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!

Web of Intrigues

Olalekan Adeyemi

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

€2,075

A Parenthesis In The Dance

Bonaventura Aumatell Tarradellas

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

€3,500

Blind Death

Giorgi Sardlishvili

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€3,000

Dancing Queens

Shadrach Utubor

Painting . 122 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 48 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Untitled #94037 and Untitled

Carlos Capelán

Painting . 175.3 x 215.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 69 x 85 x 1 inch

€7,667

Portrait Triplet 3

Renjie Gao

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

€3,572

Sally, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Brian Nash

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

€2,210

Topografia di un volto

Salvatore Alessi

Painting . 29 x 23 x 3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Milo

Françoise Nielly

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

€10,500

L'innocente

Fransoist

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

€950

Spring

Svetla Koseva

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

€1,280

Jump2

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

Jean-Michel

Billy Morrison

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 inch

€11,411

La Sauvageonne

Serge Kalinowski

Painting . 81 x 65 x 5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 2 inch

€1,600 €1,440

Love in the Time of Forest Fires

Niki Singleton

Painting . 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch

€2,533

Le pendule

Marie Anglade

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

€800

Portrait XXXIX

Rémi Planche

Painting . 150 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

Pour passer le temps

Jörg Hermle

Painting . 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Cheer up Cassandra

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€700

Girl

Katarzyna Zwolinska

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

€3,200

Liebe Juliane die

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

The Queen

Marta Zawadzka

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

€3,900

Oil portrait painting - Artist

Alex D.

Painting . 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,029

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

Tolulope Isaac

Painting . 111.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44 x 44 x 1 inch

€1,669

Fever

Nicolas Clézio

Painting . 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Jazz

Julien Cuny

Painting . 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€1,600

Dusk zone

Robert Inestroza

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

€900

The said Champ (Iron Mike)

Merenini Williams

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

€1,082

Evening

Nikolay Rusev

Painting . 45 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€380

Echoes Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Faith Gbadero

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

€1,624

Direction of the Arrow

Yaojun Xue

Painting . 160 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€11,000

Luminiscencia

David Roldán

Painting . 65 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Scolopendra

Antonio Mejias

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

€3,500

Alfred

Clara de Bobes

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

€3,500

You and Me 2

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,059

Mince alors

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€3,000

The Radiance Within

Gerald Odwori

Painting . 121.9 x 172.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 68 x 1.5 inch

€4,510

What 3

Alexander Nikola

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

€1,400

Her

Ilia Menabde

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

€2,000

The Silent Sanctuary

Yana Reznik

Painting . 150 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€900

Eyes Blue as the Sea – Symbolic Oil Portrait of a Young Girl

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€992

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

€1,443

Embracing the Sky

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€207

Mathilda

Xenia Gray

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 1 inch

€1,804

Unwritten

Carl White

Painting . 41 x 51 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,420

Nafas

Elie Chammaa

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

€750

Carnival

Alexander Dobrodiy

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

€900

My Escape from Reality

Ljbobv

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

€1,150

Jagger

Jo Beer

Painting . 75.9 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,358

Tha accompanist

Ferenc Flamm

Painting . 88.9 x 94 x 1.3 cm Painting . 35 x 37 x 0.5 inch

€1,443

The Tree of Love

Yulia Dvoiris

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

€631

Echoes of Our Ground - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Art Deco

Meshach Charity

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

€2,571

Le temps des éclaircies

Jade Mouge

Painting . 100 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€2,200

Jack of all trades: whimsical figurative oil artwork featuring a colorful multi-faceted female portrait in soft earthy tones

Ekaterina Kuzmina

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

€1,804

Sin Titulo

Dolores Deloma Sanchez

Painting . 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Eclosion

Victoria Stagni

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

€3,800

Blooming Silence: A Serene and Meditative Oil Portrait

Tatsiana Yelistratava

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€857

L'attente

Marta Grassi

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

€900

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€850

La Défense, 8 Personnages

Karine Bartoli

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Beauty in Black 1 -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

€4,375

Let's dance

Laurent Proneur

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 2 inch

€33,646

Catechismo Classe 2

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

Lou dans la cuisine à Vergisson

Marc Dailly

Painting . 38 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Exoplanet #39 (Portrait of a Pupil) (Abduction)

Barbara Fragogna

Painting . 50 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Empreinte 10 concrétion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€30,000

Venus in Blue

Julia Niiazbekova

Painting . 59.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.5 x 23.5 x 1 inch

€1,759

Goddess of the gold egg

Julia Hacker

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

€2,495

Félicité

Sophie Dumont

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

€6,500

Code 1925

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 27 x 19 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Young Jim

Phoebe Dingwall

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

€2,600

Envolée

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€500

Finding Peace in My Solace -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Art Deco

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 101.6 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,390

Reepy

Giorgi Sardlishvili

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

€2,500

The Carrot Queen | Farmyard Woman and Goat Artwork

Alina Petkune

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

€1,353

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800

Uri

Manens

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€3,850

Schroeder, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Brian Nash

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

€2,210

Starting Block

AE2

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

€2,000

Camille avec la Rose

Silvio Porzionato

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

€15,000

Je suis liberty

Bruno Feitussi

Painting . 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Unknown

Kaynan Kayphas

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

€800

Au Cinéma

ShuJie Wang

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

€1,600

Portrait de femme

Pierre Wuillaume

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

€1,200

The Shame

Anna Paloma

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€451

Bohemian - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Surrealism, Africa, Women

Elisha Nyong

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

€3,022

Les beautés endormies

Sandrine Stoïanov

Painting . 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,600

Quietude Embrace

Kamsar Ohanyan

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

€500

Healer Also Needs Healing II

Ganiyat Abdulazeez

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

€3,428

Echec et mat

Samy Briss

Painting . 39 x 39 cm Painting . 15.4 x 15.4 inch

€4,000

Surveillance

Nino Eliashvili

Painting . 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

My Mother

Ly Hung Anh

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

€4,691

Europe

Gia Khutsishvili

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

€1,700

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