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!

Lohengrin

Anikó Boda

Painting . 160 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€11,500

Reverie

Elisabeth Besnier

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

€1,900

Fragments 3

Baboute

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,400

Heavy Balloon

Elene Melikidze

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

€1,100

Sans titre (1)

David Nicolas Djordjevic

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 1 inch

€1,400

Anything Is Possible

Andra Daans

Painting . 49.8 x 34.8 x 1.8 cm Painting . 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,433

Figures in Arches

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€535

Lost of Value - 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, African Currency, Modern

Abdulateef Salaudeen

Painting . 71.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,649

Red Garment 2

Meshach Charity

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

€2,006

Nothing more

Haydee Torres

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,070

504170 Echoes of the Retina

Yoshihiro Fujita

Painting . 103 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 40.6 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,200

Social Cells

Nguyen Vinh Trung

Painting . 144.8 x 175.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 57 x 69 x 2 inch

€5,884

Woman With Lotus

Tran Huy Hoan

Painting . 119.4 x 94 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47 x 37 x 2 inch

€9,806

City dweller

Paulis Postazs

Painting . 40 x 26 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,860

Le soir

Thomas Groslier

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

€1,100

A Meeting / Rendez-Vous

Adam Marczukiewicz

Painting . 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

A woman in the Window

Danuta Dabrowska-Siemaszkiewicz

Painting . 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,700

Dual Dreaming

Mari Abramishvili

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

€700

Strife (Ijakadi) - 21st century figurative Art in colors; red blue and black.

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 170 x 124.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 66.9 x 48.9 x 1 inch

€4,430 €3,544

Partir

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,600

Le vendeur de rue

Edouard Menta

Painting . 46.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch

€2,987

Untitled

Jérôme Cartellier

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

€6,500

Portrait d'Ursula Stauffacher au livre rouge

Alexandre Blanchet

Painting . 91.5 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,864

What Remains Unmasked - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€2,541

La flamme

Eric Doisy

Painting . 73 x 36 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch

€890

The Architect of Will

Shadrach Utubor

Painting . 122 x 101 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 39.8 x 0.8 inch

€910

Durag Boy -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Dotted Green

Makama John

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

€2,630

Guapa

Tetiana Tarasenko

Painting . 85 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,382

Africa Motherhood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Kehinde Oyafajo

Painting . 113.3 x 82.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44.6 x 32.4 x 1 inch

€2,006

Les nuits blanches

Fabienne Comte

Painting . 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,600

Beatriz

Eloy Morales

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

€26,400

Maria

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 195 x 135 x 6 cm Painting . 76.8 x 53.1 x 2.4 inch

€26,000

Ritratto #0124

Damiani

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

€1,900

Hard Black

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 102 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,438

La dame aux oiseaux

André Guillarmain

Painting . 93 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Kopf

Heike Lydia Grüß

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

€1,200

L'élégance d'un regard

V. Petrov

Painting . 27 x 22 x 5 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 2 inch

€640

Sourire en Equilibre

Jean Baptiste Fournier

Painting . 27 x 22 x 5 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 2 inch

€780

Percolating

Ghazi Baker

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

€6,000

A cup of coffee foe a good start II

Serghei Ghetiu

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Lost Future - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Women

Lukman Olanrewaju Karounwi

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

€1,649

You

Oluwatosin Olusa

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 6.4 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2.5 inch

€2,719

Alice, le thé des fous

Sophie Morisse

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

€3,200

Old woman living near sea

Vu Nhu Hai

Painting . 88.9 x 94 x 5.1 cm Painting . 35 x 37 x 2 inch

€4,903

Lichtenstein Meets Warhol (Crying Girl Camouflage)

Corinna Heumann

Painting . 61 x 61 cm Painting . 24 x 24 inch

€8,469

A Look Inside the Mirror

Nazar Ivanyuk

Painting . 38 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

Hongkong mood light

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Es-tu à la maison - ligne9 (3)

Enrique Etievan

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

€2,500

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Painting . 92 x 60 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 inch

€7,500

Roitelet couronné

Jean-Pierre Ceytaire

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,750

A Sanctuary of My Own Making

Olumoko Moses

Painting . 48 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 18.9 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,350

Woman's Worth - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, African

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 70.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,917

Toute la lumière en nous

Jules Atarax

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,250

Worry Delhi

M. Muro

Painting . 40 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Défiguré - série Portrait

Marie-France de la Cochetière (Titus)

Painting . 41 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.1 inch

€800

La fille de Kazan - Portrait de femme

Anthony Shagan

Painting . 61 x 46 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,950

She Draws

Sergey Davidovich

Painting . 99.1 x 119.4 x 3 cm Painting . 39 x 47 x 1.2 inch

€1,148

Untitled

Serrasanta

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

€60,000

Lavanderas

Maritza Bernal

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

€1,200

Eye see you 1/3

Stephanie Larène

Painting . 78 x 106 x 1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Le Sabat

Timothy Archer

Painting . 110 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€3,900

Portrait du peintre

Raya Sorkine

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

€9,500

Code 2302

Thierry Carrier

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

€12,000

Donna alla fontana

Salvatore Cippone

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Du-Eau-Dit-Vin (diptyque)

Em'Ji

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

€1,400

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€1,100 €935

True Beauty

Kehinde Taiwo

Painting . 116 x 63 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 24.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Femme parfaite I – Serville

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 113 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 44.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,637

Je suis une femme connard!

G. Carta

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch

€250

Le collier de perles

Marie Françoise De L'Espinay

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Portrait sans titre

Moise Cohen

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

ComeToMe (series Angels)

Natalia Byrdina

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

€1,248

Lady on a Chair

Itzchak Tarkay

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

€4,814

Nile

Eva Dimitrova

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

€1,700

Awelewa (Beauty) - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Floral

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,229

Nounours bleus

Antoine Vincent

Painting . 40 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Les Rêves de Nicolas - Surréalisme de l'enfance

Catherine Pongnian dite Charlet

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€875

Psalm 121 -21st Century Contemporary

Tolulope Adigbo

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

€2,229

Diver III

Vincent Zambrano

Painting . 73.7 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 29 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€2,273

Listening Ears 3

Clement Mmaduako Nwafor

Painting . 121.9 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 33 x 1 inch

€4,457

The third boat

Moses Nyawanda

Painting . 111.5 x 83.5 x 2 cm Painting . 43.9 x 32.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Hot Stuff

Renée Duval

Painting . 76 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,350

No more words

Taia Akulova

Painting . 91.5 x 91.5 x 4 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

The fickle Fortune

Gonzalez Marina

Painting . 170 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 66.9 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€22,500

In blossom #4

Dasha Kandinsky

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

€9,700

The listener

Eugenia Isen

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,426

Rape of Europe

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Character Series - Haze Days

Zhao De-Wei

Painting . 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Tendresse

Vincent Magni

Painting . 150 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

La Bruissement Du Vent

Maria Teresa Bertina

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

€3,600

Blue Teddy Bear

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,090

Call me, please

Olga Radionova

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

€1,000

Within or Without You

Anna Bukhareva

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.2 inch

€3,250

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