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!

Premier Souffle

Nadine Denjean

Painting . 116 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,080

The Lady and the Peacock

Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

David

Appaloosa

Sculpture . 82 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture . 32.3 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch

€500

The Spy

Kosta Morr

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

€1,070

Anna Wintour

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€20,000

Scar

Françoise Augustine

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Source du mal

Mara

Painting . 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€8,700

Vanishing: Contemporary Textile Installation with Fading Portrait in Crimson Red & White

Dizlarka

Sculpture . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Sculpture . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,050

Le visage

Luis Martins dit L7Matrix

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

€4,000

Silent Harmony

Oluwaseun Oyewale

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

€1,605

Seer 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Mixed Media Painting of Woman Hair

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€1,605

Brotando desde la Esencia

Jesica Benítez

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

€1,000

All is not what it seems

Jean-Luc Curabet

Painting . 180 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€7,000

Silent Geometry

Marina Mark

Painting . 75 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,700 €1,530

Lady with a hand fan

Anatoly Metlan

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

€6,062

Face à face

Ludovica Cholet

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

€2,000

Elyneï

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,700

Composition From the Series

Nino Bosikashvili

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Awaiting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Modern Women

Wasiu Sunday Hassan

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

€3,120

Construction Émotionnelle

Arnaud Laly

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

€2,400

Sentiments partagés (1)

Jules Be Kuti

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

€7,200

Lady The Dreams Come True

Mikko

Painting . 95 x 95 x 0.2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Ritmos de Plata

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 86.4 x 142.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 34 x 56 x 1.5 inch

€2,674

Man 2

Pepe Hidalgo

Painting . 51 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,980

The Two of Them

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€847

Trinity

Willis

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

€3,200

Ballerina

Asko

Painting . 135 x 102 x 0.1 cm Painting . 53.1 x 40.2 x 0 inch

€1,800

Cavalière

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€1,200

Willy Wonka

Martin

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

€800

Katsumi

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€11,200

Mixité

Julien Raynaud

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

€3,600

Alí

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

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

€2,100

Figures in blue

Henrik Diamant

Painting . 80 x 100 x 10 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch

€2,000

Tapestry of Beauty (Agbeke) 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,248

Melanin in Radiance - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Elie Hatungimana

Painting . 59.9 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.6 x 1 inch

€1,382

Untitled

Oluwatimileyin Tega Adegbenjo

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

€1,114

Le reflet

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,450

Portrait in Blue

Zakhar Shevchuk

Fine Art Drawings . 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.7 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€1,200

Masculine Elegance (Beauty Within Us)

Fasalejo Tobiloba

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

€1,203

Moment

Taiwo Samuel Olutimileyin

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

€2,006

A dark side

Marylin Cavin

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

€2,150

Chipie

Joseph Piermatteo

Sculpture . 33 x 26 x 13 cm Sculpture . 13 x 10.2 x 5.1 inch

€980

Effigie

Damiani

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

€2,000

Mavka

Alexander Koltakov

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

€1,138

Free to Be Myself

Svitlana Van Rossum

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

€900

The Prevailer

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.92 x 91.44 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,699

Vivid 176 - Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Orit Fuchs

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

€19,000

Girls need

William Vecchietti

Painting . 80 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€1,700

Awokose (The Role Model)

Oladire Araireoluwa

Painting . 76.2 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,070

Consecration

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,229

Mask geometric - Geometric art

Tarek

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Red Memories - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 80 x 67.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 26.7 x 1 inch

€2,006

Ladies and gentlemen

Della Camilleri

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

€440

Fragments 6

Baboute

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,400

"The little French bomb", 2026

AKET

Painting . 92 x 65 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€6,200

The Memory of Wonder

Olumoko Moses

Painting . 41 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,050

The Novice 3

Seyi Odukoya

Painting . 51 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€900

Colour Me Happy - Mint #1

Sophie Derrick

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€4,134

Mossiae (Gold Leaf), unique hand finished screen print

Finbarr DAC

Print . 86.4 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 inch

€1,671

Visionary Path - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Men

Michael Mensah

Painting . 114.3 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,827

Abiyamo

Olamilekan Okunade

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 2.5 inch

€3,967

Matka Bozia, The Purification of Our Lady

Marcelina Amelia

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€6,000

Trust Your Vision

Lena Bera-Pancini

Painting . 90 x 90 x 90 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€1,900

Przywilej (privilege)

Bartlomiej Zalucki

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,850

Les oiseaux dans la neige

Christian Silvain

Painting . 80 x 70 x 8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 3.1 inch

€10,000

Glance II

Gago Chtchyan

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

€1,700

Souvenirs

Audrey Faivre

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

€3,580

Owl icon

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,840

L’Ouverture d’Espirit

Ger Doornink

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

€8,500

Beautiful Heart

Kehinde Taiwo

Painting . 88 x 68 x 3 cm Painting . 34.6 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

The girl in red

Caro Graffiti

Sculpture . 44.5 x 27 x 6 cm Sculpture . 17.5 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,350

Lady Dandy & L’ami fidèle

Jean-Michel Cordier

Painting . 160 x 130 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 inch

€4,500

Where the shadow is just a dream

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Embers of Quiet Strength 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Woman

Odesola Idowu

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

€2,006

Angels' Queen : Peinture originale

Margot Laffon

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Omidan 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 76.2 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 30 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€1,114

Los cinco guerreros

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,386

A bout de souffle

SOMA

Painting . 92 x 62 x 1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Casino

Valerie Le Meur

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

€2,300

Station

Alexandre Akar

Painting . 180 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

I Was Here Before

Thomas Oladayo

Painting . 63.5 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,006

Unité

César Malfi

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

€2,500

L'heure de la nuit

Agathe de Chantérac

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Violinist - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Women, Musical

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,432

Under the neck cream polo chevaux

Adélaïde Leferme

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

€80

It Takes Two to Tango 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love

Samson Olatubosun

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

€2,541

Lovers - Passionate 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€495

Rebirth 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,050

Le repos des valises

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,000

Linda la trottola

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

Relaxation

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,300

Blooming like a flower

Kateryna Ocheredko

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,605

Expressive Woman Portrait. Alter Ego

Julia Ruf

Painting . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€180

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