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!

Nostalgique héroïne

Marc Ferrero

Painting . 160 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€18,500

Le sac rouge à l'épaule

Jean-Yves Fremaux

Painting . 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Petite fille

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 24 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€200

Kaaling. Pharrel Williams. Portrait. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€963

I Am the Sky and Thorns: Ethereal Male Portrait Oil Artwork

Nastya Prairie

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

€624

Oil genre painting "On the hay"

Serg K.

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

€669

Gold Harmony \ Gold Galungan_Woman with flowers: Ethereal Balinese Woman, Gold Leaf Accents, Textured Floral Headdress, Abstract Background, Luxurious Interior Art

Nata Sakti

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

€722

Clique

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€340

Fragility: Luminous Ballerina in Motion | Contemporary Oil Artwork for Elegant Interiors

Jane Nee

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

€446

Where the Light Stays 6 - 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

Soirée Lecture avec le chat

ShuJie Wang

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

€500

Oil caricature portrait with Ukrainian poet

Leonid K.

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

€269

Let the tears run dry

Chloé Mugler

Painting . 41 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

€350

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

€758

A Person Sees Dreams

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€990

N° 1284 La Croix-Rousse. Salve, o philosophus.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€520

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

Tarot Intime

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

L’Héritière de l’Aube d’Or | The Heiress of the Golden Dawn

Francis Mbella

Painting . 93.5 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 36.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€86,300

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

Vernissage à la Galerie Romaine

Christian Jodin

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€499

Carnival in Venice

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,495

Portrait of Two Hussars and Tolstoy

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 49 x 56 x 2 cm Painting . 19.3 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Dona

Rosa Agenjo

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

€5,000

Gaviera

Alejandra Caballero

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

€4,500

In the Mirror

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 45 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,300 €1,105

Bonsaï Love

Farid Saâdi

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

€3,000

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

Something about childhood 4

Liubou Sas

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€4,400

Portrait #13 and #3, Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,139

I Will Carry Out My Plan (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Bulat Valeriy

Painting . 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Regardless I will be Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,897

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

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

Carlotta

Olga Marciano

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

€7,200

Kerry’s look

Liubou Sas

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

€3,600

Tatiana

Yining Zhao

Painting . 55 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Ballerinas

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,900

Dove

Nadezda Stupina

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

€1,600

Mulled wine time

Natalie Shiporina

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

€2,900

El abrazo

Maritza Bernal

Painting . 122 x 91 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,350

Sunkissed

Ana Maria Kis

Painting . 45.72 x 45.72 x 1.27 cm Painting . 18 x 18 x 0.5 inch

€660

Irina

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€30,000

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

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

L'andalouse

Catherine Clare

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

€1,300

Instructions for Success

Natalie Shiporina

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

€2,900

Jeune fille aux papillons

Serge Kalinowski

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

€730

Paint me with a tiger

Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska

Painting . 69.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting . 27.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,750

I will give you the sun

Liubou Sas

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

€3,200

Onigele Yii

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 152.4 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 59 x 1 inch

€4,457

Whitney

Liubou Sas

Painting . 40 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€4,400

Sizzle

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 63.5 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.8 inch

€624

House No.2

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€500

House No.2

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€550

Ha Noi Beauty

Luong Trung

Painting . 120 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€6,920

Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€847

Angel of sorrow

Natalia Byrdina

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

€1,248

Jeune espagnol à la mantille et éventail

Henry Meylan

Painting . 92 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,360

Code 1932

Thierry Carrier

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

€12,000

Leave it behind

Tania Potapenko

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

€450

Before the Words - Inspired by Caleb Landry Jones: Modern figurative portraiture

Nastya Prairie

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

€704

Warm Evening | Romantic Pink Figurative Artwork

Alyona Masterkova

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

€401

La photo du borgne

Gérard Eppelé

Painting . 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€9,100

Imagined Christ

Seromo Okoro

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

€624

Oil portrait painting - Young man

Alex D.

Painting . 43 x 34 x 2 cm Painting . 16.9 x 13.4 x 0.8 inch

€115

Oil genre painting - Tulips

Serg K.

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

€539

Malachite

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 10 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€600

Willow's Daughter

Oleksandr Gukalov

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

€520

Oil portrait painting "Irina"

Alex D.

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

€425

Cité

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€340

Don't Lie To Me

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 28 x 36 x 2 cm Painting . 11 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch

€400

Souvenirs

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€340

Connection

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€340

Salvation in the present moment: Contemporary Figurative Abstract Oil Artwork

Fatima Erkenova

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

€758

Reflection - Colorful Contemporary Abstract Portrait Artwork

Galina Gataullina

Painting . 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€695

Lost In Sound

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€340

Dance of Golden Light

Tigran Araqelyan

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

€196 €167

Maybe Tomorrow

Robert Inestroza

Painting . 35 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€400

Bhima

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 120 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

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