotros los de piel de bronce y corazón de oro

Mumov

Painting . 190 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€7,750

Bethesda, l'ange de Central Park

Véronique Baleste

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

€1,200

La Boudeuse

Danielle Stora Darmon

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

€4,240

Homecoming To The Roots

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,595

Be my guest

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 180 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 59.1 x 1 inch

€4,300

She, from the Flow Series

Ksenia Malurika

Painting . 40 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€2,413

Sans titre, sans mot

Jéko

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

€2,900

Three Poppies

Daria Golovina

Painting . 120 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Matriarch

Elie Hatungimana

Painting . 59.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.6 x 1 inch

€1,411

Would you want some chips?

Carol On the roof

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

€2,470

Colorful Frida

Nathalie Cubéro

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

€3,200

Butterflies - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,184

Magic Marilyn

Gardani Art

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€3,005

Gaze 1

Ayotunde Ayomide

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€901

Collective consciousness

Michela Vicentini

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

€10,250

Daisy Game

Gabrielle Graessle

Painting . 180 x 260 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 102.4 x 0.8 inch

€19,850

Lumière noire - série portrait onirique et surréalisme

Samuel Boudaud

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,375

Bound By Time 1

Aragbada Stephen

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

€1,685

True Friend 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Love Men

Daniel Owoeye

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

€2,959

Somnium No. 9, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Bord de mer

Lydi

Painting . 60 x 240 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Vivid 161

Orit Fuchs

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

€19,000

See the sound

Akio Harada

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

€1,200

Le songe

Frédéric Balmefrezol

Painting . 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,260

Laugh at the same jokes

Mikhail Baranovskiy

Painting . 72 x 56 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.3 x 22 x 1 inch

€2,000

Latitude e longitude das Antipatias

Rui Gomes

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

€1,400

Adidas

Thomas Pierre

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

€2,200

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

La vague d’Hokusai / The wave of Hokusai

France Courpotin

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

€4,400

On air II

Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

Painting . 55 x 34 x 0.6 cm Painting . 21.7 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Genuine Society

Kofi Agorsor

Painting . 101.6 x 101.6 x 10.2 cm Painting . 40 x 40 x 4 inch

€5,919

Deformed Face (Gueule Déformée)

Tristan Starowicz (WICZ)

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

€990

Activists destroyed my Masterpiece (4)

The Activist

Painting . 47 x 37 x 4 cm Painting . 18.5 x 14.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

The Eclectic

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 130 x 85 x 2.3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€1,900

El Camino

Rita Chehab

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

€7,600

Tres Marie

Astolfo Funes

Painting . 90 x 147 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Athlétisme 2

Arno Lanzi

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

€2,200

Bang Tâm

Shake

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

€1,500

Truth

Jana & JS

Painting . 50 x 20 cm Painting . 19.7 x 7.9 inch

€1,100

Space Dancer

Mr Cenz

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

€2,900

Sisters

Poovi Art

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

€1,639

Smoking girl in red

cArye

Painting . 43 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 16.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€240

Youri Gagarine

Martin

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€990

Silhouette - 3 - série Enfantine poétique

Denise Crolle-Terzaghi

Painting . 21 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€190

Association douteuse

Sabine Louriac

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.35 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€520

Plaisir d'offrir 18/80

Stratos

Sculpture . 46 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch

€1,490

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #4 — Portrait in Collapse

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.2 inch

€3,500

Lectura al parc

Jordi Sàbat

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

€700

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