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!

Trois Tsarines

Liubov Juravliova

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

€3,600

Portrait with hand on chin

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 48.3 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 15 x 1 inch

€847

Aren't We All Hungry?

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,006

Momento temporis

Mario Henrique

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

€9,900

Afterparty

Dima Filatov

Painting . 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€760

Fervens

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 190 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€9,900

Blessings I see

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 135.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53.5 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,853

Woman and flower. Gazania

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,337

Messenger from Sirius

Themanfromthefuture Urano

Painting . 182 x 168 x 0.3 cm Painting . 71.7 x 66.1 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

Never Settle for Less 1

Akande John

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

€2,674

Focus

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 68.6 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,355

Ludicium

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Acta, Non Verba

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Danse Politique

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch

€27,000

Materia No. 2, Series VII

Mario Henrique

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

€7,934

Dignitas

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Hedy Lamarr, Icon Series V

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Violette

Cannibal Malabar

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

€1,800

Afternoon

Tarek Butayhi

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€1,783

Anxius

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Woman on sofa

Ramon Poch

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

€1,800

Materia No. 4, Series VI

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

La Matrone d’Éphèse

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting . 195 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€16,300

A Madame de Montespan

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting . 119 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 46.9 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€10,300

Dawn

Lianne Kocks

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€800

Fashionable meeting

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,380

Fray

Kosta Morr

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€150

The Face I Become

David Akolo

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch

€535

The tears of a clown

Geert Lemmers

Painting . 75 x 115 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch

€1,580

Spirit of Cobalt #2

O Gringo

Painting . 90 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Le point

Flavien Couche

Painting . 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€350

Portrait of a woman, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 48.3 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19 x 18 x 1 inch

€490

Morning tranquillity

Roman Dub

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,050

Etat intérieur

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€950

Hoop Rolling 3

Shadi Abou Sada

Painting . 110 x 52 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 20.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Dessin n°6

Flow

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€290

Diptych IV: Soñar que Tiene las Manos Muy Grandes, and In Every Dream Home a Heartache

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€2,674

Flower Blossom Lady (framed unique mixed media on paper)

Peter Max

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€5,705

Flamingo between us

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,000

Side by side

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,500

Secrets together

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Flamingo Interlude

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,000

La niña con caballo

Svetlana Zhirnova

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€3,000

Néma

Marcos Rodrigo

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€490

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

White Wedding 2

Olamilekan Okunade

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,254

Le murumure de l'été - Portrait à l'oiseau et papillon

Jacques Alary

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

€1,250

Embers of Greatness - Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Women Love

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€2,674

Black Eve with apple

Irina Bast

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

€1,471

Crimson rebirth

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 73.7 x 71.1 x 6.4 cm Painting . 29 x 28 x 2.5 inch

€1,649

Love Story

Asko

Painting . 133 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 52.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,900

Lady In White 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Modern

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,496

Provocante

Sabine Louriac

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€850

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs Pink and blue, Diptych

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 40.6 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,961

Woman in black dress

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 88 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting . 34.6 x 28 x 0 inch

€1,100

Her Worth -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Modern Women

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 101.6 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,362

Water element - Aqua Essence

Olga Tiho

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

€883

La gitane

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

Maradona

Dr. Love

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

€50

Don't Look Back, Your Life Isn't There Anymore -21st Century, Contemporary Women

Elijah Olanase

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

€2,986

La Plage

Isabelle Floch

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Somnium No. 3, Series XV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Paris, Déambulation 3

Anne Niewiadomski

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

€720

Love flow

Anna Waleron

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

€3,800 €3,040

By the Grace of God I Am Who I Am

Bernadette Sterk

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

€6,800

Beauty For Ashes -21st Century

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€2,006

Twins

Fresha D

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

€950

Resilience

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,452

Michi

Norman Lerner

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,700

The lady

Dr. Love

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

€50

Viaje a la Infancia

Marta Carceller

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

€2,000

Berlin love

Dr. Love

Painting . 15 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€50

Ewa

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,300

Natalie

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,000

Che Guevara street art

Dr. Love

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

€50

Portrait PS 231 La Dormante - French School oil painting Basel

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,000

Two women

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 68.6 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27 x 39 x 0.1 inch

€1,694

Liaison

Marta Grassi

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

€2,200

Radiance

Abi Whitlock

Painting . 70.1 x 100.1 x 4.6 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,841

Love dream street art

Dr. Love

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€50

Abstraction3

Electre

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

€310

Madame au piano

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€285

Intime

Zahra Zeinali

Painting . 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€3,900

Marie

Seaty

Painting . 115 x 71 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 28 x 0.8 inch

€11,900

Untitled

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€6,500

Catalina

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Through clown's eyes

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,070

Healing Greenland, Chunja and The Monkey Brothers

Shin Seung-Hun

Fine Art Drawings . 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch

€1,000

Juliette

Salvador Ginard

Painting . 139 x 128 x 3 cm Painting . 54.7 x 50.4 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Party’s over

Irish Galon

Painting . 92 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,985

Pan American

Raf Urban

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

€1,200

Materia No. 1, Series V

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€10,000

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