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!

Bitch 1

Nolwenn Samson

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

€1,200

Scream

Giorgi Sardlishvili

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

€2,000

Velvet lilac

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€2,258

Let's dance !

Sylvie Gerard

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

€3,510

Crimson Lovers

R.J Hohimer

Painting . 55.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,032

Visages

Pierre Henry

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

€999

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400 €3,740

Couple

Ezequiel Solano

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€1,000

Echoes of Petroglyphs

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€361

Oil abstract portrait "Waiting"

Vadim O.

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,029

Exile and Embrace 4 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern

Agbabiaka Johnmark

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

€2,122

J’écrirais ton nom sur l’azur

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€4,200

Les Pieds dans les nuages

Francine Van Hove

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

€23,300

Victory

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 182.9 x 146.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 57.6 x 1 inch

€6,322

Live passion

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,800

Red 09

Cristiano Felismina

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

Anthony

Ricardo Tena

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

€7,260

Parfum de soie

Jean-Yves Fremaux

Painting . 61 x 38 x 5 cm Painting . 24 x 15 x 2 inch

€1,400

Dark Dream

Ivan Schwebel

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,773

Shamanic moon fire: Mystical Shamanic Oil Artwork on Canvas

Nata Sakti

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

€1,084

A Jetty

Marek Okrassa

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Force florale

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,545

Écran total

Frédéric Batard

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

€720

Vanity

Rex Cabaroc

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

€1,060

Melancholy (DIV 104)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 122 x 76 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 29.9 x 1.5 inch

€126,440

Threshold (Weight) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Adebayo Taiwo

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

€1,039

We were happy that day

Kseniya Rai

Painting . 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Nostalgie

Jose Royo

Painting . 46 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€6,900

L'ouverture

FAG

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

€1,600

Beyond the door

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€2,709

Fille au chapeau rouge

ShuJie Wang

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

€900

Dreadhead 5 (Bob Marley) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men

Victor Morawo

Painting . 58.4 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23 x 20 x 1 inch

€903

Retrospection - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Africa, Modern

Ibitoye Emmanuel

Painting . 89.9 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 x 1 inch

€1,219

Je suis une femme connard!

G. Carta

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch

€250

Hold Onto Your Culture and History - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Art

Gideon Kotey

Painting . 101.6 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 28 x 1 inch

€2,574

The Dreaming Girl

Arman Hayrapetyan

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

€1,490

Étude de portrait

Frédéric Schmied

Painting . 29.5 x 22.6 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch

€832

Le pianiste

Giuseppe Piermatteo

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

€920

Father figure ( who raise men )

Abdulateef Salaudeen

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€2,709

Peace (Udo)

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 121.9 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,935

Nos Récoltes

Yutao Ge

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

€3,500

What We Carry 1

Shadrach Utubor

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

€1,100

Mon petit Mozart

Virginie Renard-von Rakowski

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Sans titre

Karha Nizharadzé

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

€1,900

Ball

Waldemar Marszalek

Painting . 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€5,400

Waiting

Praise Chiamaka Esinulo

Painting . 101.6 x 64.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 25.5 x 1.5 inch

€722

La fée clochette

Sophie Morisse

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

€2,400

Peace that makes no sense - 21st century colorful African figurative panting

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 139 x 139 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 54.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,590

Numéro Otso

Jay Jamoralin

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,750

Retour de shopping

Jean-Louis Toutain

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

€3,467

Society Portrait, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg

Rose Teitigen-Obeurer

Painting . 46 x 32 x 0.2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,210

Marianne Française

Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"

Sculpture . 52 x 33 x 30 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 13 x 11.8 inch

€1,500

Large work in Oil on Canvas

Lucebert

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€7,800

Apparences

Shank Arte

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

€1,360

L'effrontée

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

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

€1,900

L'homme malade

Claude Weisbuch

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

€25,000

The Memory of Wonder

Olumoko Moses

Painting . 41 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,050

Espresso Martini Time

Natasha Joseph

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

€1,462

Down the memory lane

Meshach Charity

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

€3,160

Sabine

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,886

Beautiful Heart

Kehinde Taiwo

Painting . 88 x 68 x 3 cm Painting . 34.6 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Lenur

Vladyslav Kazachenko

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

€1,174

A Hug Full of Love

Arevik Gasparyan

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

€1,400

Topografia di un volto (2) (2) (1) (2)

Salvatore Alessi

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

€1,000

Blue dress

Alena Di Santo

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

€677

Hommage à Francis Bacon

Mila Veljac'a

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

€2,700

Adam & Ève

Eloy Morales

Painting . 195 x 240 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch

€42,200

Operating

Katalin Soós

Painting . 130 x 163 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

Red Memories - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Akinboye Akinola Peter

Painting . 80 x 67.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 26.7 x 1 inch

€2,032

Rainy Day At City, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Behshad Arjomandi

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

€1,255

The City Girl

Oluwaseun Ojebiyi

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 1 inch

€1,355

Deux clowns

Pierre Jacquot

Painting . 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Toute la lumière en nous

Jules Atarax

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

€1,250

A Little Parable

Kateryna Bukuros

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

€1,470

Thyself

Oluwatosin Olusa

Painting . 182.9 x 152.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 72 x 60 x 2.5 inch

€3,206

Light on Her Face

Tatiana Zubova

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

€2,200

Effigie

Damiani

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

€2,000

Cavalière

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

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

€1,200

Blue in Sunlight - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperrealism, Africa

Falope Ibrahim

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

€1,897

It Takes Two to Tango 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love

Samson Olatubosun

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

€2,574

Self Portrait 2

Paul Sergounine

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

€4,800

Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,942

The Power of Thoughts III

Gor Avetisyan

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

€890

Fragments 6

Baboute

Painting . 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,400

Le rouge gorge et l'enfant des bois

Els Knockaert

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€850

Mademoiselle - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Woods, Architectural

Lazarus Massavo

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

€2,393

Apollo

Luka Bartoli

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

€1,400 €1,260

Nostalgy II

Vesna Udicki Vucetic

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

€1,850

Woman with Flowers III

Juan Ripolles

Painting . 45.7 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18 x 10 x 1 inch

€5,419

Samuele

Manens

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,250 €2,025

Bashfulness

Cléophée Donnais

Painting . 52 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Idealization

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€900

La fêlure

Eric Doisy

Painting . 88 x 39 x 2 cm Painting . 34.6 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

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