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!

Venus in Blue

Julia Niiazbekova

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

€1,776

Phoebe Moon

Jo Beer

Painting . 59.9 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,254

Time

Irjan Moussin

Painting . 70.1 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€6,376

Solitude

Ferenc Flamm

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

€1,457

Un dandy à Paris - ref BDNW11484

Janie Michels

Painting . 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Priscilla

Yigal Ozeri

Painting . 91 x 136 x 7 cm Painting . 35.8 x 53.5 x 2.8 inch

€45,540

Débordements

Marta Grassi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Les demoiselles d'artist

Edvarda Braanaas

Painting . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,200

A dance

Andrzej Konwerski

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

€2,500

Sans titre (131)

Jean-Charles SANKARE

Painting . 33 x 25 cm Painting . 13 x 9.8 inch

€300

Marilyn

Phoebe Dingwall

Painting . 90 x 90 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€2,800

Chrysalide

Rémi Planche

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€5,000

Les eaux calmes

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Facing it

Ramon Santacana Feliu

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

€1,500

Ntro. padre Jesús orando en el huerto

Carmeli Polo

Painting . 53 x 43.5 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.1 x 0.4 inch

€3,800

Firefighter

Gerda Van Damme

Painting . 49.5 x 62 x 0.9 cm Painting . 19.5 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Soft Gravity

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Two as One

Artsrun Asatryan

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

€1,639

Worries, Troubles and Pondering 2: 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait, Woman

Obeka Simon

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

€2,550

Homecoming To The Roots

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,596

Ray of light

Nicole Tijoux

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

€5,500 €4,950

She, from the Flow Series

Ksenia Malurika

Painting . 40 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

La carte de la mort

Docteur Cobain

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

The Scent of a Woman

Seyran Gasparyan

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

€1,366

Io stelo, fiore che si sovrappone e mi passa

Grazia Salierno

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€430

Her Silent Story

Sayeed Momoh

Painting . 120.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.5 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,507

Sunrise

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Gru?ne Diva

Max Zuber

Painting . 23 x 20 x 3 cm Painting . 9.1 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€9,750

Walk for Water

Sheila Tajima

Painting . 76.2 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 12 x 1 inch

€524

Somnium No. 9, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Series-Moods 4

Fulvio Ghemasi

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€250

Regal Leopard

Tamar Nazaryan

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

€1,093

Portrait .12

Nazar Ivanyuk

Painting . 60 x 78 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,300

La Sauvageonne

Serge Kalinowski

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

€1,600

Décadrée

Marion Cadet

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

€2,000

Retrato de Raquel / Portrait de Raquel

Gabriel del Paso

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

€550

To the Sound of Waves

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€3,825

Revendication muette

Kevin Lombarte

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

€650

Fatal union of the Trinity

Kayava

Painting . 122 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 48 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€2,406

LSD : Digital Psychedelia or Navigating the Infinite Code

Sumomo Kanashiwa

Painting . 106 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 41.7 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€4,200

Mourning

Justyna Kuklo

Painting . 60 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Saint Frida: The Unconquered

Nastya Prairie

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,184

Je t'ai trouvé

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€4,800

La Méduse

Jean Christophe Stauder

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,799

Daphné en robe blanche

Emmanuelle Tenailleau

Painting . 54 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€900

Watching and Waiting - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Africa

Aba Linus

Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 31 x 1 inch

€2,323

En demi teinte de bleu

Taner Yilmaz

Painting . 140 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Profile pictures

Ventzislav Dikov

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

€1,650

Goodnews 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Phone, Happiness

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 38.1 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 inch

€911

An invisible presence

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,450

Music

Galya Popova

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

€2,400

Till It All Withers 1 - 21st Century

Samson Olatubosun

Painting . 91.4 x 67.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26.4 x 1 inch

€1,685

2A24 - Portrait axé sur le regard

Dominique Fonteneau

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

€1,815

Strength of a Woman - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Red

Ani Izuchukwu Valentine

Painting . 152.4 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 72 x 1 inch

€5,283

The Queen

Clara de Bobes

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€4,000

Friend

Nguyen The Dung

Painting . 89 x 116 x 1 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.4 inch

€12,750

In Her Prime

Ogunleke Festus Abiodun

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

€1,412

Organic gold

Gery Vlady

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

€580

Voltage

Galya Popova

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

€1,280

Expectation. Allegory.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.9 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.5 x 27.5 x 2 inch

€2,368

Seclusion

Kehinde Oyafajo

Painting . 119.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€2,095

Anxiety

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,095

The King's Ring

Eniafe Gbenga

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

€1,822

Un singe en vert

Julien Wolf

Painting . 73 x 54 x 5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 2 inch

€3,900

When life seems blurry

Meshach Charity

Painting . 86.4 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 27 x 1 inch

€2,277

Twin 2 painting from Africa

Angu Walters

Painting . 69 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,275

Buveur de songes

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Réalité

Fabien Gäng

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

€1,750

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 €2,375

Debout

Eric Doisy

Painting . 178 x 44 x 3 cm Painting . 70.1 x 17.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,080

Mind Mechanics 5

Paul Sergounine

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

€4,800

In Search of Meaning

Emmanuel Akolo

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

€4,554

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

Chatte qui rit

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,070

D’Eux 2

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€720

Two Blondes

Elene Melikidze

Painting . 70 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Fold 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Africa Head Gear

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€1,503

Volonté

Elisabeth Besnier

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

€3,200

Violet State of Mind

Maria Matveyeva

Painting . 88 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 34.6 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Tentative psychopompe

Stéphane Fauchille

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

€5,900

Waiting To Blossom -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

Unity

Natalia Naumova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.7 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,548

A mermaid in La Jolla

Victoria Stagni

Painting . 60 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,450

Between Sky and Soul -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Nature Modern Women

Olaniyi Timothy

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

€2,550

Succession

François Sauvage

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

€1,800

Takotsubo

Nicolas Clézio

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

€8,000

Wish You Merry and Happy 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Holiday, Dog

Elijah Olanase

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

€2,641

Mamie et le gigot - jaune (Grandma and the Leg of Lamb - yellow)

Roxane Mbanga

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

€3,000

Beyond The Facade -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Fabrics, Women

Roseleen Labazacchy

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

€3,825

The Spanish Girl

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 142 x 84 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.9 x 33.1 x 0 inch

€3,600

Ultime Chaos - Entre symbolisme et surréalisme

Catherine Pongnian dite Charlet

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

€1,750

Can you See me?

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch

€2,200

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