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!

Ailleurs

Marta Grassi

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

€2,200

Don't Look at Me : Unseen Elegance

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 50 x 67 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 26.4 x 2 inch

€2,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Untamed

Maya Jimsheleishvili

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Michelle

Manens

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

€3,550 €3,195

Pandemic Play

Ara Deinde

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

€1,806

The woman is the roots of the earth

Nizar Al Hattab

Painting . 75 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Sanctuary 2

Franklin Ifeanyi Igwenagu

Painting . 88.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 35 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€2,330

Quand le carton a des yeux

Eric Doisy

Painting . 88 x 58 x 1 cm Painting . 34.6 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch

€900

Waiting Room

Oluwole Olawuyi

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

€4,063

Oil abstract portrait painting "Girl patry"

Andrii G.

Painting . 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€259

Just Breath

Maka Kvartskhava

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

€1,200

Whispers of the Countryside

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€1,084

Goodbye, Dad

Helen Spoon

Painting . 42 x 30 x 5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,093

Black water

Galya Popova

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

€1,600

Boy From Hood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperealism, Africa

Falope Ibrahim

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

€2,303

Untitled 157

Joseph Nam

Painting . 40.64 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Zoé

Yining Zhao

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

€2,200

Blue basilikum

Galya Popova

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

€1,120

Motion 17.2

Eduard Churkin

Painting . 90 x 139 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 54.7 x 1.6 inch

€9,400

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €680

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €680

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €720

The Dream of the Medusa

Cristiano Felismina

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

€18,500

Tendre printemps

Julien Cuny

Painting . 83 x 128 x 1 cm Painting . 32.7 x 50.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,100 €825

Mind Mechanics 13

Paul Sergounine

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

€4,800

Fête du cheval à Tissa

Georges Corominas

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

€5,400

La muse des vents

Pierre Laurent

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

€3,400

Cruella de Vil, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Brian Nash

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

€2,213

Le pécheur et son Poisson d'Avril série Mer et Océan

Philippe Messager

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

€780

After the performance

Yuriy Lyamin

Painting . 152 x 109 x 2 cm Painting . 59.8 x 42.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,225

Lèvres Roses

Delphine Hogarth

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

€1,749

Legend of the Mountain Lake: Calm Mystical lake in the Blue Mountains landscape | Enchanting Oil Masterpiece, Blue & Golden Tones

Nata Sakti

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€993

The cycle of light: Contemporary Oil Artwork of Woman in Moonlit Garden

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 76 x 61 x 3.7 cm Painting . 29.9 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,626

Abstract Dollar

Su Yu

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

€1,200

Before the Leap - 21st Century, Contemporary Portrait, Figurative, Women, Africa

Ademola Ajayi

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

€2,393

Shout with me II

Bertrand Joliet

Sculpture . 42 x 25 x 13 cm Sculpture . 16.5 x 9.8 x 5.1 inch

€1,500

Bianca

Alan Lemin

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

€2,000

Girl With Pink Hat

Maia Kvatchadze

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

€2,400

Heat Beneath My Feet

Jean Guy Morin

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

€2,103

Ptilopsis Granti

Johnathan Ball

Painting . 91.4 x 137.2 cm Painting . 36 x 54 inch

€18,966

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€900

Jeune femme endormie

Eugène Bégarat

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Reepy

Giorgi Sardlishvili

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

€2,500

Reika

Maria Torres

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

€1,600

The Beetle Love - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Floral

Olawuyi Oluwole

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

€5,825

Balance 1: Dynamic Abstract Figurative Artwork | Magenta, Green & Purple Spiritual Study

Vera Klimova

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

€2,077

Bazouk

Yoann Merienne

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

€9,000

Becoming 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa

Adebayo Taiwo

Painting . 100.3 x 85.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.5 x 33.5 x 1 inch

€2,032

The Indonesian boy

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 70 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Dr Season

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

La petite fille au ballon

Victoria Stagni

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

€1,900

Danse de Bonheur

Joseph Piermatteo

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Heritage 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman Hair

Tomiwa Arobieke

Painting . 30.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12 x 10 x 1 inch

€406

Emotion

Elisabeth Besnier

Painting . 41 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Fragmented Reality

Gelena

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

€6,450

Reflective Elegance, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Alexandr Klemens

Painting . 70.1 x 70.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€885

Primus inter pares

Robert van Bolderick

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

€2,000

Marquise

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 37 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 14.6 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Heretic

Igor Galan

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€850

Boy London 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Men

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 106.7 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 29 x 1 inch

€2,122

Naiad with red peonies

Catherine Clare

Painting . 62 x 62 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24.4 x 24.4 x 1 inch

€2,500

Gaze

Nazar Ivanyuk

Painting . 73 x 55 x 0.2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Untitled

Sarkis Hamalbashian

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

€1,400

A walk

Galya Popova

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

€2,560

Via Appia Antica

André Laurenti

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

€3,400

Home

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,064

Basic Instinct.

Vadym Mykhalchuk

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

€903

Girl, Boy and Bird

Yosl Bergner

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€7,135

Woman with daffodils

Lidia Wiencek

Painting . 100 x 92 cm Painting . 39.4 x 36.2 inch

€1,000

See the sun

Ara Deinde

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

€1,987

Scared JS1 boy

Seromo Okoro

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,258

N° 1302 La belle connivence

R. Cavalié

Painting . 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€500

Figure 21

Fabien Delaube

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

€1,600

Plaisir

Sylvie Gerard

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

€3,030

Maarzia

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 85 x 82 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Through The Lens of Calm - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Couple, Fashion

Adewuyi Theophilus

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

€3,477

Embracing the Sky

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€208

Harmonious Women

Oksana Sklym

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

€1,200

Not Mr. Darcy: Vibrant Contemporary Surreal Artwork - Sicilian Iconography, Lemon & Brutalist Architecture

Oksana Evteeva (Oksana Siciliana)

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

€2,709 €2,438

Abundance: Aje Ni Temi

Okeowo Oluwaferanmi

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 inch

€1,219

Leurre

KogaOne

Sculpture . 30 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

€399

Somnium #8, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

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

€10,100

El olivo

Sara Manglano

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

€800

Close-up 5 (Louise)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

The other side of blue I

Jacques Tange

Painting . 140 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,600

Nostalgia

Baurjan Aralov

Painting . 69 x 55 x 4 cm Painting . 27.2 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,240

Portée Vents et Marées

Laurence Forbin

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

€1,000

Highs & Lows

Mihai Florea

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

€1,900

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