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!

Jamais sans toi

Christiane Guerry

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Gold tears

Artwhos

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

€450

Queen

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 140 x 180 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

€8,600

Audrey

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Y avait il un poisson dans l'arche de Noé - Scène imaginaire cubiste

Jacques Alary

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

€625

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Icono (Rosalía)

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

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

€4,100

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,200

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,600

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,399

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Pink Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,400

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,599

Portrait

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

€3,399

Féminités 2 Eventail

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 9 x 9 x 1 cm Painting . 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch

€370

Trying to Leave Myself 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, People

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€401

Nature's Bride

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€340

The loyal Companion

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€340

Harmony of Souls

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€390

Golden spirit

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€390

Coco lico

Hugues Candaës

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

€1,460

Élya

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,400

Ydha

Sébastien Allart

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

€7,900

19 1O 2O13

Oksana Mas

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

€2,500

Yris

Sébastien Allart

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

€7,900

L’un contre l’autre

Eric Doisy

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,970

Visage réparé

Eric Doisy

Painting . 115 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Usure du visage

Eric Doisy

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

€1,860

The Taste of Lived Years

Helen Spoon

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

€267

Choose

Franz Campoy

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 22.4 x 0 inch

€690

Impact

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,560

Noir et peau

Eric Doisy

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

€2,060

Larmes bleues

Eric Doisy

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

€2,060

She left one day

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 13 cm Painting . 7.5 x 5.1 inch

€340

Jean Michel Basquiat news

Spaco

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

€210

Marilyn Monroe news

Spaco

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

€210

Zidane zizou news

Spaco

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

€210

Bonne Bouille XXI

Véronique Ball

Sculpture . 29 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€480

David Bowie news

Spaco

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

€200

Chunju's Multiverse Story- Chunja World

Shin Seung-Hun

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

€500

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

Girls Love

Spaco

Painting . 40 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€460

Tout un monde

Murielle Bozzia

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

€660

Woman and grape

Irina Bast

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

€535

Twin - personnages fantasmagoriques

Agnès Salle

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

€565

Power–Lechaosincarné

Noël Caizergues

Painting . 30 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€390

Tina Turner

PyB

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

€200

Freddie Mercury Queen

PyB

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

€200

Bob Marley

PyB

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

€200

Amy Winehouse

PyB

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

€200

Maitre Yoda

Spaco

Sculpture . 28 x 36 x 28 cm Sculpture . 11 x 14.2 x 11 inch

€450

Touche Moi 1

O Gringo

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

€5,000

Beneath The Sky, Among The Stalks 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Farm

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€669

Afro Lady

Akingbade Mayowa

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€713

Michael Jackson

PyB

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

€200

Thé ou café?

Carol On the roof

Painting . 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Ours zen

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Ours 4

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Deux ours

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Grand éléphant

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Ours serviette verte 2

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Ours serviette verte

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Ours au surf rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Maillot rouge et tatoué

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Max Verstappen f1

PyB

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

€200

Skarsgård and Paris, Portraits Intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,926

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 €621

Black Jazz Diva: I Put a Spell on You

Kristina Mallen

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

€2,550 €1,913

Selfie plage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Maillot rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Friends

Hervé Maury

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

€2,000

Bronzage

Hervé Maury

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

€2,200

Surf rouge

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

Tatoué

Hervé Maury

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

€2,400

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

Si Dieu était une femme ?

Carole Framezelle - Acmiya

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

€7,000

In the garden

Kosta Morr

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

€776

Mujer de labios rojos

Manuel Perez

Painting . 195 x 250 x 0.2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 98.4 x 0.1 inch

€8,500

Mujer de pelo ondulado

Manuel Perez

Painting . 195 x 250 x 0.2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 98.4 x 0.1 inch

€8,500

Standing Tall - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,432

Home Alone This Saturday Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,789

Hey bro

Stephane LMBD

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

€2,000

Lucha - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Green, Modern

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,541

Turn out The Lamp and Love Me Tonight - 21st Century. Contemporary, Modern Women

Aba Linus

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

€3,432

150 Years From Now 2

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€5,349

Housework

Mike Jacobs

Painting . 81.5 x 50.5 x 0.4 cm Painting . 32.1 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch

€1,500

Essence of Life -21st Century

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,541

Masking

Ayoka Zahir

Painting . 58 x 42 x 0.01 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€100

Portrait #50. 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

Good Woman - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€3,566

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