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!

Presencia no2

Juan Ibarra

Painting . 90 x 62 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€467

Blue Testament 6

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Blue Testament 5

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Blue Testament 4

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Blue Testament 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Blue Testament 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Blue Testament 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

Daniel Owoeye

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

€410

Joie

Sylvie Eudes

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

€1,600

Apparition

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49.9 x 49.9 x 3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Boundaries 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa

Segun Benjamin Ajao

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

€410

Stare 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€592

Reappropriation humaine -Samba#2

Nicolas Jesbac

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

€1,100

Les couleurs de l'amour

Virginia Benedicto

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

€2,540

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€110

Songes

Christelle Didier-Cury

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

€750

David Bowie

PyB

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

€200

Testimony

Kseniia Ivanova

Painting . 82 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€800

Eustache

Nef

Painting . 30 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€500

Black Birds 6

Marian Williams

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

€250

Erika Badu - Série les femmes et la nature, portrait de femme iconique

Esther Essounga

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€600

Desire

Asko

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€3,500

Electric Ghost

Christophe Streichenberger

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

€3,760

Ecce Homo

Jean-Michel Poirot

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

€3,400

Relax

Flow

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.4 inch

€2,500

Red Flower

KatRegArt

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

€690

Connected 6

Veronika Obushikhina

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€820

Lemons

Nina Urushadze

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

€2,800

Our day will come

Murielle Bozzia

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

€1,560

Rifle

Robert Saller

Painting . 115 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€8,200

WonderBat (Batman Wonder Woman)

Jozza

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 2 inch

€3,188 €2,869

Du son dans les oreilles

Sylvie Gerard

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

€1,080

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

€1,503

Isolation 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Colours

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€1,503

Maitre Yoda

Spaco

Sculpture . 28 x 36 x 28 cm Sculpture . 11 x 14.2 x 11 inch

€450

Parchao en la Bocana

Sancho Medina

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

€1,300

In Love

Asko

Painting . 130 x 89 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 inch

€1,500

Medusa Octopus

B.AX

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

€990

Black Jazz Diva: I Put a Spell on You

Kristina Mallen

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

€2,550

Satu II

Pawtonn

Painting . 94 x 94 x 3 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Embrace of Solitude

Michael Adetula

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

€1,685

Abundance and Inner Peace

Sargis Zaqaryan

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

€546

Happy Moments

Asko

Painting . 106 x 106 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.7 x 41.7 x 0 inch

€1,100

Art Rock

David Jamin

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch

€5,200

Peace Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women Symbolism

Ademola Ajayi

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

€2,596

Companion

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€3,097

Place Called Home

Olamilekan Okunade

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€4,235

You Become What You Think About - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Women

Elijah Olanase

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

€3,051

Unity in diversity

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,350

Empowered in friendship

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,350

Expectation 2

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,867

Secret in the Dark

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,350

Lady Scarlet

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,450

Blushing Beauty

Peter Max

Painting . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,016

Day Dream

Peter Max

Painting . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,016

Encore un demi mot

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,450

Statue of Liberty (unique mixed media on paper), 2009

Peter Max

Painting . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,016

Statue Overpaint

Peter Max

Painting . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,016

Rossini 1

Albrecht Behmel

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

€8,800

Jeune fille inversée

Wawapod

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

€1,900

Metamorphism 1

Nadine Denjean

Painting . 93 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,480

Fabulation

Joanna Flatau

Painting . 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€9,500 €9,025

la jeune fille du lac

Maylis Bourdet

Painting . 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€460

Naissance

Maylis Bourdet

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

€480

The Wind Sweeps the Wind Series 01

Xiao Ying Chen

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

€1,800

Why Does Love Fade Away? -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Olajire Olalekan

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

€3,096

Royalty

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 119.9 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1 inch

€3,142

La mariée se met au lit - Portrait de femme

Danielle Lamaison

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

€1,875

Enigmate Radiance (A portrait of Grace and Virtue)

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€1,412

La rencontre

Richard Saint-Amans

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

€1,500

The Rush

Billy Morrison

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€14,300

Collectors of Antique

Vladimir Kolosov

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

€1,986

The cello player

Anatoly Metlan

Painting . 91 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 24 x 1 inch

€6,193

Air-shot

Laurent Folco

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch

€2,200

USA Code Barre Marilyn, BB et Audrey Hepburn (2) (1)

Elmago

Painting . 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€6,500

Kite

Maia Kvatchadze

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

€2,000

Portrait with hand on chin

Barbara Kroll

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

€865

A burning Pinocchio in this chaotic world

David Cow

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Vissionary

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€1,365

La pianiste

Dolet Malalu

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

€4,800

Gold. Orchid. Doritis

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,133

Kiss me

Natalia Kuruch

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

€3,100

Mise à nu

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€2,750 €2,200

About Girls

Matteo Fieno

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

€950

kijana shujaa (young warrior)

Mosoti Kepha

Sculpture . 49 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 19.3 x 12 x 1 inch

€1,890

Cecille is playing with her tail

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 61 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€1,120

Le ballon

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 55 x 48 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,320

Portrait Rose d’Aretha Franklin

Narôme

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Single mandate

Mirtha Otaño

Painting . 85 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,640

Andréa D2P

Véronique Clanet

Painting . 31 x 26 cm Painting . 12.2 x 10.2 inch

€2,100

Diversité

Claudia Coccina

Painting . 72 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Team Magdeleine

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 20 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€120 €96

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Hello Everybody

Michadu

Sculpture . 58 x 37 x 20 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 14.6 x 7.9 inch

€1,700

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