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!

Et mon visages, tu l'aimes mon visage ? BB

Fabio Purino

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

€900

Lee Radziwill with Pink Peonies. From the Art, Culture & Society series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€1,783

Creative Rebel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Children

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Apolo Green. Head Sculpture. From the series Apolo

Paloma Castello

Sculpture . 43.9 x 27.9 x 30 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 11 x 11.8 inch

€1,783

Intricacies Of The Mind

Peter Max

Painting . 122.6 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48.25 x 58 x 2 inch

€106,975

Other Day With My Brother

Samson Adetunji

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

€3,565

Chun-Ja’s Multiverse Story - Chunja Face 3

Shin Seung-Hun

Painting . 91 x 91 x 5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 35.8 x 2 inch

€4,000

Her Innocence - 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

Night Club

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 109 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 42.9 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,200

Tête C

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€80

Kiss me

Sébastien Allart

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

€3,200

A Better Friend 2

Olamilekan Okunade

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

€2,630

Rendez vous

Patricia Simsa

Painting . 116 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Abike (Born To Be Cherished)

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 81.3 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,006

Cool Goggles

Marian Williams

Painting . 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€400

Evening Sun

Jose Ladrón de Guevara

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

€4,200

The life

Michael Edery

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2.3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.9 inch

€4,500

The Ficus, Cat, and She

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

immatérialité bleue

Niala

Painting . 130 x 195 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Gaia

Sylvaine Merlet

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€2,780

Black Heritage 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Woman, Hair

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,139

Once Given a White Rose 2

Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi

Painting . 33 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 10 x 1 inch

€579

Les Copains

David Jamin

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

€2,100

Café de Paris

David Jamin

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

€1,200

Profile with Flower Vase

Peter Max

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

€16,046

Profile with Two Hearts

Peter Max

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

€16,046

Profile with Red Hearts

Peter Max

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

€16,046

Monsieur Z

Zafi

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

€5,500

La femme au fauteuil vert

Zafi

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

€5,500

Frozen

Dima Filatov

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

€1,600

Soul

Arsen

Painting . 32 x 32 x 3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch

€550 €495

Finding strength in Frida Kahlo

Natalya Mougenot

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

€1,500

Pink Dreams. Intimate

Irina Petrova

Painting . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€847

Yoga

Theo Mackaay

Painting . 67 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 26.4 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,450 €2,760

Soulmate 6

Damola Ayegbayo

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,387

Souvenirs of Resilience -21st Century

Gobe Joseph

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

€3,878

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 7 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

Painting . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€600

Contemporary portrait Meeting

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 75 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "Travel Companion"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Fun & Joy

Dorit Levi

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,636

Home balloon

Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Painting . 140 x 95 x 4.6 cm Painting . 55.1 x 37.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,566

Phone call

MC Garbage

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

€3,500

Kid

Eulogia Merle

Painting . 46.5 x 30 cm Painting . 18.3 x 11.8 inch

€850

Ewuare (King)

Barnabas Macauley

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

€2,452

Geisha au kimono

Electre

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€350

Untitled

Oksana Domnytska

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

€535

Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand 1

Tarek X Mat Elbé

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

€900

Déesse lune

Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Red bird. Flower of hope

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,337

Afrobeat

Franck Savoye (Francky)

Painting . 200 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Baroque (4)

Martine Elhaik

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

€370

Marionnette

Pascal Marlin

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

€1,250

Kiss

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€950

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 29.9 inch

€1,800

Girl in the city (Double)

Esboner

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,600

Ballerine

Pascal Marlin

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

€3,300

Two

Tetiana Tarasenko

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

€1,783

NRA Wheaties

Luke Yocum

Painting . 58 x 56 x 1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€5,250

Portrait sauvage

Pascal Marlin

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

€800

Secrets de femmes

Toussaint

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

€2,200

Rest on the river

Ana Muñoz

Painting . 81 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€6,000

Ritratto di una giovane

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 35 x 28 x 0.4 cm Painting . 13.8 x 11 x 0.2 inch

€430

Masquerade 4

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€100

Masquerade 3

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€100

Masquerade 2

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€100

Hommes à la cravate à pois

Pascal Marlin

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

€3,500

Hommes sous les lampions

Pascal Marlin

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

€3,500

Corporation

Olivier Massebeuf

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

€780

Coherent confusion III (1)

Ara Deinde

Painting . 48.3 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19 x 23 x 0.1 inch

€517

Reassembled Self: Colorful Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Collage

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€606

Green portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Halloween

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,399

Poison

Quentin Badran

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€3,200

Al

Thierry Rasine

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

The Right Path

Olga Tsyhypko

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

€450

In Search of Meaning

Emmanuel Akolo

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,457

Mona cube

Hugues Candaës

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

€1,660

Aminata

Claudia

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€780

Câlin lunaire - Scène nocturne onirique

Sylvie Robert Alonso

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€420

Arianna

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 40 x 8.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 3.3 x 0.2 inch

€235

Ô Brother

Mumuzepaint

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

€760

Portrait Noir

Brigitte Derbigny

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€500

Heritage 5 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman Hair

Tomiwa Arobieke

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€401

Citizens of a Quiet Country 7 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Expressionism

Paschal Ugwu

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 inch

€401

Vive les fleurs avec une bouée

Seb Paul Michel

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

€99

Comme un Poisson dans l'Eau

Sylvie Eudes

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

€2,800

Boundaries 2 - 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

€401

Le grand chef !

Florkey

Painting . 105 x 105 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Dernier regard

Jean-Claude Lannes

Painting . 60 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€420

Mask of Hope

Esther Cohen

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Andean panflute player

Leonardo Aliaga

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€740

Je bois la vie

Maï

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€400

Lisa - By Shanon Bee & Martin-Street (1)

Shanon Bee

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

€580

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