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!

J’ai des perles, moi j’ai l’huître

Lydi

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

€1,200

Without face II

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 65.3 x 50.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 25.7 x 19.8 x 0.1 inch

€819

Jacqueline et son cheval bleu

Niala

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

€4,900

Nothing is Impossible

Busari Adewale

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

€2,959

La gitane

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 29 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

€330

Portrait #51. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Endless

Edyta Grzyb

Painting . 119 x 119 x 2 cm Painting . 46.9 x 46.9 x 0.8 inch

€6,370

Lonely With Thoughts 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Olamilekan Bello

Painting . 99.8 x 79.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.3 x 31.3 x 1 inch

€2,049

Contemporary portrait - Gas - Disel

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Explanada

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 195 x 330 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 129.9 x 0.8 inch

€11,389

Sans titre

Ivan Tzonev

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

€600

You are my force

Natalya Mougenot

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

€800

Shine Your Light

Lena Bera-Pancini

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

€1,900

Yellow and blue

Carlos Mendez

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

€900

Trilateral Meeting

Vahag Hamalbashyan

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,100 €1,890

Destruction, The End of the of the Earth! Stay Calm serie

Olha Vlasova

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

€900

Ocean Sunset

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,800

A Chapter of Tranquility

Desmond Akindoju

Painting . 91.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,276

Red cross belt

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,502

Mademoiselle 31

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Africa Games

Tarek

Painting . 65 x 81 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch

€3,000

Cat woman on green

Marian Williams

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

€1,750

Girl in Green

Daniel Oguche Junior

Painting . 88.9 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,322

Solace

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,905

Les filles d’honneur... (En scène)

Olivier Messas

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

€4,500

Woman 1

Pepe Hidalgo

Painting . 51 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,980

Queen (Series II)

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€2,185

L. Portrait intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,187

Une histoire

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 75 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€450

Girl with Flowers

Marian Williams

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

€2,950

Womanoïds 2

Marian Williams

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

€2,950

Where I Am

Emmanuel Akolo

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

€728

Gorilla

Gillian Brin

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

€490

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #19 — Portrait Emerging from Erosion

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.8 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.3 inch

€3,000

I’ve Got the Moon (10)

Georges Bassil

Painting . 90 x 58 cm Painting . 35.4 x 22.8 inch

€3,599

Lust

Antonina Bormova

Painting . 120 x 154 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 60.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Untitled

Ammar Hammoud

Painting . 195 x 145 cm Painting . 76.8 x 57.1 inch

€9,500

Red Bridge

Wait

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

€1,850

Alone

Marcos Zrihen

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

€80

In The Midst of Becoming.

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 91 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€1,803

A Lie

Antoni Falat

Painting . 95 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€9,500

Veil of the Wind

Marina Mark

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

€2,200

J'adore

Yasna Godovanik

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

€1,590

Bella

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

Malika

Alina O’Dwyer

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

€1,366

Wave of Still-Life Note 1

Sa Hara

Painting . 91 x 116.8 x 3 cm Painting . 35.8 x 46 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

La mujer con turbante plateado

Svetlana Zhirnova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€2,300

Sayuri

Vasil Vasilev-Vaso

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

€2,780

A kind of magic

Dr. Love

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

€50

Joker

Dr. Love

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

€50

Love of my life

Dr. Love

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

€50

Floating on Cloud Nine -21st Century, Expressionist, Figurative Modern, Balloon

Rotimi Godwin

Painting . 127 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 inch

€4,553

Forever

Dr. Love

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

€50

Chunju's Multiverse Story- Chunja's Journey

Shin Seung-Hun

Painting . 60.6 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.9 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Lessons in the Garden

Kosta Morr

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€200

Gal Gadot

Dizlarka

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,457

CHARLIE

Valérie v

Painting . 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€7,900

The smoker

Marie Minot

Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Looking Beyond 8

Damola Ayegbayo

Painting . 101.6 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 29 x 1 inch

€2,140

Homme Tout en rouge série scènes de vie

Virginie Puyfoulhoux

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

€380

Portrait d'un jeune homme moderne - série portrait beige et bleu

Jair Marques Herculano

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

€1,060

Partenaires

Jean-Claude Lannes

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€920

Grand Paraclet

Mina Mond

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

€2,000

Marilyn Chanel, Small Diamond

Russell Young

Painting . 71 x 53 x 7 cm Painting . 28 x 20.9 x 2.8 inch

€12,000

I Only Date Black Guys. LOL

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 122 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€5,554

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Epluribus Unum

Kouka

Painting . 130 x 193 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 76 x 0.8 inch

€11,000

Captain

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 80 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 1 inch

€4,000

Not Hopeless

Agbabiaka Johnmark

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,780

Today is a Gift 2 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€1,275

Le violoniste et la mariée

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€280

Haut le cœur

Thomas Van Hecke

Painting . 193 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 76 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€6,800

Princesse

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 29 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

€330

Blonde à la robe bleue

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 29 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

€330

Drumming Soul - 21st Century

Mayowa Adekile

Painting . 88.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,959

African Beauty

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,049

Absolutely Nothing

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 95 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Playboy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Men, Fashion

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,685

Prima Prima Ballerina

Wencke Uhl

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

€2,185

Dans le miroir

Graciela Castellano-Saavedra

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€900

Living the easy

Jörg Döring

Painting . 150 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€4,200

Trio - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

De la ciudad al campo

María Galán

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

€2,700

Geisha

Valerian Lenud

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€6,200

Spleet

cObo

Painting . 91.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,800

Smokers 01

Nagui Achamallah

Painting . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€401

Waiting for the World to be big enough

Rahma Lhoussig

Painting . 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€3,600

African Boy III

Faith Gbadero

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

€1,867

Beginning of life

Natalie Shiporina

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

€1,500

Untitled #509

Ilana Gal

Painting . 200 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€16,500

Black is Beautiful

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

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

€1,912

Retour d'ailleurs

Frédéric Batard

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

€860

Andy Grey

Diego Barros

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

€1,200

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