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!

Golden Age

Reneta Isin

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

€1,000,000

Marta

Frédérique Samama

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Pablo

Frédérique Samama

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Bosco

Frédérique Samama

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Red Lisa #5

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 38 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€650

Les brûmes de Londres

Christie Nguyen

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

€10,000

Lakota

Frédérique Samama

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Blood Rain

Erdna André

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

€500

Cyclope

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 77 x 57 x 0.4 cm Painting . 30.3 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch

Price upon request

Tête

Herve Malcom Thomas

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

€180

Golem

Bertrand Joliet

Painting . 17 x 13 x 2 cm Painting . 6.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inch

€600

Supermaestro

Sandro Chia

Painting . 174 x 153.7 cm Painting . 68.5 x 60.5 inch

Price upon request

Une Passion Silencieuse

Tristan Saint Michel

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

€4,500

Le Balcon / The Balcony

Stéphane Chauvin

Painting . 61 x 46 x 5 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch

€700

Homme assis

Ahmed Zelfani

Painting . 204 x 90 x 0.2 cm Painting . 80.3 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€9,000

Une attente désespérée

Ahmed Zelfani

Painting . 113 x 153 x 0.2 cm Painting . 44.5 x 60.2 x 0.1 inch

€8,000

Matin dans l'atelier

Anton

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€250

Unknown

Claire Szilard

Painting . 34.3 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 13.5 x 9.5 x 2 inch

€223

Femme de nature

Tharwet Kamoun

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

€400

Arlequin Musicien

Marie Tissot

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

€9,500

Quel Chapeau

Bernard Cadène

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

Price upon request

Ma N... Bleue

Chamizo

Painting . 54 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

Price upon request

Portrait gonflé

Catherine Gran

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€10,000

Retrospect

Adewumi Emmanuel

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch

€713

Glad Tiding

Adewumi Emmanuel

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch

€713

Sailing the Aegean

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€11,141

Mythological Company

Harutyun Aghajanyan

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

€312

Girl Among the Poppies

Andranik Harutyunyan

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

€1,070

Sueños dorados

J Hanter

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

€700

A dancer. Pause | Indigo Ochre Seated Dancer Artwork

Yuriy Khudov

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

€624

Les pensées d'or

Pauline Bailly

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

€1,600

The Mask We Hang: Double Sided Hand Carved Wooden Mask Sculpture, Introspective Black and Gold Rustic Wall Decor

Dizlarka

Sculpture . 28.5 x 19 x 2 cm Sculpture . 11.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch

€535

Déjeuner sous cumulus

Pauline Bailly

Painting . 75 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€990

The Metamorphosis of Wakefulness

Ilia Menabde

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

€1,100

The Metamorphosis of Wakefulness

Ilia Menabde

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

€1,800

Grace Kelly, pop style Icon

Patrick Cornée

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

€3,900

What Should I Do?

Ilia Menabde

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

€3,000

Cheese Maker

Ilia Menabde

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

€1,200

Her

Ilia Menabde

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

€2,000

Whose Face?

Ilia Menabde

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

€2,000

Silence of Wings | Nocturnal Blue Winged Oil Artwork

Yuriy Khudov

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

€624

Reading Under the Vine

Meliq Khazaryan

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

€178

Spider-Man City

Vincent Bardou

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

€2,499

Jim Morrison - Large Original Signed Original Painting

Denny Dent

Painting . 72 x 48 x 2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch

€6,673

Diovadiova Chrome Kitty Cash XVI

Kip Omolade

Painting . 122 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 48 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Poetic Act Roundseries 02

Silvio Porzionato

Painting . 160 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch

Price upon request

Tête réduite agrandie du Docteur Jivaro

Christian Zeimert

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Diovadiova Chrome Kip Triptych I

Kip Omolade

Painting . 90 x 188 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 74 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Nuit Bleue

Anne Dewailly

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

Price upon request

Let's shake the tree

Ray Richardson

Painting . 25 x 76 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

Price upon request

D.A.R.E

James Shipton

Painting . 80 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch

€1,122

Light wind | Dark Blue Figurative Oil Painting

Yuriy Khudov

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

€1,248

La Belle

Paul Laurenzi

Painting . 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Omar Khayyam à l’heure de la sieste

Mona Trad Dabaji

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

€2,674

Lena et le cygne

Andrey Smirnoff

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

€940

Salomé

Jean-Marc Auguenot

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

€4,800

La prière

Sophie Devignot

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

€1,249 €1,125

The White Angel

Peng Zizhen

Painting . 112 x 117 x 3 cm Painting . 44.1 x 46.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,980

Le catcheur

Vincent Ruffin

Painting . 146 x 114 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch

€9,000

Pas de Deux 1

Marian Williams

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

€3,250

Jeune Femme Au Bouquet

Jean-Gabriel Domergue

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

€5,000

Vénus couchée 7

Alain Malo

Painting . 46 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,600

Merge together

Tatiana Myreeva

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

€891

Looking for the past

Stefan Hadzi Nikolov

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

€1,450

Autoportrait

Oleksii Aleksandrov

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

€2,250

The Goddesses of Luck: Dramatic Emerald Green and Red Post-Impressionist Artwork

Anna Privaloff

Painting . 140 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€6,418

Les muses

Clément Verdière

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

€8,950

Letter to Olive

Obiora Anamaleze

Painting . 129.5 x 105.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51 x 41.5 x 1 inch

€1,649

The balance of the human condition

José Zaragoza

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

€9,000

Portrait of Woman

Jorge Carruana

Painting . 135 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,400

Security Checked

Dinh Y Nyi

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€16,938

Bleu Nuit

Annick Bouvatier

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Fruits Want To Be Friends Too

Mutto Matto

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

€1,750

Siesta (Descanso) after sex

Cristian Mesa Velázquez Las Tunas, Cuba

Painting . 62 x 92 x 1 cm Painting . 24.4 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

€630

Harliqueen's smile: Pastel Pink Jester Figurative Surrealist Oil Pastel and Oil Canvas Wall Art

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 76 x 101.5 x 1.9 cm Painting . 29.9 x 40 x 0.7 inch

€2,407

Le cadre d'Eve

Volodia Popov

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

€7,900

Voiles

Paul Laurenzi

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Fresh Start

Michael Rapoport

Painting . 50 x 24 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,764

Le repos

Martial Mandin

Painting . 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Energy (from the cycle Flow)

Joanna Sokolowska

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

€1,900

Weave sg8

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€9,600

Sous le signe

Anna Piazza

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Diane alongée

Ilse Voigt

Painting . 61 x 78 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 30.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,003

La plage

Olena Siniuhina

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

€800

Without anything superfluous

Tsvetan Lazarov

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

€2,200

The Blue Cape | Expressive Blue Portrait Figurative Oil Painting

Yuriy Khudov

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

€490

Femme sur une chaise

Baptiste Laurent

Painting . 200 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€6,600

A la vez vio el cielo y a su amante. Série Pigmalión y Galatea

Carmen González Castro

Painting . 50 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Seated nude

Giuseppe Torelli

Painting . 64 x 48 x 1 cm Painting . 25.2 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Secrets

Sergiy Slepko

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

€1,400

The Lover

Joaquín Maximiliano

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

€5,460

What’s Kept Inside

Maisha De la Cruz

Painting . 123 x 214 x 1 cm Painting . 48.4 x 84.3 x 0.4 inch

€8,995

Le Baigneur

Maude Ovize

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

€1,200

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