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!

Beach Scene (Siblings)

Maxwell Stevens

Painting . 183 x 203.2 x 5.75 cm Painting . 72 x 80 x 2.3 inch

€28,000

The eternal city

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 51 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€300

Boris

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,260

Scurol

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 98 x 65 x 8 cm Painting . 38.6 x 25.6 x 3.1 inch

€1,000

Codic

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 80 x 60 x 10 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch

€1,000

Fierezza femminile

Angioletta De Nitto

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

€5,700

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

Shaded 3 (The light bearer)

Awosola Michael Angello

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

€1,872

Doubt

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€15,900

Wandering light

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€15,900

O ring

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€15,900

Green shadow

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 180 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 2 inch

€37,400

Private Diary

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€56,200

A45

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€74,900

My Basquiat

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 200 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€94,000

The past

Xiaodong Liu

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€15,900

Taichi

Xiaodong Liu

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

€13,200

In the mountains

Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Painting . 59.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,694

Storyteller

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting . 96.5 x 96.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 38 x 38 x 1.5 inch

€4,380

Shaded 1

Awosola Michael Angello

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

€1,872

Endeared Without A Price 1

Awosola Michael Angello

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

€1,872

Pin-up

SKP

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

€1,020

Going about life

Debbie Pacheco

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 4.6 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 inch

€1,337

les mots qu'elle voulait entendre entre les lignes

Marta Grassi

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Darwin, Ghost

Christian Frederiksen

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,500

The Black Boy

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 106.7 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 41 x 1 inch

€2,630

Rouge

Laurence Forbin

Painting . 146 x 93 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 36.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Free Jazz

Moise Cohen

Painting . 49 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€890

Irréelle

SKP

Painting . 73 x 92 x 1.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.6 inch

€980

Cercle n°1

Marta Grassi

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

€1,300

Muse

Giorgi Kukhalashvili

Painting . 90 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

N° 999 Moderato cantabile

R. Cavalié

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

€350

La nuit

Amor de Agua

Painting . 42 x 29.7 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€500

Fictions

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 200 x 340 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 133.9 x 1.2 inch

€42,000

Attente

Louis Mendrisse

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

€2,800

Lets Sing Together : Enchanting Chorus

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 125 x 129 x 5 cm Painting . 49.2 x 50.8 x 2 inch

€5,700

Le carré noir

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€250

Oil portrait painting "Model"

Alex D.

Painting . 43 x 37 x 2 cm Painting . 16.9 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€209

Pink Sunset \ Galungan Series: Expressive Balinese Goddess Oil Artwork, Purple Gold Tones, 50x50 cm

Nata Sakti

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

€713

Fenêtre close

Eric Doisy

Painting . 80 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Self-portrait playing the gusli

Simon Kozhin

Painting . 35 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€4,500

Girlfriends | Urban Lifestyle Cafe Figurative Artwork

Elya Reshetnikova

Painting . 80 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€713

Luncheon on the Grass 08

Sa Hara

Painting . 23 x 16 x 3 cm Painting . 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inch

€180

Away From The Lens 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Women, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€401

Hats

Gilbert Pauli

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,120

Le violoniste

Gilbert Pauli

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

€3,120

Les cavaliers de l'Apocalypse

Gilbert Pauli

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

€3,042

The rock

Gilbert Pauli

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,042

Premiers mots à deux femmes

Gilbert Pauli

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

€3,120

Unapologetic Blue 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Impressionist, Modern

Omoyeni Arogunmati

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

€401

The Open Window

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€446

Personnages

Jacques Gorde

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

€4,000

Where the Light Stays 8 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€401

I Wish You Are Here (Holding On To Lost One) -21st Century, Contemporary, Modern

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€401

Erreur humaine

Eric Doisy

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

€1,150

Mal accordé

Eric Doisy

Painting . 94 x 42 x 3 cm Painting . 37 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,090

Vision décalée

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,440

Biface

Eric Doisy

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,440

Mal ajusté

Eric Doisy

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

€1,000

Rouge efface

Eric Doisy

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

€1,260

Les deranges

Eric Doisy

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

€1,460

Para Todos

En Blanco

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€530

Miss Flamenco

Shank Arte

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

€3,060

Âme Nomade

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€4,000

Harlequin and Ballerina

Vivaldo Martini

Painting . 55 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,786

H2O (Fantasy, 5 elements, Water)

Jelena Petkovic

Painting . 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,370

Amitiés félines

Nathalie Dervaux Pouliquen

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

€1,660

Issa

Nicole Lavigne

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,260

Portrait of a girl - (based on paintings by Kazimir Malevich)

Viktor Konotopsky

Painting . 71 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€550

Sisters

Sirio Pellegrini

Painting . 69 x 49 x 0.5 cm Painting . 27.2 x 19.3 x 0.2 inch

€3,200

Free breath

Elvira Venko

Painting . 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€446

Flower maw

Olga Artim

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

€840

Space clouds

Andriy Klishyn

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

€1,500

Father's thoughts

Mishurovsky Victor

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

€800

Self-Portrait 1990

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€4,900

Self-portrait in Knight's Armor (based on the painting by Anthony van Dyck)

Bulat Valeriy

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

€1,000

Excitingly Waiting - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Women, Love

Joshua Salami

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

€2,541

Head clown

Ed Potapenkov

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

€1,400

Fur coat by Yves Salomon

Yulia Belasla

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

€2,496

Promenade

Dominique Andrier

Painting . 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Solitude Mood - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Artist, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

Hope From Above - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€1,649

In the stillness of dawn

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 65 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€680

French School - Portrait Summer La Baule 11 Beach Girls XL Impressionniste NSWE

Bazévian Delacapucinière

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

€2,800

Grandma's Apples

Valeria Radzievska

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€2,496

Silent Dialogues

Arevik Gasparyan

Painting . 73 x 86 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 33.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,120

Sight

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 50 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Portrait of Norwegian girl

Nadezda Stupina

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

€800

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

€2,674

Afrocentric Radiance

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

€3,031

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

€2,674

Sweet adventures

Nadezda Stupina

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

€900

Arribada

Alejandra Caballero

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,250

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