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!

Leading role

Liubou Sas

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,250

Leonid

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,900

Hidden Faces 2

Ramóna Csendes

Painting . 130 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Let's fly

Lihina Yulia

Painting . 75 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Le bateleur

Julien Cuny

Painting . 190 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1 inch

€3,500

Street art le lundi au soleil-3

SmaK-titi

Painting . 120 x 49 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Freckles and Rain

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Fellow Feeling

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€3,654

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

Skilen

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 80 x 65 x 12 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 4.7 inch

€1,500

Flirt, set of 9 separate paintings

Olha Vlasova

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

€700

Resilient Spirit

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€3,388

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

€2,853

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

Ulysse

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€960

Bride

Liubou Sas

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€2,600

Dancer series 3

Du Ke

Painting . 200 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Dancer series 2

Du Ke

Painting . 175 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 68.9 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Dancer series 1

Du Ke

Painting . 175 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 68.9 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Melancholy Eve 3

Maxwell Stevens

Painting . 39 x 54 x 4.5 cm Painting . 15.4 x 21.3 x 1.8 inch

€9,000

Melancholy Eve 2

Maxwell Stevens

Painting . 39 x 54 x 4.5 cm Painting . 15.4 x 21.3 x 1.8 inch

€9,000

N° 1113 Belgrade 10. Edisan pastry shop.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€500

Morning news

Igor Shulman

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

€2,541

Street art le lundi au soleil

SmaK-titi

Painting . 95 x 87 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Lisbeth Buonanno

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

The Gaze

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 104.1 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,541

Lean on Me I Lean on You

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 137.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,743

Pianist

Moise Cohen

Painting . 89 x 69 x 1 cm Painting . 35 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Head Wrap

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,853

Rocket man

Hans Mendler

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

€800

Strangers, Pharrell WIlliams. Portrait Photograps intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€4,457

Conjoined People

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 140 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€6,100

Pescivendolo

Antonino Puliafico

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

€500

Ewa

Janusz Szpyt

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

€1,600

Oil caricature genre painting - Appointment

Leonid K.

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

€275

Robin | Expressive Figurative Portrait with Robin

Alyona Masterkova

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

€562

Young Joker: Electric Blue Gaze & Crimson Lips - Expressive Portrait of Emerging Chaos

Nastya Prairie

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€695

Portrait of Jesus Christ

Oleksandr Gukalov

Painting . 58 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€525

Geometric Couple Lovers Original Painting Abstract Nude Figures Yellow Background Modern Art

Marina Fisher

Painting . 40 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€600

Away From The Lens 1 - 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

Impulse: Modern Ballerina Art – Explosive Orange & Blue Harmony for Contemporary Interiors

Jane Nee

Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 cm Painting . 12.4 x 12.4 x 0.7 inch

€446

Trying to Leave Myself 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, People

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€401

Shepherd with sheep

Lluís Bargalló

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

€4,000

Rabari man

Lluís Bargalló

Painting . 55 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Carpenter

Lluís Bargalló

Painting . 81.5 x 83 x 3 cm Painting . 32.1 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Where the Light Stays 7 - 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

The Secret Garden of Knowledge

Alexandr Klemens

Painting . 70.1 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€464

L’un contre l’autre

Eric Doisy

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

€1,970

Visage réparé

Eric Doisy

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

€1,950

Usure du visage

Eric Doisy

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

€1,860

Avis de tempête

Danielle Stora Darmon

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

€6,500

Impact

Eric Doisy

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

€1,560

Noir et peau

Eric Doisy

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

€2,060

Larmes bleues

Eric Doisy

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

€2,060

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

L’homme sous l’affiche

Eric Doisy

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

€1,150

Cinderella and the Prince 01

Sa Hara

Painting . 34.8 x 27.3 x 3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 10.7 x 1.2 inch

€350

Gentle Beauty

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€535

Portait with girl and rooster

Yurii P.

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

€519

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

Elegance and Refinement: Portrait of Princess Dorothy -21st Century Contemporary

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 127 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 44 x 1 inch

€7,533

No.479

Ralf Sannikov

Painting . 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Zone 30

Frédéric Batard

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

€1,967

Waiting – Serene Contemporary Oil Painting

Ger Da

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

€758

Feline

Nicole Lavigne

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

€1,260

Portrait

Nino Tolomashvili

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€530

Roads

Ema Szabo

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

€1,520

Lucha - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Green, Modern

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,541

Essence of Life -21st Century

Olaosun Oluwapelumi

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

€2,541

Immersion

Liubou Sas

Painting . 72 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

The Beatles

Mishurovsky Victor

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

€2,400

Athos monk father Siluan

Mishurovsky Victor

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

€2,000

Together forever

Liubou Sas

Painting . 72 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 28.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

Red apple

Liubou Sas

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

Portrait #50. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,070

Self-Portrait

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

Dans le temple

Dominique Andrier

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

€3,500

Pink bunny

Nadezda Stupina

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

€950

Althea

Olga Marciano

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€8,800

A Life Unraveled 2

Obeka Simon

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

€2,674

In His Space

Joshua Salami

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

€2,941

Pursuit

Thong Le

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch

€3,610

Nothing But Human

Obeka Simon

Painting . 137.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,724

Stylish woman with red lips

Narek Qochunc

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

€669

Who Are These Angels CXLIVI

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,070

Shadow of the Inevitable!

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€9,000

Desire for what might have been

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 42.4 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,337

Magic dream

Elena Lukina

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

€2,850

Lady with green lips

Suthamma (Ta) Byrne

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

€5,985

The Lost Words

Ia Liparteliani

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

€800

Nostalgie

Artush Voskanyan

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

€2,853

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