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!

L'homme au parapluie

Zafi

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

€11,500

Fête du Champagne

Guy Olivier

Painting . 155 x 105 x 4 cm Painting . 61 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch

€6,950

Bertolucci

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,200

Tumbler Toy | Red Russian Doll Artwork

Svetlana Iskoskikh

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

€535

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

Orange portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 100 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Sans titre

Meteo Meteo

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

L'Amant

Hugues Candaës

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

€2,260

Vis-à-Vis

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€847

I love Zihuatanejo

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

Painting . 124 x 124 x 2 cm Painting . 48.8 x 48.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Citizens of a Quiet Country 5 - 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

Spazio vuoto

Luigi Iona

Painting . 56 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€240

Civilizacion

Juan Ibarra

Painting . 70 x 77 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€405

Beyond the Sun

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 12 x 19 cm Painting . 4.7 x 7.5 inch

€290

Your memory accompanies me

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19.3 x 14 cm Painting . 7.6 x 5.5 inch

€300

Phoenix beauty

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 40 x 35.5 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 14 x 0.8 inch

€600

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€75

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€75

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€75

Apparition

Maria Ruisi

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

€2,900

Morning dialogue

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Singing of Quiet Happiness

Olga Tsyhypko

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

€590

Santa Tentación

En Blanco

Painting . 76 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€663

Certains loups...

Disek

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

My New York

Irina Bast

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

€669

American Dream

Irina Bast

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

€669

The Girl with the pearl earring

Irina Bast

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

€669

Ernestine

Nef

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

€500

Loretta

Nef

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

€500

Aimée

Nef

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

€500

L'Oreille Cassée

Louis Besnier

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

€950

Femme touareg

Danielle Stora Darmon

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

€2,800

La Fille au Scooter

Murielle Vanhove

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

€4,200

Robert Redfort

PyB

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

€200

Simone Veil

PyB

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

€200

Rimbaud pop

PyB

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

€200

Vertige de l'Âme

Murielle Bozzia

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

€3,060

Genesis 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture Africa Women

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,541

Miroir de l'âme

Pedro Viana Parente

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,200

Guarda oltre

Davide Angelillo

Painting . 100 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€300

Plein Soleil

Sylvie Eudes

Painting . 36 x 36 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Salt in my Wounds

Elie Chammaa

Painting . 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€280

Portrait Basquiaise N°4

Sylvain Copete

Painting . 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€315

Portrait 1, Garçon au regard clair - Série portrait, univers de l'enfance

Fabienne Octobre

Painting . 24 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€315

Every Petal Tells

Minal Morarji

Painting . 62 x 77 x 3 cm Painting . 24.4 x 30.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Homéostasie

B.AX

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

€990

Marvin

Nadine Denjean

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

€1,580

Kanelle

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,800

Imp of Reflection

Olamilekan Okunade

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

€2,630

Mami Wata

Kevin Brewerton

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

€3,655

Goethe dans la campagne romaine

Patrick Moya

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Heart Space - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Love, Home

Samson Adetunji

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

€2,897

Portrait I

Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)

Painting . 38.5 x 28.5 x 2 cm Painting . 15.2 x 11.2 x 0.8 inch

€790

Embrace (Nature) 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Oyeleye Feranmi

Painting . 111.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,006

Seeking Perfection

Michael Adetula

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,649

Help From Above - 21st Century Contemporary

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

Sweet Tariffs

Daru

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

€1,200

Where Silence Meets Soul

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€2,006

I want!

Daru

Painting . 70 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

E.V.A

Sylvaine Merlet

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

€3,680

Cast Aside 1

Michael Adetula

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,203

Girl in Her Cultural Bead 3

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,293

Girl in Her Cultural Bead 1

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,293

Expectation 1

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,827

Portrait #52. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,070

Gangster's Paradise 1

Aba Linus

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

€2,407

Le bercement

Irina Dopont

Painting . 89 x 135 x 5 cm Painting . 35 x 53.1 x 2 inch

€1,400

Rose

Christina Arebratt

Painting . 70 x 90 x 3.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.3 inch

€1,850

Moment on the Sea

Joshua Salami

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

€2,452

Pink Dreams. Timid

Irina Petrova

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

€847

Contemporary portrait - Dilemma

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

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

First Taste

Maurice Kummer

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€1,500

Regard

Fresha D

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

€950

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

€1,382

Red & Cheese

Natalie Shiporina

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

€2,800

Love Must Reciprocate

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€1,783

Tell me more

Roxana Khonkulova

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

€1,900

Startled Bather

Nicholas Robertson

Painting . 30 x 24.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€571

Correm rios de chá

Rui Gomes

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

€1,900

Unique (African Allure) 1

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,872

Face to face

Aba Linus

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

€2,229

Léa

Ariane Fourquier

Painting . 32 x 25.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch

€549

Harmony to Better Life

Kusbudiyanto

Painting . 150 x 133 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 52.4 x 1.6 inch

€9,000

Woman with deep thought (Feminine epidemic series) II

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€1,997

Dialogue with butterfly

Aba Linus

Painting . 100.3 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.5 x 24.5 x 1 inch

€2,229

Lovers - Kiss In Pink And Blue

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 75.9 x 102.1 x 1.5 cm Painting . 29.9 x 40.2 x 0.6 inch

€1,710

Réflexion de la Séduction....

Franck Savoye (Francky)

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

€2,500

Transposition #6

Dominique Dève

Painting . 29 x 21 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 inch

€200

Haunted by desire

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting . 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,284

Dans les Abysses

Odin Pigelet

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

€1,500

Die Katia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950 €808

La petite nostalgique.

Jean-Pierre Blanpain

Painting . 18 x 14 x 1 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.4 inch

€700

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