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 drink therefore I can

The Connor Brothers

Print . 121 x 75 x 0.3 cm Print . 47.6 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,900

Chien - Charlotte

Véro Blaise

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

€1,300

Salvador

Yves Courson

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

€8,000

Andy Warhol Camera

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,200

Success Gate

Henry James

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

€3,800

Enigma

Christophe Streichenberger

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

€2,560

Bloom of the soul-21st Century contemporary African painting

Temitope Ojumoro

Painting . 104 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40.9 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,346

To whom

Oyeleye Feranmi

Painting . 60.4 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23.8 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,499

Santé

Jérôme Mesnager

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Wax

Mateo Andrea

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

€3,900

Untitled 27

Rafik Majzoub

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

€3,850

Sun Match: Vibrant Contemporary Figurative Tennis Artwork in Acrylic on canvas

Yana Medow

Painting . 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,605

Dragon II

James Jean

Print . 63.5 x 48 cm Print . 25 x 18.9 inch

€1,200

There's Light Yet 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Women

Samson Adetunji

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

€2,986

The First Silence -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

Kehinde Mayowa

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

€2,229

Trailable routes

Verónica Arellano

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Rojo X

Joseph Firbas

Painting . 80 x 80 x 10 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch

€3,200

Unspoken layers

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 61 x 40.6 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 16 x 2.5 inch

€936

Frida Corazon

Virginia Benedicto

Sculpture . 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

€1,900

Jimmi Hendrix

Sumesh Cs

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

€1,426

Can't Stop Thinking

Robert van Bolderick

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

€3,000

Madame Magnolia

Maddalena Fanfani

Painting . 100 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€470 €376

Anticipation of Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Awofadeju Solomon

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

€4,324

Rêverie Or - Série Portrait de femme en bas relief

Gérard Couinet

Painting . 41 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,125

Generaciones

Adrian Gonzalez Torrez

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

€2,000 €1,800

La fille à la rose

Sufyr

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Ready to Swim -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Children, Africa

Elijah Olanase

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

€4,324

L'emmitouflé - Série Les accroupis

Vincent Carpentier

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Couleur Safran

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€2,380

Mon Portrait

Ziv Lahat

Painting . 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Moses

Marco Araldi

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,155

La voiture rouge - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,190

La cage dorée

Christelle Didier-Cury

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

€750

Atunbi (Rebirth)

Orioye Bukola

Painting . 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 2 inch

€5,000

Porteur de cœurs

Max Rovira

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€3,500

M.50

Peter Klasen

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

€10,500

Venus #1, Series II

Mario Henrique

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

€5,900

La scelta

Antonio Presti

Sculpture . 40 x 58 x 40 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 22.8 x 15.7 inch

€850

Beach. In the Water

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,000

Colorful Woman Floral

Sasha Robinson

Painting . 60 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€500

Carved and Living - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€2,184

Fratrie

Kazy Usclef

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

€5,750

Reina

Martyna Nowak

Painting . 78 x 58 x 3 cm Painting . 30.7 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Le passage du Styx

Clara Crespin

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 36 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€650

Speck in my eyes - 21st Century African abstract Figurative painting

Peter Eneji

Painting . 104 x 139 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40.9 x 54.7 x 1 inch

€2,499

Amazon Woman

Erró

Painting . 89 x 59 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 23.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,000

A fleur de peau

Sardoine Mia

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

€3,000 €2,700

Watching it unfold

David Akolo

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

€1,407

Osmose

INLA

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

€1,600

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Une jolie pause

Jazzu

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

€2,500

The Collector - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 104.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,674

A kiss from the past

Antony Squizzato

Sculpture . 30 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€1,850

Black Pride 8 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Floral

Damola Ayegbayo

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

€1,783

Portrait sur Marie-Thérèse

Gerard Boersma

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

€1,650

Solace

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,844

Kipusa (gorgeous)

Mosoti Kepha

Sculpture . 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch

€1,890

Lune

Wawapod

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

€1,900

Danza con le spade

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 33 x 22 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch

€150

Cajita feliz

En Blanco

Painting . 95 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€844

Désenchantement

Claudia Coccina

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

€850

Couche de Souvenirs (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€18,400

Cloud Dancer

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 152 x 122 x 1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€9,182

Jardim dos Sonhos, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 90 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Red Carpet

Nina Urushadze

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Wakulima na mashamba

George Lilanga

Painting . 61 x 61 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.4 inch

€600

Flower/Boulder

Maxime Cousineau Perusse

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,576

Iron Queen Elizabeth

Tony Rubino

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,737

Beautiful Behind the Scars 1

Benjamin Omoike

Painting . 91 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 35.8 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,250

Bond 1

Segun Benjamin Ajao

Painting . 102 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€4,850

Ghost

Oleksandra Hrebelna

Painting . 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Barcode

Gregos

Painting . 51 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Les Triplettes

Virginie Matz

Painting . 60 x 81 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch

€1,520

(Harlem Hell fighter) Serenity Black sacrifice

Ekele Francis

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

€2,050

Portrait

Quiel Ramos

Painting . 74 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€800

K6

Léa Vandeveld

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Apo'da (Painter) - Contemporary Figurative Art by Nigerian artist

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 99 x 101.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,510

Le petit déjeuner à Bonaberi

Arnold Fokam

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€4,000

Yayoi

Yu Deng

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

€2,500

Set of 5 paintings

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 200.2 x 209.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 78.8 x 82.5 x 0.1 inch

€17,829

Miroir Enchanté

JM Robert

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

€7,400

I love you but...

OneAck

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

€950

Ecstasy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Women, Modern

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,471

Her Own Light - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Women, Texture

Godfrey Chukwuebuka

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

€1,293

You and Me

Olaniyi Timothy

Painting . 91.44 x 91.44 cm Painting . 36 x 36 inch

€2,390

Peace Out - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Fashion

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 91.4 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 28 x 1 inch

€1,070

L'étang aux carpes

Fragola de la Vega

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

€2,200

Face 1

Tarek Butayhi

Painting . 60 x 55 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.7 inch

€1,700

Tender Weight of Waiting 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

Mrs Smith - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstract, Africa, Women

Makama John

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

€2,095

The Pigeon

Samiran Boruah

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

€950 €808

Le cube

Eric Doisy

Sculpture . 36 x 36 x 36 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 14.2 x 14.2 inch

€1,860

Bride and Groom

Menashe Kadishman

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

€3,298

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