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!

Adapted culture 101

Geert Lemmers

Print . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 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

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

Fires of the Soul

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

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

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

American Indian

Vincent Bardou

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

€1,899

La Vie Ame (The Old Soul) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Car

Alawaye Tope

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

€2,686

Eclat de mystère

Axelle Biltgen

Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€340

Two Cats on the Party

Marina Lukianova

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€911

The Egyptian

Astra Pasta

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

€1,639

Ray of Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Floral, Women

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,732

Ethereal Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Woman

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€3,506

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

L'apéro

Jack Jacquot

Sculpture . 55 x 44 x 1 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

€800

Addicted

Gongas

Painting . 92 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€620

Roses have thorns

Daria Golovina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€900

Hobby - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Basketball, Women Sport

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,685

Serie Sensuality

Virginie Rassat

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€400

Karmaléon

Rémi Bénard

Sculpture . 115 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture . 45.3 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€3,560

Phoenix

Edo Kaaij

Painting . 105 x 160 x 4.6 cm Painting . 41.3 x 63 x 1.8 inch

€6,950

Retrato en fondo verde

Enrique Pichardo

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

€1,109

Mirror

Victor Morawo

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

€1,047

Soberbia

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

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

€1,300

Bebo

Valido

Painting . 92 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Another man's wife

Evans Torngmortey

Painting . 183 x 122 x 2 cm Painting . 72 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Azur

Véronique Chomienne

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

€1,300

La Fortune

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Bad Boy, part II

Badriot

Painting . 29 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Diane en floraison

Nadja B.

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Woman face

Dr. Love

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€50

Medium Doll, CH Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 98 x 68 x 1 cm Painting . 38.6 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Once Given a White Rose 3 (1)

Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi

Painting . 33 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 10 x 1 inch

€592

There must have been an angel by my side

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€7,300

Woman in Pink

Nicolle Menegaldo

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

€2,378

DJ.L-Machine Extasy.Musik

Robert Combas

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 1 inch

€52,000

Take your soul

Vanessa Bonino

Painting . 12 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 4.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€200

Portrait in Blue

Kosta Morr

Painting . 80 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,821

Die Katia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Portriat of mother earth

Amarkine Amarteifio

Painting . 61 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 46 x 2 inch

€5,372

Man up

Poovi Art

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

€1,275

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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

Bonnie and friends

Jeb

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

€700

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

Forgotten

Jean-Luc Almond

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

€3,597

Le regard asymétrique

Eric Doisy

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

€1,480

Two souls, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 154.9 x 154.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 61 x 61 x 2 inch

€10,835

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

Still Waiting

Natalia Yangalycheva

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

€1,700

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

Djala

Hugues Candaës

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,360

Portrait, femme stylisée - Série abstraction du quotidien

Sarah Picon

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

€315

Croyance et raison - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€690

Daffodil

Olivier Massebeuf

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

€1,500

Les silencieuses 2, partie 6/6

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

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

ToccO - Titanium

ZuZ Frederic Zuzek

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€4,500

Wild

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 60 x 73 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 inch

€2,400

Nouvelle vague

Antony Squizzato

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

€1,647

Perfect Duet -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Mixed Media

Gobe Joseph

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

€6,784

La femme aux chats par-dessus la femme au chien de Renoir

André.M

Painting . 28.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.2 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch

€600 €540

Dutress and Her Dog - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Animals

Akingbade Mayowa

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

€2,595

Fragrant Portrait

Nonahc

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

€2,465

David Bowie news

Spaco

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

€200

Francine

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 73 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,850

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

In a Dream, We Dance Floating Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Joanna Glazer

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

€2,900

Big, Bold, Beautiful - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, Portrait, Modern

Amiolemen Emmanuel

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

€1,685

Poltrona n° 281022

Bonaschi

Painting . 58 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€280

Afro Bloom

Elie Hatungimana

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

€1,411

Trois Léonnes à la Ville

RogerM

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

€800

Life after Death

Fabio Purino

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

€1,200 €984

Apolo Purple. Head Sculpture. From the series Apollo

Paloma Castello

Sculpture . 43.9 x 27.9 x 30 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 11 x 11.8 inch

€1,821

Retrato púrpura

Enrique Pichardo

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

€1,493

Park life

Nico Pichon

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

€1,500

Joker

Art By Son

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

€3,450

Nuit de lame - 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

Recrudescence

Eric Raban

Painting . 140 x 90 x 4.4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 35.4 x 1.7 inch

€3,000

Ataraxie

Lewis Gibson

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

€2,199

Evening with Mia

Marta Zawadzka

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

€4,100

Rare Lichtenstein Street Art Girl 2

Freda People Art

Painting . 105 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Reflection

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 127 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,187

La jeunesse 1880

Maude Ovize

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

€2,950

Les cerisiers en fleur / Cherry blossoms

France Courpotin

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

€4,400

Love in the Time of Forest Fires

Niki Singleton

Painting . 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€2,533

Eyes

Nobless

Print . 60 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€500

L'homme au gilet rouge

Zafi

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€17,000

Plat

Corneille

Print . 57 x 58 cm Print . 22.4 x 22.8 inch

€3,500

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

Joie

Nathaly Vera

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

€5,800

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