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!

Culture Identity 9 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 7 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 6 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 5 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 3 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

Culture Identity 1 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€585

De kink et d'eau fraiche

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Embers of Greatness - Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Women Love

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€2,700

Sax Man

Jay Russell

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 2 inch

€2,160

Interactions

Barnabas Macauley

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

€3,780

Juvenile 3

Charles Osaro

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

€2,574

Figures

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€990

Quietly

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€9,500

Sin darnos cuenta 13

Carme Pastrana

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€750

Amour Blue

O Gringo

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

€3,200

Frères

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€1,700

Transparency - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Red

Agboola Oladapo

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

€5,400

Meditation - 2st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Dress, Women

Ademola Ajayi

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

€2,115

Lady in red

Daniel Oguche Junior

Painting . 88.9 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,295

Beautiful buttercup - Self-Made VIII

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,791

Childhood

Emily Starck

Painting . 123 x 102 x 0.2 cm Painting . 48.4 x 40.2 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Miroir de l'Âme & No Limit

Adelia Clavien

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Tender Gaze 2

Charles Osaro

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

€2,772

Hilda

Makama John

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

€2,655

Peace Begins With A Smile

Ademola Ajayi

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

€2,475

Friend

Ken Garduno

Painting . 34.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€400

Yellow beauty - Afro Fado

O Gringo

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

€6,000

#28 Vilidian - Série: Woman on wood, portrait de femme

Affagard

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€315

Femmes oubliées

Aurélie Salvaing

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Touche Moi 1

O Gringo

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

€4,500

La Voyageur (Traveller 2) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women

Alawaye Tope

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

€2,655

Black Metal

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Tender Gaze

Charles Osaro

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

€2,574

Au gré du vent

Sylvie Gerard

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

€1,730

Brigitte Bardot, celebrity style

Patrick Cornée

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

€3,900

La vie est belle, XOXO

Patrick Cornée

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

€3,900

Brothers 1

Daniel Oguche Junior

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

€2,925

Kalao

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Testament of Solidarity

Ademola Ajayi

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,565

Amy Winehouse, do it with style

Patrick Cornée

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

€1,900

The girl in feather canyons

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 78 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 30.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Humanité

Murielle Bozzia

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,560

Cast Aside 2

Michael Adetula

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

€1,215

La Bretonne

Diane Rosaz

Painting . 100 x 65 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Obehi (Hand of God)

Barnabas Macauley

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

€3,780

Homer's Head

David Sipko

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€265

Nwanne la Nwanne (Sisters)

Franklin Ndibam

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

€4,053

Sans titre

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Red Cube

Shota Imerlishvili

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€2,000

Nymphose

André Laurenti

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Our day will come

Murielle Bozzia

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

€1,560

Audrey Hepburn

Patrick Cornée

Painting . 30 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Together again

Zied Lasram

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€670

Ray Charles and the Band

Jay Russell

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 2 inch

€2,160

Double portrait

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Peace Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women Symbolism

Ademola Ajayi

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,565

Camille variation 6

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€1,300

Autoportrait à la combi

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Extraordinary Woman 2

Michael Adetula

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

€1,215

The palette of life

Patrick Cornée

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

€3,200

Brigitte Bardot, La vie est belle

Patrick Cornée

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

€3,200

Companion

Ayotunde Ayomide

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

€3,060

Éden

O Gringo

Painting . 105 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Não Me Esqueça

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 193.5 x 148 x 3 cm Painting . 76.2 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch

€16,500

Teenage fantasy - Self-made V

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,791

Busto velato nelle terra laguna

André Laurenti

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Under The Umbrella Of Love

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€690

Monica

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 121.9 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 32 x 1 inch

€4,050

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 21.7 inch

€1,800

Portrait de Seyni Camara

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Plongeon

Aurélie Salvaing

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

€1,300

Minimalist Dapper

Michael Adetula

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

€900

Sortilèges n°6

Marta Grassi

Painting . 118 x 83 x 2 cm Painting . 46.5 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,600

La plume

Zahra Zeinali

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€1,900

The Guitar Player

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€799 €400

Jardim das Fragilidades

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 199 x 148 x 2 cm Painting . 78.3 x 58.3 x 0.8 inch

€16,500

Masque clown

Isabelle De Luca

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€600

You are not alone

Zied Lasram

Painting . 28 x 21 cm Painting . 11 x 8.3 inch

€330

Tranquility

Ademola Ajayi

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,565

Unbroken

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€1,665

The Kiss

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Big Mama’s Place

Jay Russell

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 2 inch

€2,160

Heroine

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,250

Gaze is a Powerful Language

Michael Adetula

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

€900

Traveler (red cloth ) 3

Aragbada Stephen

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

€3,690

Portrait de Seyni Camara

Jean-Claude Desmerges

Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Mirror

Dominique Dève

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€270

Wounded Birds

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 195 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€16,500

L'apache

Snath

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

€2,800

I giardini di Kensington

Sergey Bondarev

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 75 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€7,900

Grand portrait de femme

Verog

Fine Art Drawings . 107 x 79 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.1 x 31.1 x 0.6 inch

€1,700

Encore un vélo rêve

Miquel Wert

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

€1,000

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