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!

Sisters in Harmony -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Sola Ojo

Painting . 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,776

Psalm 121 -21st Century Contemporary

Tolulope Adigbo

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

€2,276

The fickle Fortune

Gonzalez Marina

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

€22,500

Diver III

Vincent Zambrano

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

€2,322

Listening Ears 3

Clement Mmaduako Nwafor

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

€4,553

Social Cells

Nguyen Vinh Trung

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

€6,010

Hair

Girts Muiznieks

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€15,000

Double Portrait

Dace Liela

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

€15,000

Lavanderas

Maritza Bernal

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

€1,200

Le Sabat

Timothy Archer

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

€3,900 €3,705

Donna alla fontana

Salvatore Cippone

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

€1,200 €960

Conversation of Two Muses

Lilit Soghomonyan

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

€1,500 €1,350

A Red-Yellow Bird

Mikolaj Malesza

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

€1,000

Eclosion

Victoria Stagni

Painting . 80 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

The Weight Of Stillness

Godfrey Afebuame

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,821

Portrait Triplet 2

Renjie Gao

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

€3,572

The Follower, 1

Tania Potapenko

Painting . 61 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Despair - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Men Love, Dotted Green

Makama John

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,140

Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women

Elijah Olanase

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

€3,050

Dignity of Work

Patrice Burkhardt

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2 inch

€1,480

Mixed Feelings

Nazar Ivanyuk

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

€1,100

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

ComeToMe (series Angels)

Natalia Byrdina

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

€1,275

Paysages 240

Yun Zhi

Painting . 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Mémoire du mur

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,470

No flash

Edoardo Ettorre

Painting . 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Into the storm

Reanna Emanouel

Painting . 80 x 60 x 15 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 5.9 inch

€7,000

Waiting Room Monitor

Steven Boksenbaum

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.6 inch

€1,566

Brutal Ballet

Sheila Tajima

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

€1,867

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

Liquid element

Galya Popova

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

€960

You Do You

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 122 x 117 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 46.1 x 1.6 inch

€5,488

Crepúsculo

Almudena Rodriguez Collazo

Painting . 64 x 49 x 3 cm Painting . 25.2 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Be Yourself - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Wasiu Sunday Hassan

Painting . 81.3 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 20 x 1 inch

€2,049

Life is a mistery

Yannick Aaron

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

€2,400

In blossom #4

Dasha Kandinsky

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

€9,700

Echo Rocky

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€56,200

Tendresse

Vincent Magni

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

€7,500

Moment in Transit

Sirarpi Hunanyan

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

€592

Mpumi - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion Art, Women, Oil

Jason Langa

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

€1,093

Game of Life

Michael Adetula

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

€1,685

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

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

€6,000

The Caller

Will Barnet

Painting . 232.4 x 80 x 5.1 cm Painting . 91.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€182,110

The Collector - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 104.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,732

Agnese

Olga Marciano

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€7,980

Let's take care of ourselves

Sandrine Stoïanov

Painting . 80 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Mushroom (fantasy portrait of a mushroom)

Jelena Petkovic

Painting . 81 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,670

Dreamer in green

Ha Yeon U

Painting . 60.6 x 90.9 x 3 cm Painting . 23.9 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Maeste II (Large Painting)

Tomasz Rut

Painting . 127 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 22 x 1 inch

€5,463 €3,278

Don Quijote I-XIX

José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro

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

€1,600

Silent Conversations

Idorenyin Umana

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

€1,776

The Matador I

Donovan Rose

Painting . 51 x 41 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.6 inch

€650

Circle of Trust 2

Iyiola Odunayo

Painting . 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,821

Ogbontarigi Obinrin (Extraordinary Woman)

Abiola Olabamiji

Painting . 127 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 43 x 1 inch

€2,231

In a hug

Lucie Vackova

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

€1,200

Woman with Flowers

Juan Ripolles

Painting . 38.1 x 61 x 0 cm Painting . 15 x 24 x 0.01 inch

€7,284

Father's pride

Chika Idu

Painting . 149.9 x 119.4 x 7.6 cm Painting . 59 x 47 x 3 inch

€12,726

Beyond the Limits

Busari Adewale

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,413

Ajoke

Theophilus Madaki

Painting . 104.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,821

Retrato azul

Joana Frontera

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

€1,800

Somnium No. 1, Series XIV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Evanescence

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€900

Chanel

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€819

Hands tied

Elvira Venko

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€911

Hope

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,776

Portrait de femme

Weiquan Liu

Painting . 86 x 26 x 3 cm Painting . 33.9 x 10.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Still, I Carry It - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Floral

Etuk Unyime

Painting . 88.9 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 29 x 1 inch

€2,595

L’arc en ciel

François Sauvage

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

€950

Paseo

José Pirès

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

€1,430

Tenebris

Maria Korshunova

Painting . 120 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€865 €779

Fantasy Art II (una jóven con el pelo floral)

Vesna Udicki Vucetic

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

€1,850

Gold lips

Agusil

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

€4,800

Diary Notes

Trude Viken

Painting . 29.845 x 22.86 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9 x 0.8 inch

€4,553

Rococo

Tos Kostermans

Painting . 160 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Fragilidad

Sandra Renzi

Painting . 130 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€4,000

Portrait d’un condamné à rien

Lucie Kerouedan

Painting . 77 x 102 x 2 cm Painting . 30.3 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,100

A Window into Serenity

Anna Reznikova

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

€1,500

Mon Jardin - Portrait de femme

Géraldine Bard de l'Image écrite

Painting . 65 x 70 x 0.6 cm Painting . 25.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,375

Catechismo Classe 2

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

Sisters

Rusudan Zviadadze

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

€1,500

Lao zi

Zhenhua Guo

Painting . 100 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Fleurs

FeiWoux Chan

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Calista

Alan Lemin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Sanctuary IV

Franklin Ifeanyi Igwenagu

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€2,449

À contre courant

Jade Mouge

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

€2,200

Beauty in Black 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Fabric

Bola Obatuyi

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

€4,416

Sola (alone)

Rossella Baldecchi

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

€3,642

Hommage à Francis Bacon

Mila Veljac'a

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

€2,700

Befitting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Religious, Women

Wasiu Adelakun

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

€1,184

Le pêcheur 1

Jean Tourlonias

Painting . 33 x 22 x 1.5 cm Painting . 13 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Museum

Slav Nedev

Painting . 59.9 x 136.9 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 53.9 x 0.8 inch

€5,008

Amour solaire

Clémence Dupuch

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

€1,200

Caring implies affection

Elisabeth Sabala

Painting . 24 x 18 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 inch

€1,300

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