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!

Mother Nature

Igor Volkov-Tkachinskiy

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

€1,093

White Dog

Inga Makarova

Painting . 69 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Heavenly Messenger

Mateos Sargsyan

Painting . 58 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

€820 €697

Fellow Feeling

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Painting . 116.8 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 46 x 1 inch

€3,733

Peace and Tranquility 2

Joshua Salami

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

€2,549

Goga

Alex Jul

Painting . 29 x 24 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€500

Deserving More

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,550

Living in the Moment of Peace 2

Joshua Salami

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

€2,732

La musa del pintor

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 65 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Afrocentric Radiance

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55 x 49 x 1 inch

€3,097

Living in the Moment of Peace

Joshua Salami

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

€2,732

Portrait of Nobody

Keti Bubunauri

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

€5,000

Bridegroom 1

Joshua Salami

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

€2,732

Fierce Fabrication 1

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch

€2,550

Resilient Spirit

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€3,461

Wetin Man Go Do

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch

€2,550

Gentle

Xiang Shuai

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

€3,600

Study of a woman's head

Simon Kozhin

Painting . 20.2 x 17.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 7 x 0.1 inch

€3,500

Men Deserve Flowers Too

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,915

Odalisque Hommage à Matisse

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Dragonfly

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Pastorale africaine - Complicité, frères et soeurs

Catherine Clare

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

€1,600

The untamed mustang

Catherine Clare

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,250

Poésie pastorale

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,340

La persane

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,200

Mystic Lisa

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€950

VAn Gogh Sanglier

Adrien Lombardo

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€550

L'andalouse

Catherine Clare

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,300

Ulysse

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€960

Storm Within (Emotional Tapestry Series)

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 41 x 1 inch

€2,550

In Her Space

Joshua Salami

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

€2,732

Contemporary Beauty

Matteo Nannini

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€4,400

Eternity's Embrace

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55 x 49 x 1 inch

€3,097

Contemplative Moment

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,550

Resilient Beauty

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,550

Playing with cat

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€820 €697

African radiant: Celebration of beauty and joy

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 114.3 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 43 x 1 inch

€2,550

Exhilaration

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 46 x 44 x 1 inch

€2,550

Temptation (Seated woman with one bare breast)

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

La nuit des migrants

Odile Pinto-Corbin

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

€2,630

Morning news

Igor Shulman

Painting . 59.7 x 89.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23.5 x 35.3 x 2 inch

€2,596

Motion 20

Eduard Churkin

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

€10,900

Peri is very trendy

Kristina Mallen

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

€2,450

Head Wrap

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Painting . 119.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,915

Hide and seek

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 78 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 30.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,400

Elu

Liubou Sas

Painting . 70 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,800

Rocket man

Hans Mendler

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

Girl by the Window

Natia Sapanadze

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

€970

The Theatre Stage

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€14,500

Valentino Fall

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€546

Adam: Intimate Oil Portrait of a Young Man – Contemporary Figurative Artwork – Original

Nastya Prairie

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€510

Oil portrait painting - Dreamy girl

Alex D.

Painting . 48 x 56 x 2 cm Painting . 18.9 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€789

Girl on the Sofa

Oleksandr Gukalov

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

€550

While Reading a Book

Oleksandr Gukalov

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€570

Santorin feeling

Jean Christophe Stauder

Painting . 24 x 19 x 3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch

€250

Arrogance

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€790

The wonderful

Artwhos

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

€1,680

The cry of the chaotic mountain – an expressionist masterpiece

Fatima Erkenova

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

€729

Princess of Blue Twilight – Oil on Linen Canvas, Figurative Surreal Portrait

Alyona Masterkova

Painting . 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€729

Dedans, dehors

Eric Doisy

Painting . 70 x 39 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 15.4 x 1.2 inch

€880

African Woman 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, People, Black

Faith Gbadero

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€774

Winds

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 8 x 32 cm Painting . 3.1 x 12.6 inch

€320

I want to remember you like this

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€480

Sunshine Serenade

Gor Avetisyan

Painting . 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Bleu mental

Eric Doisy

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,970

Ce que la couleur tait

Eric Doisy

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

€1,760

We can do it

Eric Doisy

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

€2,060

Salut ça va

Eric Doisy

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

€1,660

L’oeil X

Eric Doisy

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

€1,950

At Noon in Summer

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€950

Quick Breakfast

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€950

Oil portrait with woman in ukrainian native dress

Leonid K.

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

€299

Tension positive

Eric Doisy

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

€1,260

Fragile brut

Eric Doisy

Painting . 89 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,360

Indi

Eric Doisy

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,480

Untitled 8

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

Confidences d'Automne

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€4,000

L'Horloge du temps

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€5,300

Pretty woman

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€1,800

Croix de Valmer

Richard Vildeman

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

€1,860

Waiting – Serene Contemporary Oil Painting

Ger Da

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

€774 €697

Auto portrait de Lucian Freud

Catherine Pugeat

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

€1,080

Freedom in Flight

Vahe Bagumyan

Painting . 20.5 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting . 8.1 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

€200

I'm Fine, Thanks x

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,675

Crimson Beauty

Vahe Bagumyan

Painting . 31 x 26 x 2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€181

Solitude in Shadow

Vahe Bagumyan

Painting . 32 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 12.6 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€181 €155

We only two of us

Vladyslav Kazachenko

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

€1,020

Children on the beach

Liubou Sas

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

€2,760

Children on the beach

Liubou Sas

Painting . 90 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,870

Nimph of the faiding sun 3

Liubou Sas

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

€2,600

Mielikki, déesse des forêts

Farid Saâdi

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

€3,500 €3,150

Absence of Noise, Solace in Music - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cat

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,596

Morning Sun

Igor Galan

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

€2,800

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