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!

Spirit of cobalt

O Gringo

Painting . 90 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Icon in echo

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Avoir les ondes positives

Jazzu

Painting . 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,842

Liberté en Liberté (hand-painted)

tizlu

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

€1,880

Smile

Mr Brainwash

Painting . 56 x 76 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

Love is the Answer

Seaty

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

€11,900

Midnight skin

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Porsche team

Fabien Novarino

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

€3,400

Mon enfance

Hom Nguyen

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

€28,900

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

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

€866

Léopold

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Mona Lisa Boom

Maria De Campos

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

€3,200

Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,234

L'affranchie (hand painted)

tizlu

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

€1,880 €1,410

Tender age in love

Nolwenn Samson

Painting . 82 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

L'andalouse

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

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

€200

An Ashrafieh pause

Elie Chammaa

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

€1,400

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 €938

MT19 - A Few More Picasso

Brat

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

€1,100

Blue one #2

O Gringo

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

€1,800

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

Orchid

Barry Wilson

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

€3,054

Bondieuserie # 7

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 94 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 37 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,100

Signature I

Martin Marko

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,315

Love from Afar 3

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,378

Shana

Flu

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

€990

Forever in Love With You

Yasna Godovanik

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,290

Le souffle

Albena Vatcheva

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

€499 €475

Victorious

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 80 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,130

Avec des étoiles dans les yeux

Changzheng Zhu

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

€1,260

Micke Rix

Daru

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

€1,800

Madame Monsieur

Véronique Chomienne

Painting . 143 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 56.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€1,600

Gye Nyame I

Lawrence Amoo

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

€5,471

Sun-Atsuko

Monika Nowak

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

€8,700

Me and My Guys 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,879

Meeth 07

Giuseppe Scarangelli

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

€8,400

Resonance III

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€7,500

Une ame du coeur

Jazzu

Painting . 81 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Niamey

Seaty

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

€8,900

The Dance Of Two Selves

Yana Reznik

Painting . 150 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,450

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Woodstock 1969

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

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

Frog woods

Stéphane Frey

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

€3,800

Girl in Her Fro (Afro) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Alawaye Tope

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

€2,690

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

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

€3,600

Soul Meditation (Journey to Inner Peace) 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€1,322

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

L'âme azurée

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,961 €1,569

Blue one #1

O Gringo

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

€1,800

The Power of Thoughts III

Gor Avetisyan

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

€890

Audrey Hepburn 2010

Russell Young

Painting . 91 x 71 x 1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 28 x 0.4 inch

€16,300

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

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

€1,687 €1,350

Tirem Magnòlies

Montserrat Tobella Bosch

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

€2,300

Where the shadow is just a dream

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Long may she reign

Aiiroh

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

€2,462

Le silence des étoffes

Christy

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

€3,300

Collection Ballerina or

KiKo

Painting . 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€19,800

Colorful Spirit, Original Mixed Media on Handmade Paper, 28.75 x 22.75 in. Framed

Jiang Tie-Feng

Painting . 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€3,557

Sunflower

Michelle Gialanze

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

€1,300

Self Reflection 1

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€2,736

Consumirse=Transformarse

María del Prado Aznar Navarro

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

€1,530

Espejo de Sabiduría

Mamen Coranti

Painting . 61 x 88 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Untitle

Luis Fernández

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

€3,500

Strength Within Me 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,830

Brown Dots of Change

Patrizia Casagranda

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

€5,600

XS Paper Doll #30, YSL Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

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

€1,500

Displaced Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman

Akinsola Olamilekan

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

€1,687 €1,350

The Great Beyond

tizlu

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

For All To See - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media

Princewill Aruocha

Painting . 98.6 x 78.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.8 x 30.8 x 1 inch

€3,283 €2,627

Archive VI

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

Painting . 30 x 15 x 10 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€700

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Moods

Fulvio Ghemasi

Painting . 77 x 77 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Godfather VI

Peter Donkersloot

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,950

Power lady

James Chiew

Photography . 100 x 150 x 4 cm Photography . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Adieu

Martin Marko

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

€2,250

Brigitte Bardot 2017 - Diamond dust

Russell Young

Photography . 90 x 74 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,900

Une clé pour un nouveau jour

Jazzu

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

€2,700

Portrait bleu

Hom Nguyen

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

€9,350

Peace shall prevail 5

Babafemi Ogunkanmbi

Painting . 88.9 x 72.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,280

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

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

€8,400

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

€2,000

Victorine

Christine Barrès

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

€2,300

Les Murmures de l’Innocence

Modou Guèye

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€5,445

Resonance IV

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€7,500

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

€1,140 €912

Grumor Question

XOOOOX

Painting . 48.5 x 19 x 3 cm Painting . 19.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,100

Sans titre

Kiki Picasso

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

€2,000

La marinière

Maxime Frairot

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

€500

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