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!

Rhetoric vs Reality

Ouisam Melhem

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

€2,000

Oh Shit !

Gongas

Painting . 96 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Leçon de conduite

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,500

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€857

La gitane

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,690 €1,606

Âme fortes

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,300

Love is the Answer

Seaty

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€11,900

The Peace Within - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Women

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,443

Porsche team

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,400

Le Rêveur (hand-painted)

tizlu

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

€1,880 €1,598

Créte 1998

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500

Flamingo Sinatra

Jisbar

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

Price upon request

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

Mona Lisa Pop 2

Ziegler T

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

€1,250

Brut II

Jazzu

Painting . 29.7 x 21 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€400

Micke Rix

Daru

Painting . 80 x 57 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800 €1,620

Montego

Seaty

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Alice le temps d'un rêve

Caro Graffiti

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,110

Away from our hands

Toheeb Ibrahim

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€811

Chamane

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Léopold

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Fly Over Wide Fields

tizlu

Painting . 140 x 200 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 2 inch

€22,500

Ireti (Hope) - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, African Woman

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 50.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,308

Début de nouveaux rêves

Jazzu

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

€2,500

Portrait of Basquiat

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€2,706

One Rhythm

Martsi (Nataliia Martsilenko)

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Orchidée

KiKo

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€13,900

Sun-Atsuko

Monika Nowak

Painting . 147 x 98 x 3.5 cm Painting . 57.9 x 38.6 x 1.4 inch

€8,700

Dancer XV

Rachel Isadora

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 cm Painting . 30 x 30 inch

€2,255

Persistencia retiniana

Roberto Fonfria

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

€1,624

Resonance III

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500 €6,750

Vaporized Her

James Chiew

Painting . 149 x 99 x 2 cm Painting . 58.7 x 39 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

femme à la balançoire

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€3,300

Sparkling Jean Paul

Fabien Novarino

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

€1,900

Daily Diary

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,706

Emma

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,150

Europe mythologie Femme

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting . 130 x 93 x 4.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 36.6 x 1.8 inch

€800

Comme la gourmandise

Joël Kermarrec

Painting . 75 x 56 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Colours of Ethio-somale, l

Leikun Nahusenay

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€800

No Sound

Giorgi Sardlishvili

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€1,500

Mama 1

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 85 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting . 33.5 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

€1,197

La Dimora Interiore

Olga Marciano

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

€1,340

Gye Nyame I

Lawrence Amoo

Painting . 45 x 34 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.4 x 1 inch

€5,411

n.ON sens. Kolovrat of the Universe: Interactive Five-Panel Oil Artwork Installation with Mixed Media Natural Stones and Sensory Elements, Minimalist Textured White and Black Canvas Art

Sasha Snegir

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,714

Lullaby

Martha Adanma

Painting . 74.9 x 91.4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 36 inch

€1,082

Léon en suspens

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,500

Vision trouble

Levalet

Painting . 72 x 130 cm Painting . 28.3 x 51.2 inch

€3,600

Iyaloja

John Kayode Omidiran

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,352

Afro black 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 75.7 x 75.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 29.8 x 29.8 x 1.5 inch

€1,398

Peace Within 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Art Deco, People, Africa

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,390

Nous voici enfin réunis

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€350

What Black Love Looks Like 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Art Deco

Alawaye Tope

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

€3,337

L'enfant roi

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,850

The Butterflies Collage, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Anyes Galleani

Painting . 61 x 569 x 4.1 cm Painting . 24 x 224 x 1.6 inch

€1,443

La Plongeuse

Patrick Rubinstein

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

€10,000 €9,500

Blanc 1

Myriam Bourianne

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

€1,000

Everyone stay in cover

Iryna Rets

Painting . 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch

€1,690

Playmobil Queen Red F1

Jisbar

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

Price upon request

Portrait of an Uncontained Mind 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,120

Home

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,059

Frog woods

Stéphane Frey

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

€3,800

Blind spot: beyond the headlines

Moses Ndubuzo

Painting . 104.1 x 94 x 6.4 cm Painting . 41 x 37 x 2.5 inch

€1,353

Harvest of hope

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 104.1 x 94 x 6.4 cm Painting . 41 x 37 x 2.5 inch

€2,300

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,100

Heart of a True Companion - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Bird

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,571

Evolution

Stefan Georgiev

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

€1,850

MT20

Brat

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€800

Meeth 07

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Beyond The Facade -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Fabrics, Women

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,789

Les Demoiselles de Monti

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€10,000

Prune

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Steve needs more speed

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,200 €2,880

Contente toi du monde donné

Fabienne Recanzone

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€1,200

Queen 26-2-01

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 92.5 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 36.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€3,800

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€3,600

Words in the Wind

Tomo Sakurai

Painting . 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

XS Paper Doll #110 – Dior Couture Tribute | Luxury Fashion

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Warmy day

Clement Nwafor

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€1,804

Urban Echoes

Ayobami Raphael

Painting . 60 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,350

The Saviour Within

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 61 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€2,545

Eva

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,150

Resonance IV

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500 €6,750

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

€1,128

Astro Boy

Levalet

Painting . 63 x 40 x 4.5 cm Painting . 24.8 x 15.7 x 1.8 inch

€1,600

Common Ground

Gloria Mmaduako

Painting . 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€947

Gentle Bravery

Wasiu Akande

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€1,173

Muxe

Juan Ibarra

Painting . 126 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 49.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,505

Tattoo

Pascal Marlin

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

€1,250

Invitations aux voyages

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 61 x 46.5 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Beautiful Behind the Scars 2

Benjamin Omoike

Painting . 92 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,250

Silent Witness

Esiaka Uche

Painting . 109 x 71 x 4 cm Painting . 42.9 x 28 x 1.6 inch

€1,850

Symbol of Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Couple

Henry James

Painting . 119.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,473

Tirem Magnòlies

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

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

€2,300

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