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!

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

€579

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

Valerie

Nastya Prairie

Painting . 25 x 18 x 1.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.6 inch

€535

Eyes - Female Portrait Through Water

Elena Khokhryakova

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

€700

La fumeuse

Electre

Painting . 64 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€360

Ce que l’oeil ne dit pas

Eric Doisy

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

€760

Emerald Night

Artsrun Asatryan

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

€535

I feel the same way

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 1.6 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 0.6 inch

€446

Love

Anastasia Aureum

Painting . 90 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€7,000

Childhood Imagination

Stepan Ohanyan

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

€446

Set of 4 photos of Pharrell, from the series Live Forever. Intervened

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 75.9 x 243.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 96 x 0.1 inch

€17,829

La tribu du silence

Eric Doisy

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

€1,660

Ca rit, ça hurle

Eric Doisy

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

€1,660

LV and LVII Diptych, From the series Lous and The Yakuza

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 52.3 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20.6 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€5,527

L'été à la Redonne

Nushka

Painting . 151 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 59.4 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€6,100

A White Elegance

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€223

Breath

Dizlarka

Painting . 40 x 40 x 5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch

€606

She Waits Silently

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€312

Portraits of the wife - based on Mikhail Larionov

Viktor Konotopsky

Painting . 52 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

€510

The Proud Traveler

Vahe Bagumyan

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

€223

Scent of a Woman

Emil Aziz

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

€3,100

Where Colors Dream Again

Gardani Art

Painting . 96.5 x 129.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 38 x 51 x 1.5 inch

€7,934

Pray for Amazonia

Elia Bechtel

Painting . 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€9,850

Sisters

Maiko Kvatchadze

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

€7,450

Santa Cruella

Elene Melikidze

Painting . 77 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 30.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€750

Forbidden

Elene Melikidze

Painting . 27 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€550

Oh, there's a red viburnum in the meadow

Pavlo Marinets

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

€1,872

Moon in Pisces

Olha Trikolich

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€795

Portrait d'enfant

Bram van Velde

Painting . 65 x 50 x 6 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 2.4 inch

€10,000

Gemma

Pol Ledent

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

€500

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

Prima

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting . 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,160

Good evening with friends

Ed Potapenkov

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

The Office

Irfan Ajvazi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Amalia

Van Belle

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

€3,900

Blossoms of Strength 3

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 137.2 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 35 x 1 inch

€4,724

My Vitruvian Man

Liubou Sas

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

€4,050

Homme Rêvant

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 58.4 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting . 23 x 20 x 0.8 inch

€624

Ref. 1511_BIS - Glory & History

Ramin Rostamzadeh

Painting . 190 x 84 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 33.1 x 1.6 inch

€6,500

Spinario

Roman Durcek

Painting . 25 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€2,400

Maternité VI

Virginie Cadoret

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

€1,200

Prudence

Yining Zhao

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

€1,700

Quietude Embrace

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€500

De copas

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 52.5 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 20.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Ifa

Jeannette Guichard-Bunel

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

€3,800

Everything changed in absolute silence

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,229

Portrait de Surma N°4

Catherine Clare

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Portrait de Surma N°3

Catherine Clare

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Banctub

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 130 x 95 x 10 cm Painting . 51.2 x 37.4 x 3.9 inch

€4,000

Note turquoise

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,900

Elizabeth Olsen Portrait

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85 x 62 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33.5 x 24.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,566

Jennifer Lopez. Gold Edition Portrait

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 85.8 x 62.2 x 1.5 cm Photography . 33.8 x 24.5 x 0.6 inch

€3,566

Messing with Paint

Michael Gorban

Painting . 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,280

Before The Show

Michael Gorban

Painting . 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,360

La parure

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

La méridienne

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Le répit

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

Au café de l'Ile St Louis

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Believe

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500 €1,350

Carpe diem

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

A Frenchman in London

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Pour le meilleur ou pour le pire

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Le repli

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

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

€1,500

N° 1215 Saint Martin de Ré.

R. Cavalié

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

€820

Le marché aux poissons

Serge Kalinowski

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€2,550

Ballets blancs

Georges Corominas

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€10,470

Golfe du Tonkin

Georges Corominas

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

€11,900

Harlequin-1 (DIV023)

Atom Hovhanesyan

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€90,929

Code 2220

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,800

N° 953 Stefan Zweig

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Les apparences trompeuses

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Before the Meeting

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€550

Apparente dualismo

Angioletta De Nitto

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

€5,400

Pondering

Le Hai Linh

Painting . 68 x 68 x 1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,350

Première leçon

Georges Corominas

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

€10,570

La dame à l'hermine, d'après Léonard de Vinci

André Guillarmain

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Rossy de Palma. Photograph intervened by the artists.

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 107 x 83 x 0.3 cm Photography . 42.1 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch

€3,566

Nocturnal Embrace of Yellow & Blue LOVE : Solar Serenade

Hiro Ando

Painting . 110 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,000

Departing Train : Journey's Veil

Ryoko Watanabe

Painting . 80 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€4,300

A reading one

Monika Rossa

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

€1,300

En familia

Delia Solari

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

€21,395

Bloom 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Bloom 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Gaze 3 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Gaze 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Gaze 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Rebirth 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Rebirth 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Yellow Durag - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Melanin - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Gobe Joseph

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

€401

Oil icon - Guardian angel

Leonid K.

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€275

Oil caricature genre painting - Road sign

Leonid K.

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

€275

Muse N5 -Blue Female Portrait: Contemporary Oil Art on Vintage Music Paper, Blue & Beige Abstract Figurative Work

Julia Shilo

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€267

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