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!

Cebu

Ladamenrouge

Sculpture . 120 x 98 x 18 cm Sculpture . 47.2 x 38.6 x 7.1 inch

$2,031

The Lady with the Necklace

Elisabeth Constantin

Painting . 34 x 34 x 4 cm Painting . 13.4 x 13.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,434

Pienso

Núria Bosch

Painting . 170 x 160 x 3.5 cm Painting . 66.9 x 63 x 1.4 inch

$8,601

Escena de playa

Celso Miranda

Painting . 24 x 34 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,672

Untitled

Alain Berckvitz

Sculpture . 58 x 40 x 1 cm Sculpture . 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,075

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

$1,792

Espace Expressif

Yann Letestu

Painting . 73 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

$2,389

Little Sleep, Little Slumber - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman

Akinsola Olamilekan

Painting . 106.7 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 60 x 1 inch

$3,233

FREEZING

Antonio Murgia

Painting . 90 x 140 x 4.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 1.8 inch

$6,594

My diary 2

Olga Marciano

Painting . 52 x 52 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,613

Visage glacial - Série: Palette de liberté

Isabelle Verdenne

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

$2,091

Selfie 1

Bola Obatuyi

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$4,149

Scars of Light

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$2,855

Homme et enfant

Pascal Marlin

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

$2,389

Untitled

Lluís Barba

Painting . 55.5 x 75 x 0.2 cm Painting . 21.9 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,553

The Object of Awe

Martha Adanma

Painting . 92 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,628

Untitled

Simón Vázquez

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

$4,301

Aurora

Amy Shekhter

Painting . 127 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 inch

$11,853

Hands of Nurture

Toyin Ologunloluwa

Painting . 86 x 86 x 2 cm Painting . 33.9 x 33.9 x 0.8 inch

$878

Portraiture , Vl

Leikun Nahusenay

Photography . 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,075

Alyson

Seaty

Painting . 130 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

$16,725

Oris 3 (série de 40 têtes)

Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Painting . 48 x 28 cm Painting . 18.9 x 11 inch

$1,792

Native

Mateo Andrea

Painting . 114 x 146 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 inch

$4,659

Liz

Karen Schremmer

Painting . 74 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

$5,973

Capsule-4x4-banc

Thomas Berthier

Painting . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$406

Fantasme Venitien IV

Pascal Dabere

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

$1,075

Inaya

Flu

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

$1,661

I Can't Recall It Lightly At All (Copper)

B.D. White

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

$1,239

Narciso

Ruse

Painting . 35 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,138

The Stillness Tax

Yana Reznik

Painting . 110 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,039

Médusa Médusée

Karine Langevin

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

$4,181

Murmurer du Silence

Nathalie Sizaret

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$4,032

Reboot

Helen Burkova

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

$970

L' enfant interieur

Brigitte Dravet

Sculpture . 44 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch

$5,615

Renoma & Warhol

Maurice Renoma

Painting . 95 x 86 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 33.9 x 0.4 inch

$29,865

Marilyn report

Patrick Rubinstein

Painting . 60 x 127 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 50 x 0.8 inch

$19,114

Quiet confidence

Oluwole Olawuyi

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

$2,748

African Woman (Blue)

N. Gail

Painting . 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

$4,241 $3,605

Smile

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

$2,155

Woman

Iglesias15680

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

$1,553

Regardons la réalité en face

Clement Garnung

Painting . 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,628

Reminiscence

Salma Mbarek

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,031

Sans Titre 01 - personnage fantasmagorique

Agnès Salle

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

$2,091

Blue one collection #18

O Gringo

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

$7,765

Who is she

Robert van Bolderick

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,584

El gato de Velázquez o Paseo en la eternidad

Juan Carlos Romano

Painting . 99 x 99 cm Painting . 39 x 39 inch

$5,376

Face of my world

Dorit Levi

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

$5,819

Zofia

Isabelle Scheltjens

Painting . 165.1 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 65 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$34,698

Chicos

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$239

Untitled 7-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

$6,505

Sans titre

Esmaël Bahrani

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

$1,314

Pearl

Abayomi Odetomi

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

$5,388

Marilyn jeune

Maria De Campos

Painting . 39 x 31 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.4 x 12.2 x 0.6 inch

$1,290

Sans Titre

Jean-Charles Blais

Painting . 52 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$7,526

Anima della selva (diptyc)

Lorena Fonsato

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

$812

1970

Daouda Traoré

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

$5,376

Tangled Within: Colorful Mixed Media Female Portrait Collage on Black Canvas with Cotton Threads

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,293

Ciel antérieur - Art sacré et peinture poétique : une œuvre existentielle

Espolisto

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

$3,942

Bring them home

Alain Lumbroso

Photography . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

$5,913

A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN

Ayobami Raphael

Painting . 60 x 45 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,613

Gilda

Jeremy Bianco

Painting . 104 x 69 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch

$3,345

Tender Weight of Waiting 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Michael Adetula

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

$1,994

Madame Monsieur

Véronique Chomienne

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

$1,911

Untitled

Pepe Morales

Painting . 65 x 65 cm Painting . 25.6 x 25.6 inch

$5,734

Madame LU: lire une lettre de son chat - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

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

$257

Verdant Soul 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Africa Women

Damilola Olusegun

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

$700

Girl child

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

$3,771

Imagine, Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

$23,892

Leave space for silence

Roberto Fonfria

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

$1,940

Souvent le sang des herbes bat - série Mixed media 3D poétique

Denise Crolle-Terzaghi

Painting . 37 x 27 x 6 cm Painting . 14.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

$317

Zion

Stéphane Frey

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

$4,778

Red Dress - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of an African Woman in Fabrics

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

$4,526

Cosmic girl

Britt

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

$2,150

Audrey Hepburn

Daniele Dondè

Painting . 117 x 57 x 2 cm Painting . 46.1 x 22.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,823

What loss taught me

Poovi Art

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$2,144

Catching My Daydreams

Danny O'Connor

Painting . 137 x 86 x 4 cm Painting . 53.9 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch

$5,973

Compassion

Zied Lasram

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$956

J+ douce saison

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$3,106

Secrets handshakes and bizarre rituals

Paul Kostabi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,389

Brown Dots of Change

Patrizia Casagranda

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

$6,690

Maasai people

Hristo Gaberov

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,345

Untitled

Vento González

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

$5,376

Icon Betty

Tommy

Painting . 45 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$2,867

Untitled 1

Raffi Yedalian

Painting . 22 x 15 cm Painting . 8.7 x 5.9 inch

$956

Currículum vitae

Iryna Gragera

Painting . 70 x 57 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,195

Reading Along the Lines

Greatjoy Ndlovu

Painting . 62 x 46 cm Painting . 24.4 x 18.1 inch

$1,971

Survêtement

Matthieu de Malte

Painting . 100 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch

$1,672

15-04-2020

Rafik Majzoub

Painting . 60 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,634

Faune

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,613

Women's Pride 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Fashion

Alawaye Tope

Painting . 55.9 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 16 x 1 inch

$1,131

It's not you, it's not me either

Rahma Lhoussig

Painting . 90 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$4,540

Judith With the Bag

Mayer Azar

Painting . 150 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,849

Seek Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Introspection

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

$3,071

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