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!

Morning preparations

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€9,500

En el Mar

Leticia de Prado

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

The Caller

Will Barnet

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

€178,292

Purple Prince

Natalia Rak

Painting . 140 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Light Inside

Giorgi Sardlishvili

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

€1,500

Cloud

Frédéric Batard

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

€320

My mother

Manens

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,900

Make a wish \ Shamanic Series: Enchanting Oil Artwork: Golden Moon, Mystic Deer & Inner Glow Effect

Nata Sakti

Painting . 60 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

€802

Tornade

Sevarbleu

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

€1,600

Fleur de silence

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€2,400

L’humanité

Emmanuelle Tenailleau

Painting . 60 x 73 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,150

Symphony of Musicians - (based on paintings by Lyubov Popova)

Viktor Konotopsky

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€490

Waiting Room Monitor

Steven Boksenbaum

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

€1,533

Silent Conversations

Idorenyin Umana

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

€1,738

Portrait de femme

Weiquan Liu

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

€1,400

Ogbontarigi Obinrin (Extraordinary Woman)

Abiola Olabamiji

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

€2,184

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

€7,132

Beyond the Limits

Busari Adewale

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

€2,362

Ajoke

Theophilus Madaki

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

€1,783

Agatha

Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo

Painting . 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,496

Mujer con manzana

Joana Frontera

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,226

Picture of a Zombie (huge original painting on canvas)

Laurent Proneur

Painting . 156.2 x 117.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 61.5 x 46.12 x 2 inch

€16,046

Petits miracles de la vie (bois)

Albena Vatcheva

Design . 55 x 46 x 4 cm Design . 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch

€950 €903

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

€1,070

The Introspective Gaze

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€1,337

Youth Queen

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,700

Zeinab

Cléophée Donnais

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

€1,200

Halo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Women, Identity

Tolulope Isaac

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1 inch

€1,649

Portrait

Delphine Hogarth

Painting . 54 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,066

Companion 2

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 63.5 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25 x 25 x 1 inch

€1,293

Somnium 03 series XIV

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€10,100

Soul Adorned

Sola Ojo

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

€1,649

Diary Notes

Trude Viken

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

€4,457

Rococo

Tos Kostermans

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

€7,500

Le pécheur dialogue avec la mouette et le poisson série Mer et Océan

Philippe Messager

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€780

Le jardin des souvenirs

Jia Juanli

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

€18,000

Crepúsculo

Almudena Rodriguez Collazo

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

€3,600

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

Before the performance

Yuriy Lyamin

Painting . 38 x 29 x 1 cm Painting . 15 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,337

Beauty from Within 2 - 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

€1,917

Quiet Vessel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

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

€1,738

Ukulélé

Christiane Dumon

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

€1,375

Hotel Plaza

Irina Alexandrina

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€669

Maeste II (Large Painting)

Tomasz Rut

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

€5,349

Hope

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,738

Le pêcheur 1

Jean Tourlonias

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

€1,300

Keiky

Michelino Iorizzo

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

€6,600 €5,940

Mim

James Earley

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

Museum

Slav Nedev

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

€4,903

Caring implies affection

Elisabeth Sabala

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

€1,300

Sans issue

Hélène Deghilage

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

€3,000

My Mother

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 55 x 2 inch

€4,636

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

Try to Escape

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,800

Pensamiento

Marta Grassi

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

€900

Hair

Maka Batiashvili

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

€5,200

Acceptance: Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting with Serene Woman & Symbolic Moth, Warm Terracotta Hues

Zhanar Sagidolla

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

€1,426

Lu Yan

Laurence Scheer (Lo)

Painting . 32 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 12.6 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€750

Dusk zone

Robert Inestroza

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

€900

Abstract Composition N°7

Vivaldo Martini

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,672

Hands tied

Elvira Venko

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

€891

La pierre et le vent

Thalia Dalecky

Painting . 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€980

Étoile naissante

Sylvie Magnin

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

€990

Girl with a hula hoop

Jolanta Zdrzalik

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

€1,300

Flore, d'après Carpeaux

Jean-Marc Amigues

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

€1,600

Conocimiento

Dolors Rubio Ventayols

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

€840

Look How Far You've Come -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Pigeon

Elijah Olanase

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

€5,661

Portrait of Beverly

Merenini Williams

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch

€1,426 €1,283

Smile for me

Opeyemi Idowu

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

€801 €722

Silence Speaks

Kaynan Kayphas

Painting . 91.44 x 60.96 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,199 €1,080

Dream

Hassan Wasiu Sunday

Painting . 106.7 x 73.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 42 x 29 x 2.5 inch

€2,005 €1,805

Night encounters

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€920

The perfect duet

Gobe Joseph

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

€6,239 €5,615

My fears

Praise Chiamaka Esinulo

Painting . 121.9 x 90.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 35.5 x 1.5 inch

€712 €642

Unspoken Grace II

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€1,426 €1,283

Katabasis

Dylan Roworth

Painting . 76 x 101 x 4 cm Painting . 29.9 x 39.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,420

Drumming Soul

Mayowa Adekile

Painting . 88.5 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting . 34.8 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,990 €1,791

Printemps

Albena Vatcheva

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

€1,450 €1,378

What we carry in love 2

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€2,228 €2,005

Les âmes jumelles

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

The last Mask

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€1,426 €1,283

Smile to me

Nico Vrielink

Painting . 80 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,998

Gone with the moon - Figurative painting of a lady in red dress

Peter Eneji

Painting . 139.7 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55 x 41 x 1 inch

€2,227 €1,783

The said Champ (Iron Mike)

Merenini Williams

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

€1,070 €963

Unknown

Kaynan Kayphas

Painting . 76.2 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 25 x 1 inch

€800 €720

Emotions

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 101 x 76 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.8 x 29.9 x 1 inch

€1,790 €1,432

What we carry in love

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 2.5 inch

€2,228 €2,005

Ododo binrin 2

Adewumi Emmanuel

Painting . 104.1 x 78.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 41 x 31 x 1.5 inch

€1,114 €1,003

Il était une fois.... (1001 nuits)

Albena Vatcheva

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

€2,499

I Found the One My Soul Loves

Kirill Postovit

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

€2,400

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