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!

Portrait Triplet 2

Renjie Gao

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

€3,572

Lucha Interior / Lutte et silence

Cristina Redondo

Painting . 91 x 60.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 23.8 x 0.6 inch

€950

Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€1,310

Waiting

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€850

The Coral Bell Flower

Ani Hovak

Painting . 66 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 26 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,761

Blue Mood - 21st Century Contemporary, Impressionist, Modern, Women

Omoyeni Arogunmati

Painting . 55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 18 x 1 inch

€858

Les rivières jaunes

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

Somnium 03 Series XV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,700

Quiet Conversation

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€1,355

Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chuli Herrera

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

€7,200

Sister to the Goat | Woman and White Goat Portrait Artwork

Alina Petkune

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

€1,355

Doors Ajar to Perception, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Alexandr Klemens

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

€909

Under the Sun

Maya Jimsheleishvili

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

€3,800

Sous le ciel de Provence

Raya Sorkine

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

€8,900

The Embraced X

Waleria Matelska

Painting . 120 x 112 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Bloom and Beauty

Karine Harutyunyan

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

€226

Woman with a Book | Pastel Garden Reading Portrait

Galina Gataullina

Painting . 90 x 71 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 28 x 0 inch

€1,174

Refuge

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€2,168

Coup d'archet

Claude Weisbuch

Painting . 55 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Pantomime

Kleopatra Artesia

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

€999 €900

L’ombre du silence

Pierre Laurent

Painting . 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€3,400

The Hug

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,987

Bather in the blue wave / Baigneuse à la vague bleue

Damien Bassez

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

€4,400

The Last Mask - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€1,761

The Dapper

Ray Richardson

Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Warm Night 2

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 95 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€950

Resilience

Oluwafikunayomi Fatunmbi

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 2.5 inch

€2,258

Dreaming Muse #2

Lilit Soghomonyan

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

€1,500

Gathering Behind the Arches

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€542

Uprooted people

Catherine Clare

Painting . 92 x 79 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 31.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Woman selling shells

Elena Zima

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

€1,355

Bitch 2

Nolwenn Samson

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

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

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,696

The Prismatic Face

Artsrun Asatryan

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

€1,626

Fairytale Night

Stefan Georgiev

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

€1,550

Parasite

Oleksii Aleksandrov

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

€1,200

Intimidad en el estudio con florero azul

Antonio Camaró

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€21,500

Orpheus and Eurydice

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 58 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€920

Meeth 07

Giuseppe Scarangelli

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

€8,400

Twilight Forest | Mystical Woman Portrait

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€813

I will give you life in my dream, I can only move forward if I invent you.

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,400

L'oiseau derrière le rideau

Timothy Archer

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

€3,200

Mother-fish and Daughter-butterfly | Surreal Family Bond Artwork

Yana Dmitrieva

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

€1,716

L'ombre bleue

Déborah Calfond

Painting . 70 x 50 x 10 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 3.9 inch

€1,500

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,681

Sleeping Maiden

Katrin Rymsha

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,258 €2,032

Jésus 1

Benjamin Vorms

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

€2,000

Lights off

Tania Potapenko

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

€1,400

Rebelles No°4

Jean-Marc Teillon

Painting . 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€900

Les vaches d'Herens

Virginie Renard-von Rakowski

Painting . 70 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,300

A travel

Galya Popova

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

€1,760

Audrey

Marc Le Rest

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

€4,800

Sognami ancora

Francesco Calistri

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

€1,700

Jardin classique de Suzhou

Jia Juanli

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

€24,000

Sakura, Sakura

Rusudan Zviadadze

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€860

Mama's Backyard -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, African

Daniel Oguche Junior

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

€2,438

Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€3,179

L'orange et l'enfant

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€950

Altération

Bryan Magnin-Feysot

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Femme et son Bouquet

Julien Danaux

Painting . 55 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 0 inch

€950

Mr Smith - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstract, Africa, Men

Makama John

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

€2,122

No Sound

Giorgi Sardlishvili

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

€1,500

Forbidden Fruit - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 80 x 67.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 26.7 x 1 inch

€2,032

Quiet Joy: Whimsical Magical Realism Oil Canvas

Marina Belousova

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,346

Paloma

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€2,250

Pure Self

Mutto Matto

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

€2,250

The Mountain wanderer: Circular Oil Painting of a Fantasy Forest Guardian Gnome with Mountain Goat and Scenic Alpine Landscape in Green and Brown Earth Tones

Serafima Antipova

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,613

Hocus pocus woman with a rabbit

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,500 €750

The Root

Kaynan Kayphas

Painting . 101.6 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 40 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€1,851

The space between two hearbeats

Barbara Schaumann

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

The white cat and the girl -Relation entre humain et chat, Série portrait animalier

Ang.O

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

€1,850

Ode To Style

Winifred Otowa

Painting . 104.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,806

Beauty In Her Space

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 83.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33 x 32 x 1 inch

€1,626

Iris

Cristiano Felismina

Painting . 124 x 94 x 2 cm Painting . 48.8 x 37 x 0.8 inch

€16,000

A(e)ntre

Sandra Quintin

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

€1,100

Mother and Child, Original Painting on Canvas, Signed, 24 x 18 in. Stretched

Robin Morris

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€1,355

Do you look for hope in other peoples eyes

Sava Harris

Painting . 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,585

Les Demoiselles de Monti

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€10,000

Revendication muette

Kevin Lombarte

Painting . 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€650

Shamisen Luth à trois cordes

Georges Corominas

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

€13,600

Already Ascendant - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Etuk Unyime

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 inch

€2,258

The Twelfth Hour

Gabriel Monte

Painting . 90 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Sans titre

Nizar Al Hattab

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

€1,500

Mother's Strength - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, ModernMother's Strength - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern

Kehinde Oyafajo

Painting . 119.9 x 73.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 29.1 x 1 inch

€2,032

Dream Chaser - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,258

Threshold (Presence) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,039

On y va ?

Emmanuelle Tenailleau

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

€1,150

Dans les champs, en fin d´après-midi.

José Saboia

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

€1,800

The Architecture of Enough

Olumoko Moses

Painting . 79 x 56 x 3 cm Painting . 31.1 x 22 x 1.2 inch

€1,950

Four Chairs and a Read

Carrie Graber

Painting . 91.4 x 83.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 33 x 1.5 inch

€8,535

Visiting Rodin

Gela Keidia

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Sailor

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 73 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch

€3,800

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