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!

Heavens Within: Surrealist Vogue Magazine Collage Artwork with Angels and Birds on Teal Linen Canvas

Maria Vetkalova

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$975

Together, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 193 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 76 x 2 inch

$23,361

Rappel toi d'eux

Jéko

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

$4,233

Heavens Apart: Surreal Vogue Magazine Collage on Linen Canvas with Angel Wings, Birds, and Jewels in Muted Sage Green, Silver, and Cream

Maria Vetkalova

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$975

Frida Kahlo (2)

Maria De Campos

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 1 inch

$1,572

Fire Sale - HPM 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$10,765

Exploded

Virut Panchabuse

Painting . 170 x 120 cm Painting . 66.9 x 47.2 inch

$16,692

Paint it wild

Axel Traverso

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,508

Liberté en Liberté (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch

$2,274

Reve IX

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

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

$2,056

Salvador

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

$121

Neith

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$1,179

Impossible behaviour - 9

Galya Popova

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$2,298

Upbringing - Conceptual Dark Vintage Portrait-Collage: Emotionally Charged Figurative Artwork

Julia Shilo

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

$975

The Queen bang !

Maria De Campos

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,117

All I need is love

Adriano Cuencas

Painting . 88 x 68 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34.6 x 26.8 x 1 inch

$3,387

Témoin

Aurélie Salvaing

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

$1,935

Wanna be loved by you

Lasveguix

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

$1,149

Two Ethnic Women

Nicolle Menegaldo

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

$2,862

Caporal

Enrico Baj

Print . 52 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 20.5 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,572

M.50

Peter Klasen

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

$12,700

Aphrodite

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 120 x 125 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 49.2 x 0 inch

$1,149

La sérénissime

Appaloosa

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

$3,592

Self-Portrait with Several Voices: Abstract Expressionist Portrait on Canvas, Textured Mixed Media Collage with Lime Green, Red, and Blue

Serhio Lichi

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

$1,571

Poésie

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,782 $2,504

Tattoo

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$1,512

Le paysagiste

Jean Le Gac

Print . 53.5 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.1 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$363

Velvet static

Axel Traverso

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

$8,104

A Modern Greek tragedy

Geert Lemmers

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

$1,669

Grand Chinese Opera Move

Virut Panchabuse

Painting . 200 x 140 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 inch

$22,619

L'ange

Marie-Paskale Perrin

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

$1,331

Vénus évanescente

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$968

Evolution

Stefan Georgiev

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

$2,238

Pablo

Maria De Campos

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,117

Tourbillon

Marian Williams

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

$121

Wonderland

Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.4 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

$1,064

Basquiat

Maria De Campos

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$1,629

Les Jeannes

Jacques Villeglé

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

$30,239

Echoes of Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fabric, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

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

$1,355 $1,084

Sans titre

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings . 49 x 80.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.3 x 31.7 inch

$3,508

Thread of Companionship

Toheeb Ibrahim

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

$1,680

Marie Françoise Cathérine de Beauvan-Craon Marchesa di Boufflers (1711 - 1786)

Enrico Baj

Print . 99.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.2 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$1,451

Girls

Nico Pichon

Painting . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$1,814

The Face That Remembers Everything: Teal and Red Abstract Figurative Face Collage Artwork on Canvas

Serhio Lichi

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,842

Photo de famille

Maxime Frairot

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

$1,210

Frida

Wawapod

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

$1,693

Jungle Night

Maria Vetkalova

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,709

Rêverie aux oiseaux

Aurélie Salvaing

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,935

Stupor Mundi

Mimmo Paladino

Print . 103 x 175 x 1 cm Print . 40.6 x 68.9 x 0.4 inch

$5,080

L’oeil X

Eric Doisy

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

$2,359

La marche périlleuse

Mohamed Diabagate

Painting . 130 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

$6,048

Persistencia retiniana

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

$1,951

In The Midst of Becoming.

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 91 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$2,146

Suis tes rêves

Art'Mony

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

$604

Untitled 2

Vakho Bugadze

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

$7,862

Sethe (Petite)

Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle

Print . 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$423 $381

Lord of the woods

Appaloosa

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

$1,693

Sans titre

Valérie Depadova

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

$411

Consumirse=Transformarse

María del Prado Aznar Navarro

Painting . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,851

Sacra Soluta

Stefan Georgiev

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

$2,782

Le photographe

André Villers

Fine Art Drawings . 58 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,331

The Orange Stare

Marian Williams

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

$726

Enigma

Christophe Streichenberger

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

$3,096

Plume fatale

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 167 x 127 x 4 cm Painting . 65.7 x 50 x 1.6 inch

$29,029

Icon in echo

Axel Traverso

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

$6,653

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

$2,419

L'emmitouflé - Série Les accroupis

Vincent Carpentier

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

$3,024

Senza titolo

Alessandro La Motta

Painting . 105 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,210

Notte blu

Giuseppe Madonia

Painting . 60 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$726

Mother Earth 2

Marian Williams

Print . 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$230

8 EV

Joachim Romain

Painting . 65 x 54 x 6 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 2.4 inch

$2,782

Récréation - Série Portrait Caricature et Humour

Virginie Benoit-Dignac

Painting . 43 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch

$1,361

Wrapped in Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fabric, African

Agwunwa Theophilus

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

$1,355 $1,084

Sans titre

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings . 78 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.7 x 31.5 inch

$4,717

The Silent Mantis 1

Georges Kafian

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1.6 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

$3,145

Urban Joconde

Wawapod

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

$1,197

Les oiseaux dans la neige

Christian Silvain

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

$12,095

Untitled 16

Wang Fei

Fine Art Drawings . 88 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 34.6 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

$11,733

Miroir Enchanté

JM Robert

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

$8,951

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Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 80 x 64.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.5 inch

$26,489

Freddie Mercury

Ben Riley

Print . 99.1 x 76.2 cm Print . 39 x 30 inch

$6,446

Evening Reflections - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Men

Toheeb Ibrahim

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

$2,005

David

Appaloosa

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

$605

Visage d'homme

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings . 51 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.1 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

$484

Eaters 2

Federica Frati

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

$3,629

Next steps

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

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

$3,024 $2,721

Sun Day (hand-painted)

tizlu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 2 inch

$4,112

Lux

Aurélie Salvaing

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

$1,331

Tiger et Panthere - Série Animals, portrait animaux sauvages

Esther Essounga

Painting . 58 x 39 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 15.4 x 0 inch

$1,119

Isadora - Éternelles

Nadine de Lespinats

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

$2,298

Movie time

Adriano Cuencas

Print . 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$1,633

Désert IV

Pascal Perrin

Painting . 30 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,419

Grace Kelly

Jo Di Bona

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

$4,838

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