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!

I Am a Winner

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 110 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Le Câlin

Afat One

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€3,600

I want it all

Dr. Love

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

€50

La Fillette Au Cheval à Bascule

Vincent Bardou

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,799

Survive Beautifully

Tetiana Adamovich

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

€900

Gun Crochet

Sophie Inard

Photography . 23.5 x 33.5 cm Photography . 9.3 x 13.2 inch

€600

EL | 21g of Blue

Esther Cohen

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

€2,000

La fiancée

Sitelle

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€820

Adaptation to the Environment. Triptych

Ella Jensen

Painting . 73 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€981

Little Explorer's Vision -21st Century, Expressionist, Figurative Modern Balloon

Rotimi Godwin

Painting . 91.4 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 31 x 1 inch

€4,012

Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€2,500

Reading Under a Palm Tree

Kosta Morr

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

€800

L'Écume des jours

Lili Tao

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,080

Weight They Cannot See 3 (Truth Never Die) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,095

Anmut

Friedhard Meyer

Painting . 85 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€1,400

La Rousse

Sabine Louriac

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

€2,200

State of Mind 13 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€1,471

Liberation - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Plant

Kehinde Oyafajo

Painting . 116.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,006

Golden Tranquility

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 137.16 x 165.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 65 x 1 inch

€9,990

Come Into Fruition

Jocelyn Teng

Painting . 152.4 x 203.2 x 5 cm Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 inch

€6,500

Hope (When The Time is Right) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,362

Éclat

AE2

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Read Me Like A Book

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,432

She's Always Behind My Back

Elijah Olanase

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

€3,432

Nouveau Souffle

Flavien Couche

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

€1,100

Hué (grey)

Seaty

Painting . 115 x 125 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€13,900

Black Devil (Esu)

Busari Adewale

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,541

Eclipse: Monochrome Whispers

Olga Tiho

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

€883

Focus (Bold Face) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman

Kehinde Mayowa

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

€1,515

Rdv noté dans la main

Jéko

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Love Life and Wait for Spring

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,100

Retrato en fondo azul

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 225 x 220 x 1 cm Painting . 88.6 x 86.6 x 0.4 inch

€7,485

Solitude 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Expressionism, Mixed Media, Africa

Fredrick Idele

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,872

Killed in Action (Paramour Lover 2)

Awofadeju Solomon

Painting . 91.4 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,738

Rumeur encadrée n°567

Keymi

Painting . 64 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Good Enough

Agbabiaka Johnmark

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

€4,680

Bad Boy

Badriot

Painting . 34 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

White cat

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,300

Sitting bull

Le Closier

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

€1,337

Identity 4

Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

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

€4,189

Mythologie grecque

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 65 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Angela

Frédérique Samama

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

€3,000

Alter Ego

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 140 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,432

To The Wonders

Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo

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

€2,853

Beflowered I

Paul Ayihawu

Painting . 149.9 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59 x 59 x 1 inch

€5,661

Street musicians Oslo

Tom Russell

Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31 x 31 x 2 inch

€3,566

Blond in Mirror

Anyck Alvarez Kerloch

Painting . 69.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.5 x 21.6 x 1 inch

€1,449

Hermes splat !

Santicri

Sculpture . 35 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch

€550 €495

Mask #208

Gil Bruvel

Sculpture . 48.3 x 50.8 x 22.9 cm Sculpture . 19 x 20 x 9 inch

€14,352

Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)

Oladire Araireoluwa

Painting . 182.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,657

Figuras en fondo azul

Matura Piero

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Happy Couple

Ramon Poch

Painting . 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Truth

Jana & JS

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

€1,100

Social butterfly II

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 66 x 66 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Girl with Flowers

Marian Williams

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

€2,950

1298 Seduction Series

Roger König

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€12,100

Rehab 2

Marian Williams

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

€1,950

Rehab 1

Marian Williams

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

€1,950

II

Pascal Girard

Painting . 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Fiesta

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€650

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,200

The Dream

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€446

I'm Not a Rubber Duck!

Thierry Beaudenon

Painting . 66 x 66 x 3 cm Painting . 26 x 26 x 1.2 inch

€1,450

Blue Rabbit

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€840

Madiba

Nathaly Vera

Painting . 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€6,200

Lovers - Passionate 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€495

Chef, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Brian Nash

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

€2,942

Ataraxy

Barnabas Macauley

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

€2,229

Wake up

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Visage orange

Marie Vandooren

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€690

Monochrome Faces Nr.34

Asko

Painting . 150 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€2,800

Monochrome Faces Nr.22

Asko

Painting . 160 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€2,500

Sitting Bull and the Lion

Mumuzepaint

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

€980

Crossing My Own Horizon: Vibrant Modern Figurative Artwork, Bold Colors

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€802

Love & Grafitti

Artwhos

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€879

Hope pink (tribute to Banksy)

Dr. Love

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

€50

A World of Two

Vincent Bardou

Painting . 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,399

Mémoire murale

Gripe

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

€2,500

I love you teddy

Dr. Love

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

€50

The Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple

Wasiu Sunday Hassan

Painting . 213.4 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 84 x 72 x 1 inch

€4,324

Love ...Mick

Michael Edery

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

€3,800

Insight 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,872

Orishas en Harmonie - série Art et musique cubiste

Jean-Michel Loutoby

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

€1,120

Chunja's Multiverse Story - Chunja's Garden 3

Shin Seung-Hun

Painting . 45.5 x 37.5 x 3 cm Painting . 17.9 x 14.8 x 1.2 inch

€800

La joconde et Marilyn

Maria De Campos

Painting . 64 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.2 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€1,347

Trust Between Us

Daria Golovina

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

€900

The sound within

Opeyemi Idowu

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€713

J'ai rêvé

Marta Grassi

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Gobelet

Robert Combas

Painting . 72 x 52 x 1.5 cm Painting . 28.3 x 20.5 x 0.6 inch

€54,000

Self Adorable

Ajenifuja Abiodun

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

€4,324

Dreamline

Olena Kishkurno

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

€1,400

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

€1,159

Forged in Light -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Elie Hatungimana

Painting . 80 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1 inch

€1,649

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