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!

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

Fields of Serenity

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€410 €328

Miracle Balm (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Bulat Valeriy

Painting . 75 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,125

Leaving the party

Liubou Sas

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Maman nature

ShuJie Wang

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

€950

Equitation

Raymond Poulet

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

€3,500

Gold

Mpumi

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

€3,800

Head clown

Ed Potapenkov

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

€1,400

La ligne de coeur

Irina Dopont

Painting . 89 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Aphrodite's Rock

Farid Saâdi

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

€5,800

As Time Goes By

Farid Saâdi

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

€5,800

Pink bunny

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€950

Moment on the Sea

Joshua Salami

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

€2,505

In His Space

Joshua Salami

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

€3,005

Cheer up and Glow (Hope) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 76.2 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,823

Having Done All, I Stand 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

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

€2,823

Cheers to our Lunch

Su Yu

Painting . 180 x 255 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 100.4 x 2 inch

€20,000

Morning

Liubou Sas

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

€1,240

Lady in pink

Liubou Sas

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

€1,320

Les paradis perdus #9

Haude Bernabé

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

€2,300

Portrait of Norwegian girl

Nadezda Stupina

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

€800

Red Dress with Orange Shawl

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch

€865

Sweet adventures

Nadezda Stupina

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€900

La fillette et le chat

Laurence Gasior

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

€2,800

French School - Pachamama Glósóli X (XXL)

Bazévian Delacapucinière

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

€5,500

La laitière revisitée

Catherine Clare

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

€1,900

Portrait de Surma N°1

Catherine Clare

Painting . 67 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,320

La robe bleue d'après "Sainte Anne, la vierge et l'enfant Jésus " de Léonard de Vinci

Catherine Clare

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

€1,600

Yin et Yang

Catherine Clare

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

€1,800

Young girl at the urne

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€2,000

Fishing family in Guethary

Catherine Clare

Painting . 54 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,600

The Giants of the Rhune (Larrun in Basque)

Catherine Clare

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

€1,800

Café hermine d'après la Dame à l'hermine de Vinci

Catherine Clare

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

€1,600

Amérindien

Catherine Clare

Painting . 66 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€1,900

Artist's studio

Catherine Clare

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,950

Les liens du sang

Catherine Clare

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,960

Boss having a hair cut

Suthamma (Ta) Byrne

Painting . 130 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€5,980

Groom

Liubou Sas

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.7 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,800

Seduce

Xiaodong Liu

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

€7,500

Purity

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€2,550

Laguna Farmers Market

Grace Diehl

Painting . 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11 x 14 x 0.7 inch

€841

Horus conduit la Reine Nefertari

Catherine Clare

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

The fox

Artush Voskanyan

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

€3,825

James Cosmo

Brian King

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€1,104

The great beauty

William Oxer F.R.S.A.

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

€2,732

La japonaise

Olivier Daumas

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

€4,000

In Love

Akim Levich

Painting . 67.5 x 67.5 x 2 cm Painting . 26.6 x 26.6 x 0.8 inch

€15,000

Butterfly effect

Liubou Sas

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

€2,000

The Black Suit and The Chicken

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 75 x 75 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,700

Angel of motherhood

Natalia Byrdina

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

€1,275

Ewa

Janusz Szpyt

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

€1,600

Code 1932

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 inch

€12,000

Rebelles No°1

Jean-Marc Teillon

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

€900

Portrait 16

Shahram Nabati

Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch

€600 €540

Gustave

Tania Potapenko

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

€410

Appearances 7 -21st Century, Contemporary, Impasto, Abstract Figurative, Africa

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 10 x 1 inch

€592

Oil vintage portrait with girl in yellow

V. Krikhatsky

Painting . 71 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 28 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€455

Petite fille du désert

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 53 x 47 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,270

Sacre

Clotaire Lehoux

Painting . 200 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€4,000

Rire - série Portrait d'Homme

Marie-France de la Cochetière (Titus)

Painting . 40 x 29 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€600

Playing golf

Pol Ledent

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

€750

3 trees

Liubou Sas

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

€6,200

Les trois enfants

Emmanuelle Tenailleau

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€590

L'Envol de Violette

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 190 x 140 x 5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 2 inch

€12,200

Visage - Va marcher

Pier

Fine Art Drawings . 101 x 68 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.8 x 26.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,600

Dona

Rosa Agenjo

Painting . 160 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

My Last Wish

Mari Abramishvili

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€600

Trabucador

Xavi Figueras

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

€3,250

Goodnews (The Origin)

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 114.3 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,550

Retreat

Liubou Sas

Painting . 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,750

Flower maw

Olga Artim

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

€840

La muse de plumes

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 71 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€950

Lotus

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,750

Único

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 65 x 54 x 1.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch

€6,000

From the sea

Madalena Zampassi

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

€1,913

Transient Forms

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€546

Miracle comes suddenly

Liubou Sas

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

€2,780

In the garden

Liubou Sas

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

€3,600

Summer

Gela Keidia

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Portrait of a woman. Flora

Julia Ruf

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

€650

I found a friend

Lihina Yulia

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

€2,000

The Argument

Farid Saâdi

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

€4,300

Sleeping Beauty

Farid Saâdi

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

€5,800

Stay By My Side

Farid Saâdi

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

€4,300

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