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!

Light within

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€400

Girl

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Beyond Color, We are One

Sarah Elqa

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

€3,120

Sous le ciel bleu

Lila Maroun Frem

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

€3,000

Abundance for You

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€350

In the Circle of Harmony

Olga Tsyhypko

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

€400

Flowers for Frida Kahlo | Colorful Floral Mixed Media Painting

Irina Bast

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€401

Citizens of a Quiet Country 4

Paschal Ugwu

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

€401

Quelques Retouches

Afat One

Painting . 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Rising Self

Natalya Mougenot

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

€700

Essential force

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€500

Roboïde

PRAB'Z

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

€400

Infanta, serie Tributo ai grandi

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 30 x 19 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

€195

Queen 2

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€6,000

La balade

Virginia Benedicto

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

€600

Goldorak strass

Cha

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€400

Margarita

Virginia Benedicto

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

€600

Africa 1901

Maxime Andriot

Painting . 50 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€500

Just Be Happy

Kseniya Rai

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€700

Rust #3

Maxime Andriot

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

€500

Rebirth of Colours

Esther Cohen

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

€2,800

Napoléon

Spaco

Sculpture . 20 x 18 x 11 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 7.1 x 4.3 inch

€270

Cloudy B.

Nef

Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€700

Stress Day 2

Kosta Morr

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

€200

Bruce willis

PyB

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

€200

Pierre Soulages

PyB

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

€200

Seul

Calat

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

€625

Brave

Gabriela Román Esnaurrizar

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

€2,967

Vissi d'arte

Elie Chammaa

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

€280

Sweet Utopia

Yulia Belasla

Painting . 100 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,674

Me and My Guys 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

A relationship that wants to continue 2

Ha Yeon U

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

€550

Aloha

Seb Paul Michel

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

€650

Orí tamoyo tocando música de luz & orí guerreiro daniel na cova dos leões

José Ignacio Suarez Solis

Painting . 119.9 x 359.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 141.7 x 0.1 inch

€7,702

Boss Lady

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€3,878

Waiting Time - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,630

African Royale - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€2,541

Laurax

Muriel Deumie

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

€1,000

Can’t count me out

Kwabs Owoahene

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

€1,800

Red bikini

Olena Kishkurno

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

€400

Medusa Koï

B.AX

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

€990

The secret garden of Donna Esmeralda

Magda Dimoudi

Painting . 45 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,710

In Her Solitude - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Modern

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,897

In Her Solace - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Modern

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,897

Forgiveness

Liubou Sas

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€3,310

Ancestral Manifestation

Kevin Brewerton

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

€2,764

Barack Obama

Bret Reilly

Painting . 129.5 x 104.1 x 10.2 cm Painting . 51 x 41 x 4 inch

€20,504

100 Miles Away - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love Car

Aba Linus

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

€2,541

Give It To Me - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Africa, Women

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€3,120

State of Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Oyeleye Feranmi

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

€2,897

Mindscapes - 21st Century

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Bones are forever

Carlos Olmo

Painting . 117 x 74 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46.1 x 29.1 x 1 inch

€1,500

Énigme en or

Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

Painting . 43.5 x 36.5 x 2 cm Painting . 17.1 x 14.4 x 0.8 inch

€700

Ka Ora

Sylvaine Merlet

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

€3,480

King

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 96 x 88 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

The Last Kiss: Till Death Do Us Part

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 81 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,800 €1,350

Sofia, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

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

€7,500

Absolutely Nothing

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 95 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Colouring The Chaos - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Children

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 71.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 23.5 x 1 inch

€1,649

Portrait #51. 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

Vermeer Matisse Lines

Wawapod

Painting . 55 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€950

Joconde circle

Wawapod

Painting . 55 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,000

Sunshine

David Jamin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,550

Ce rouge-là

David Jamin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,550

While I Wait 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€1,649

Art

David Jamin

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,550

While I Wait 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€1,649

Unraveling

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

Unbroken

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€1,649

Fractured Harmony

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 101.6 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 34 x 1 inch

€2,362

Nonsense

Michael Grine

Fine Art Drawings . 45.72 x 60.96 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 24 x 0 inch

€1,783

Contemporary portrait "Full Moon"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Afrolicious 2

Joshua Salami

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

€1,649

Pathfinder 4

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,095

Pathfinder 3

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,095

Pathfinder 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women Face

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,095

El Pintor

Francisco Muñoz Tejeida

Painting . 145 x 93 x 1 cm Painting . 57.1 x 36.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,857

Shot putter

Michal Bogucki

Painting . 130 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€11,200

Angel with Heart

Peter Max

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

€21,038

Brown Lady

Peter Max

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

€21,038

Self Love 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€1,917

A Bond Unspoken

Michael Adetula

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

€2,362

Intérieur capitonné

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

La source

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Prolifération

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Be Still

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,273

Easy adventure

Natalie Shiporina

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

€3,500

Dreams

Marta Carceller

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

€2,500

Billions of wooden tears

Djénina Hagenburger

Painting . 122 x 218 x 1 cm Painting . 48 x 85.8 x 0.4 inch

€5,100

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

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

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