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!

Scars of Light

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€2,393

Portrai series

Taner Yilmaz

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

€7,500

Beautiful in my own skin

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 100.3 x 71.1 x 6.4 cm Painting . 39.5 x 28 x 2.5 inch

€2,709

Pink Lady

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,700

Aquarius

Eva Dimitrova

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

€820

Mixte

Niki Neuts

Painting . 160 x 120 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 inch

€3,500

Girl with earring

Yana Ros

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

€1,400

My pet bull

Nguyen Dinh Vu

Painting . 185.4 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 73 x 55 x 2 inch

€4,871

A girl in a blue room

Marlena Nizio

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

€1,200

Terre Promise

Nicolas Clézio

Painting . 54 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,000

French School Lady in Red in Provençal garden - Chut les Barbizons!

Bazévian Delacapucinière

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

€2,000

What we get in return

Adewuyi Theophilus

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

€1,806

Daughters – Mothers

Sergiy Alymov

Painting . 95 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€993

Le Seul Mortel

Nikita Vyacheslavovich

Painting . 157 x 157 x 2 cm Painting . 61.8 x 61.8 x 0.8 inch

€35,000

Nietzsche

Beni

Painting . 115 x 73 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 28.7 x 2 inch

€5,900

Bunmi

Meshach Charity

Painting . 86.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,581

Rainy city

Igor Shulman

Painting . 119.9 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.5 x 2 inch

€3,161

Bravo

Angu Walters

Painting . 78 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,083

Le garçon à la lune

Julien Cuny

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

€850

The child with the glass sphere

Sabrina Tortorella

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

€1,800 €1,620

Demi portrait monumental II

Rémi Planche

Painting . 280 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 110.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€18,600

Quiet Reverie

Mateos Sargsyan

Painting . 101 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 39.8 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,709

Flottement

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 45 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

L'empire des sens

Gérard Pamboujian

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

€3,000

Portrait Triplet 3

Renjie Gao

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

€3,572

Regina

Eduardo Arroyo

Painting . 101.5 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€34,000

Cubist-Inspired Portrait

Marius Oddo

Painting . 60 x 55 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

€950

L'abbraccio

Pio Serafini

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

€900

Susanna

Tsvetan Lazarov

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

€2,200

Melody in her wings

Opeyemi Idowu

Painting . 111.8 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 44 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€812

Ready to Swim -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Children, Africa

Elijah Olanase

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

€4,380

Faces of One Soul

Artsrun Asatryan

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

€1,355 €1,084

My Joy My Hope

Gobe Joseph

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

€2,755

Woman with the Raven | Contemporary Realist Artwork in Neutrals and Black

Ger Da

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

€858

Danse pour moi

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,500

Expectancy

Hassan Wasiu Sunday

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,039

Three Faces

Giorgi Giorgadze

Painting . 70 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€970 €825

Sky

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Longue vue

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 40 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Picnic by the River in Nature - A copy of a painting by some 19th-century

Daniil Litvinov

Painting . 59 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 23.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Serie Habaneras, Original Oil Painting, Hand Signed, Framed

José María Mijares

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

€5,419

Dame à la lecture

Eloise

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,315

Le Veilleur

Didier Delamonica

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

€2,800

Carved and Living - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture

Iyiola Odunayo

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

€2,213

First Breath: An intimate oil on linen figurative portrait with soft white tones and delicate floral detail

Nastya Prairie

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

€1,355

Jacks World

David Sipko

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

€1,084

Unspoken layers

Oluwole Olawuyi

Painting . 61 x 40.6 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 16 x 2.5 inch

€948

The Untamed Gaze

Tigran Araqelyan

Painting . 150 x 120 x 0.2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€2,709 €2,168

Beach day

Ivo Petrov

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

€950

Poise

Ablade Glover

Painting . 152.4 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 60 x 30 x 2 inch

€25,288

Bond 1

Segun Benjamin Ajao

Painting . 102 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€4,850

Armenian Soul Melodies

Ruzanna Melqumyan

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

€542

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

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

€8,400

Afterglow

Li Deyang

Painting . 173 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Schisme #4

Erwann Tirilly

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

€2,800

Hunting Time

Artavazd Talalyan

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

€2,900

Aziza VS Arsen Lapin

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,470

Princess

Daniel Bilodeau

Painting . 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€10,000 €8,000

Manifestation

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 70 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€813

Ocule

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 121.9 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 43 x 1 inch

€1,487

Tale of the Girl and Flamingo

Fiorenza Gorini

Painting . 53.3 x 53.3 x 2 cm Painting . 21 x 21 x 0.8 inch

€1,851

The Dancer

Sabine Danzé

Painting . 135 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

The Collector - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 104.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,709

Atunbi (Rebirth)

Orioye Bukola

Painting . 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 2 inch

€5,000

Cajita feliz

En Blanco

Painting . 95 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€844

Au Bistrot des Sables, Concarneau

Serge Nicolas-Castel

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 1 inch

€1,500

The Follower, 4

Tania Potapenko

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

€1,370

Le regard intense

Dominic

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Aunty Sally - 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

Madame LU: lire une lettre de son chat - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

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

€215

Calista

Alan Lemin

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

€2,000

Portrait du peintre

Raya Sorkine

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

€9,500

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, Original Painting on Canvas, Signed

Mark Kostabi

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 inch

€4,425

Untitled 8-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 74 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 29.1 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€5,445

Cloud Dancer

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 152 x 122 x 1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€9,302

Tender Weight of Waiting 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,671

Scarlet hear..., Painting, Oil on Canvas

Alexandr Klemens

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

€880

Living Fairy tale -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€1,806

Maiden on Black

Katrin Rymsha

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

€903

Intertwined Souls

Narine Vardanyan

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

€542

Apo'da (Painter) - Contemporary Figurative Art by Nigerian artist

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 99 x 101.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,510

Portrait in Blue and Red

Ihar Barkhatkou

Painting . 105 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Close-up 9 (Ophélie`s eye)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 26 x 18 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.1 inch

€1,200

Le Mystérieux

Alain Rigollier

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

€490

Sad Dog

Juliane Hundertmark

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Mrs Smith - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstract, Africa, Women

Makama John

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

€2,122

Le cube

Eric Doisy

Sculpture . 36 x 36 x 36 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 14.2 x 14.2 inch

€1,860

Whisper

Jean-Luc Almond

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,462

Jump2

Dima Filatov

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

€1,200

Visage yeux ouverts

Hellen Halftermeyer

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

€2,600

La Negra Tomasa

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€3,800

Portreit

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 116 x 120 cm Painting . 45.7 x 47.2 inch

€2,900

Transition States

Alessandra B-B

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

€2,250

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