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!

Santa Barbara, con Jan Van Eyck

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 44.5 x 23 x 0.8 cm Painting . 17.5 x 9.1 x 0.3 inch

€295

Miyazakis Character

Kosta Morr

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

€150

Crazy Gorilla

Kosta Morr

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€200

Ginger woman and red grape

Irina Bast

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

€546

Through Inks

Oxana Vein

Painting . 91.44 x 91.44 x 3 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch

€17,900

Tout un monde

Murielle Bozzia

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

€660

Néma

Marcos Rodrigo

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

€490

Pensée renversante - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Black Man From Kuta - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Floral

Aba Linus

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

€4,416

Blue Flower

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,300

Chun-Ja's Multiverse Story - Chunja Rabbit

Shin Seung-Hun

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

€800

A relationship that wants to continue 1

Ha Yeon U

Painting . 40.9 x 31.8 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.5 x 1.2 inch

€550

She Deserves Her Flowers 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Women

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,550

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

€2,550

Assise sur canapé - Série portrait de femme stylisé

Richard Atlan

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

€750

Prayerful Embrace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Child, Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,732

Giovane con il corvo

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€690

Windswept Dreams

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,700

Melancholy 1

Aba Linus

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 1 inch

€2,595

Wrinkles and Silk

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 127 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 38 x 1 inch

€2,686

Woven Beauty

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 127 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 38 x 1 inch

€2,686

Metamorphosis

Kwabs Owoahene

Painting . 51 x 51 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Portrait fétiche

Nico Pichon

Painting . 48 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 18.9 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€500

L'Art de L'équilibre

Hildegarde Handsaeme

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

€4,800

Jasmine

Sébastien Allart

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

€3,200

Napoleon on horseback. Impression

Liubou Sas

Painting . 84 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 33.1 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,710

In the garden

Kosta Morr

Painting . 59.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€792

Le Dernier Chapiteau

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€900 €792

Lisa - By Martin-Street Art & Shanon Bee

Martin

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

€580

Sofia, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

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

€7,500

Marianne liberty obey

PyB

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

€200

Soul Sisters

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,959

Soundless Echoes

Aba Linus

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

€3,460

Simone Veil femme forte héroïne célébrités paix liberté figure pop art Wahrol

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 115 x 75 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 2 inch

€1,100

Trio Magritte

Wawapod

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Roger Federer

PyB

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

€200

Into the Weekend

Barbara Schaumann

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

€550

Sunny Day

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 135 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Girl at the table

Butkovsky Nikolai

Painting . 40 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€660

Gangster's Paradise 2

Aba Linus

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

€2,458

Afrolicious 2

Joshua Salami

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

€1,685

Side By Side

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€2,413

Solace

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€2,413

Solitude Mood - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Artist, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,685

Hope From Above - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,685

N1

Benjamin Debayle

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€860

Violon rouge

Joseph Piermatteo

Sculpture . 44 x 16 x 8 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 6.3 x 3.1 inch

€1,100

French School - Portrait Summer La Baule 11 Beach Girls XL Impressionniste NSWE

Bazévian Delacapucinière

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

€2,800

Détente au bord de l'eau

Zafi

Painting . 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€23,000

Attori, secondo maestro Kunimasa

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€780

Jacques Brel Pochoir

Spaco

Painting . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€90

Renaud Pochoir

Spaco

Painting . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€90

Joconde Girls Love

Spaco

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

€480

Klimt girl

Spaco

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

€340

Chief in urban sunset

Rinalds Vanadzins

Painting . 84.8 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 33.4 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,276

Balerine Banksy

Spaco

Painting . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€90

Mask

Tarek

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

€190

Be Still

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,322

Easy adventure

Natalie Shiporina

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

€3,500

Alfons maillot III

David Cumps

Painting . 23 x 23 x 2 cm Painting . 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch

€220

Deus é Um Sentimento

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€16,200

Ewa

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,300

The space between two seconds

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 243 x 192 x 3 cm Painting . 95.7 x 75.6 x 1.2 inch

€24,500

The blue in your love

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€18,340

Being Kind

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€18,340

In the things order

Mikhail Baranovskiy

Painting . 100 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Natalie

Marta Zawadzka

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

€2,000

Mother Earth

Ana Maria Kis

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 1.27 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 inch

€650

Masque nocturne

Tarek

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€95

Tendresse en Lutte

Jean-François Morro

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€530

De todas partes un poco (from everywhere a little)

Eulogia Merle

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

€2,200

Mate

Eulogia Merle

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

€2,400

Hermes splat !

Santicri

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

€550 €495

Hombre azul

Eulogia Merle

Painting . 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,650

Africa. Salamander

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,374

Africa. Hornbill

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,374

Africa. Fish Cichlidae

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,374

Land breeze

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,583

Land wind

Ljubow Jung

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

€1,583

Sophia

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,583

Monica

Sylvie Cappe

Painting . 29 x 29 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 1 inch

€180

Alexa

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,583

Elizabeth

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,583

Julia

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,583

On the shore of summer. Triptych.

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 50 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch

€2,035

Butterfly effect #2

Liubou Sas

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

€1,700

Joe's technicolor dreams

Munkhbolor Ganbold

Painting . 158 x 123 x 1 cm Painting . 62.2 x 48.4 x 0.4 inch

€10,750

Encore un vélo rêve

Miquel Wert

Painting . 35 x 35 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 inch

€1,000

Medical Error

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 74 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 29.1 x 0.2 inch

€640

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

No One's Perfect

Marian Williams

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

€250

Anatomie d'un mur - série Street Art

Yves Guillard

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

€1,800

Pulp Fiction

Spaco

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

€200

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