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!

Drop the Monotony

Janet Adegoke

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,337

Matryoshka D&G | Gold Leaf Fashion Figurative Artwork

Vera Zvyagina

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

€1,961

Tribute to Basquiat

Dr. Love

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

€50

Green Andy

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

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

€2,000

My light.

Liudmila Shabazova

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

€1,200

Les silencieuses 2, partie 4/6

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

Good vibes

Florkey

Painting . 85 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,350

Quiet Grace

Olena Kishkurno

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

€1,400

Black Birds 5

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€200

Black Birds 3

Marian Williams

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€200

Peace from Within 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,293

Le clown et les danseuses

Sabine Louriac

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

€520

Diptych: Kate Hudson and LIU Wen, Portrait, Tridimensional Wall sculptures

Cristian Hunter

Sculpture . 172.7 x 221 x 22.9 cm Sculpture . 68 x 87 x 9 inch

€13,370

Sweet Sixteen

Ajenifuja Abiodun

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

€3,432

Coffeur Pour Dames

Richard Boigeol

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€3,000

Le souvenir d'une photo

Jéko

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

€1,400

Bardot Cowgirl

Russell Young

Painting . 157 x 109 x 7 cm Painting . 61.8 x 42.9 x 2.8 inch

€30,000

La Revanche

Clara Breuil

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

€4,000

The pumpkin plant game

Magda Dimoudi

Painting . 101 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 39.8 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Untitled

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€110

Marilyn on Bright Blue

Marian Williams

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

€950

Till It All Withers 1 - 21st Century

Samson Olatubosun

Painting . 91.4 x 67.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26.4 x 1 inch

€1,649

Edition sur papier Oksana 7302019625190007E N°12/50

Pola 4.0

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€720

Elegance

Ibitoye Emmanuel

Painting . 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€2,184

Georgia is Here

Nino Nasidze

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Red Character

Carlos Mendez

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

€1,150

Aubergine

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,400

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Three sisters. Faith

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,114

Lady vamp

Inga Makarova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Want I

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Want III

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Want IV

Inga Makarova

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

€2,800

Aponow Behind The wall

Shake

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

€1,200

Flower Power

David Cumps

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

€1,800

Origin III

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

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

€3,400

With Yves Coat I Archival pigment on canvas intervened by the artist

Efren Isaza

Painting . 172.7 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting . 68 x 50 x 2 inch

€13,372

Jimi

Angelo Garbo

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€2,117

Penguins on the earth (the cock's epiphany)

Ara Deinde

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 1 inch

€2,674

Fleur II

Guy Olivier

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

€3,550

Ori

Orioye Bukola

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

Price upon request

Chapeau blanc

Jean-Claude Quivogne

Painting . 50 x 39 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch

€600

La Mama

Hugues Candaës

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€960

Forgotten

Jean-Luc Almond

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

€3,587

Soleil

Sylvie Eudes

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

€2,400

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

My Own Sweet Solitude (1)

Georges Bassil

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

€1,300

Bob Marley

Erdna André

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

€500

La Joconde Dream Blue

Marie KVK

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.8 inch

€2,800

Queen 1

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€7,000

Mediterranean Garden (Under the Mandarin Trees)

Olena Kishkurno

Painting . 95 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€2,541

Nigerian Prince 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Men, Texture

Godfrey Chukwuebuka

Painting . 30 x 24.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 1 inch

€579

We are one

Henrik Diamant

Painting . 100 x 80 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,800

Olori Asa (Crowned in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait

Odesola Idowu

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

€4,279

Black moon

Nef

Painting . 62.5 x 42.5 x 2 cm Painting . 24.6 x 16.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Spirit of Forest

Oleg Timchenko

Painting . 250 x 300 x 2.5 cm Painting . 98.4 x 118.1 x 1 inch

€30,000

Bad Thing

Simone De Rosa

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€890

Bisou Bisou

Lili Tao

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,350

Portrait de Rachael

Frédérique Lanquetin

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

€3,000

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

€1,293

Blind to the Hour

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,184

Longing 2

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,774

Against All Odds 11 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€1,203

Le Pupitre

Flavien Couche

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Mister President

Inga Savina

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€357

Glamour - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Woman Hair, Modern

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€2,095

Friends For Life

Asko

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

€3,000

Unmask

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,382

Azur

Véronique Chomienne

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

€1,300

Simple Times - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 89.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€2,273

Eclipse: Aura of Elegance

Olga Tiho

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

€883

Medusa's Joyous Gaze

Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Painting . 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,800

Edie Sedgwick Diptych

Victoria White

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€8,736

Who Are You? - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashionable Men

Oladire Araireoluwa

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

€2,452

Audrey

Le Closier

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

€1,337

Le Damier

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 144 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 56.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Retrato Ella

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 152 x 122 x 2 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€3,042

Phone Conversation

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€1,783

Afro Crown 2

Rotimi Godwin

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

€1,114

Serenity

John Ali

Painting . 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€2,630

Mademoiselle 33

Kaige Yang

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

€1,300

Portrait I (1)

Rong Su

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€800

Puro... Alegría #VI- Neo Platinum

Sparshatt Dalzell

Painting . 76 x 55 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

€4,255

Portrait de femme 2

FeiWoux Chan

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Figurehead

Omoayo George Osoba

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,783

Blown Away Warhol - Electric Rainbow

Josh Mayhem

Sculpture . 30 x 20 x 12 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 7.9 x 4.7 inch

€2,897

The kind bull

Sargis Zaqaryan

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

€1,070

Symbol of strength and beauty

Kehinde Mayowa

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

€2,006

Mind Full

Akande John

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

€891

Black & White

Sylvia Brotons

Painting . 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Emergence

Sandra Paris

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 18 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

€179

Untitled VIII. From The Balance Series

Salvatore Arnone

Photography . 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch

€2,229

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