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!

Ether rose

Victoria Stagni

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€2,900

Portrait of a Girl and a Lion

Vasily Korkishko

Painting . 51 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

In the embrace of light

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 60.5 x 91.5 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.8 x 36 x 1.4 inch

€2,368

Mystical Duality: A Celtic Tale, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Alexandr Klemens

Painting . 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,139

Mask of Emotions

Artsrun Asatryan

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

€1,639

Harmony and Freedom - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,321

L’empreinte du silence

Jade Mouge

Painting . 89 x 116 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0 inch

€2,900

State of Grace

Mary Brown

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

€9,108

Mechanics

Alexander Dobrodiy

Painting . 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€945

Silence Inside of Me

Ljbobv

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

€1,550

Lilac Armchair - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Painting of a Woman in Red

Jason Langa

Painting . 100.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,321

I Am Not My Hair 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,913

Hug in the Water

Donglai Meng

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,650

Untitled (Unspoken Bond)

Jumoke Oyetunde

Painting . 119.4 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€2,231

Crusader 2

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 121.9 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 44 x 1 inch

€3,188

Roseline

Alain Rigollier

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€490

In the Sunlight

Lilit Soghomonyan

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

€2,500

The Tree of Love

Yulia Dvoiris

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

€638

Head, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photography intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,554

Connection of the soul with the universe

Nizar Al Hattab

Painting . 115 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

The Earth as an [in]destructible playground

Geert Lemmers

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

€1,580

Seducción

Dolors Rubio Ventayols

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

€840

Encounter

Jean-Luc Almond

Painting . 62 x 47 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24.4 x 18.5 x 0.6 inch

€3,587

Broken

Ramon Santacana Feliu

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

€1,500

Queen

Liubou Sas

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

€1,870

Solea

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€1,560

Fooler

Renée Duval

Painting . 142 x 132 x 3 cm Painting . 55.9 x 52 x 1.2 inch

€4,550

Untitled

Elene Melikidze

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

€950

Degustation

Ivan T.

Painting . 90 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,199

Leader 4

Juliane Hundertmark

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

€3,900

Blue VR783

Kseniya Rai

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

€1,000

The Light Man

James Earley

Painting . 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€6,890

Único

José Luis Pagador Ponce

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

€4,000

Orlando

Galya Popova

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

€2,560

Michel Houellebecq

Jean-Michel Lourenço

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€890

Marilyn No. 2, Icon Series III

Mario Henrique

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

€9,017

The Response To The Wind

Bonaventura Aumatell Tarradellas

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

€3,500

Homo Novus XVI

Rémi Planche

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

€5,800

Reflection with my mountain

Liz Gartz

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

€3,300

L’aquarium vert

Sandrine Rondard

Painting . 27 x 66 x 1.5 cm Painting . 10.6 x 26 x 0.6 inch

€2,600

Not my Fault

Maka Kvartskhava

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

€1,200

Oil portrait painting - Catherina

Alex D.

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€959

Dancing Dakini \ Balinese dancer: Expressive Oil Artwork 80x60cm | Balinese Spiritual Portrait in Emerald & Gold | Modern Interior Art

Nata Sakti

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

€1,275 €1,148

Velvet Pause (Studies of Stillness series) | Elegant Figurative Oil Artwork | Deep Blue, Magenta & Gold for Modern Interiors

Nastya Prairie

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

€1,366

Little Companion 2 - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative Modern, Africa

Aba Linus

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

€3,188

Against All Odds -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€2,414

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

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

€850

Mutine IX

Chloé Mugler

Fine Art Drawings . 17 x 12 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.7 x 4.7 x 0 inch

€150

Love and Bond 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black

Faith Gbadero

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,368

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

Nos bons amis

Florence Spiteri

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

€3,500

Bältespännaren

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 161 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 63.4 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€45,000

Things Are Looking Up

Olivia Rae

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

€4,350

Titsian Tabidze

Dimitri Turava

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

€700

Trapped In

Mari Abramishvili

Painting . 35 x 25 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch

€700

La fille de Kazan - Portrait de femme

Anthony Shagan

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

€1,950

Band

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,507

Light

Olga Ivolga

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

The Geometry of Consciousness 2

Ramóna Csendes

Painting . 61 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,550

Portrait 11

FeiWoux Chan

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

€1,500

Le dernier verre

Danielle Birebent

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

€320

Portrait No.1

Zenan Fu

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

€35,600

Orchid | Abstract Figurative Artwork with Expressive Floral Composition

Oksana Buryakova (Aksinia)

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

€1,266

The Indonesian boy

Francesco Calistri

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

€2,000

Ermine-ent Danger: Striking Contemporary Figurative Artwork, Dalmatian Coat & Red Accents

Yana Medow

Painting . 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,639

Selfie

Gerda Van Damme

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.9 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Queen of the Chat, 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

€1,139

Unbroken 2: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

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

€2,550

Profil Lumineux

Julien Danaux

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

€400

Such is Life - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Men

Oluwatimileyin Tega Adegbenjo

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,685

Battery low

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€820

Untitled

Zajac Gustavo

Painting . 109 x 43 x 5 cm Painting . 42.9 x 16.9 x 2 inch

€3,900

Mama's Love

Paul Akiiki

Painting . 90 x 45 x 0.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 17.7 x 0.3 inch

€2,277

Wait

Maiko Kvatchadze

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

€6,000

El ramito

Almeriane

Painting . 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,750

Known Delight - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Religious

Wasiu Adelakun

Painting . 121.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 40 x 1 inch

€1,822

Reciprocal

Kane Mclay

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

€4,800

Samaritan woman

Viacheslav Kaidash

Painting . 75 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€900

The Tenderness Of Shulamite

Kirill Postovit

Painting . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,900 €2,613

Opus en corps

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,600

Benjamin Franklin Pop Art Painting - Antifragile

Dasha Pogodina

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

€750

Mercy (DIV003)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€163,944

Concerning Portrait

Matteo Fieno

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

€950

Le cirque

A Grand

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

€990

The minds eye

Yomi Bas

Painting . 120 x 88 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Estudio

Joana Frontera

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

€1,800

Nymph

Viktor Horiaiev

Painting . 143 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 56.3 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,827

Anna

Vladyslav Kazachenko

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

€528

Mind Mechanics 8

Paul Sergounine

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

€4,800

Le Mur de l'Oubli

Georges Corominas

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

€11,900

Girlfriends

Petra Schott

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

€3,140

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €704

Fusion

Eric Doisy

Painting . 97 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 38.2 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,340

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