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!

Strength of a Black Man: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait

Obeka Simon

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

€3,507

Oil portrait with nude girl with guitar

Yulia D.

Painting . 160 x 105 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,059

PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles

Bazévian Delacapucinière

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

€1,400

Woman with a cocktail

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€7,560

Familiar Places 2

Maka Batiashvili

Painting . 90 x 69 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

The Snow

Maka Batiashvili

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

€5,000

Amitié

Gilbert Pauli

Painting . 17 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 6.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,728

Night Star

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€15,301

Awakening of the Rose: Contemporary Blush & Crimson Figurative Artwork | Original Canvas Art

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 61 x 45.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 17.9 x 0.6 inch

€638 €574

Horns in my Head

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 85.5 x 105.5 x 2 cm Painting . 33.7 x 41.5 x 0.8 inch

€4,600

Justine - Portrait de femme

Géraldine Bard de l'Image écrite

Painting . 90 x 80 x 0.6 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,310

Butterfly Effect

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting . 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Oil portrait painting "Nude model"

Alex D.

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

€519

Abandon

Danielle Stora Darmon

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

€5,750

Amore vino and A taste of trust

Kristina Mallen

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

€4,850

Bedazzled Beauty

James Chiew

Print . 120 x 120 x 4 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

L'Intrus

François Sauvage

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

€1,800

White Night

La Ba Quan

Painting . 160 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€11,275 €9,922

Bunny

Alena Di Santo

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

€911

The Watcher

Deborah Bakos

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€450

Muse in a Mask

Lilit Soghomonyan

Painting . 150 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Dawning Contours

Zakhar Shevchuk

Painting . 81 x 110 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,200

La Belle

Paul Laurenzi

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

€1,700

Oil portrait with nude woman and the fish

Yulia D.

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

€825

Oil portrait with nude woman

Serg K.

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

€899

A Vallauris au mois d'août

Julien Cuny

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

€650

The reader II

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€15,028

Oil portrait with nude woman in hat

Yulia D.

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

€825

Oil painting with nude woman in water

Yulia D.

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

€999

Gold Griot - Wing, Feet and Gold Griot Triptych. From The Fact Sheet Series

Cristian Hunter

Photography . 83.8 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 33 x 72 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Au coeur de l'atelier

Zafi

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

€16,500

Velvet Goldmine

Su Yu

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€7,000

Monica & Cupid

Su Yu

Painting . 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,200

Floralie

Odile Pinto-Corbin

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

€1,500

Grin N’ Bear It

Olivia Rae

Painting . 48 x 53.5 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,650

Immersion: Ethereal Blue Figurative Artwork | Original Oil on Canvas, 18x24 in. for Modern Interiors

Zhanar Sagidolla

Painting . 45.5 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 17.9 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€638

Tapestry of Origins

Igor Galan

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

€2,400

Silence sacré

Philippe Huart

Painting . 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€10,500

Rock & Lust 4

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Her Illusions

Ivan Tverdun

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

€3,800

Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€2,414

J'ai rêvé d'horizon plus vaste

Xavier Jallais

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

€2,700 €2,430

Ramzes and Olga

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€4,900

Help is coming

Abdulateef Salaudeen

Painting . 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,321

Nu n°4

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

Painting . 80 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Espoir de la Rencontre

Albino Palamara

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Nude

Anatoly Tarabanov

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

€720

N° 1055 NPG. Du spleen.

R. Cavalié

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

€400

Hiranyagarbha

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 180 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€62,000

Oil painting with nude standing woman

Yulia D.

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,749

Lady's portrait

Krum Kostov

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

€800

Naked body

Krum Kostov

Painting . 55 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Marie-Madeleine

Gilbert Pauli

Painting . 113 x 77 x 2 cm Painting . 44.5 x 30.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,173

Overcoming the Singularity

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 190 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch

€41,400

Markandeya

Kostya Amelinn

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€11,730

Rose, Girl, Tattoo and Hendrix

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€4,500

Let Titanic Fly for a While

Su Yu

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€10,000

Money Family

Su Yu

Painting . 165 x 255 x 5 cm Painting . 65 x 100.4 x 2 inch

€35,000

Libre et alanguie

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

In Front of the Mirror

Hayk Miqayelyan

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

€1,366

Moment de détente

Zafi

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

€7,000

Auprès d'elle

Zafi

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

€7,000

As Flores que plantei II

Ritchelly Oliveira

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

€13,500

Nu N°1

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

Painting . 92 x 73 x 1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Temptation

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting . 70 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Nu N°2

Béa Bealaff-Girotto

Painting . 92 x 73 x 1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Jeune femme posant nue sur le sofa

Pierre Jaques

Painting . 95 x 174 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 68.5 x 0.8 inch

€6,232

Self-Portrait and Muse

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

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

€9,000

Ajala Travel 2

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€2,277

Hot day

Samvel Atasunts

Painting . 83 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 32.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€1,366 €1,161

Au bord du monde

Jade Mouge

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

€2,000

Where Do I Go From Here - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men, Earth Tone

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€2,414

Ave Maria

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 47 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 18.5 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

I have to save you

Dasha Pogodina

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

€500

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Dasha Pogodina

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

€500

Crisis

Carmen Cañadas

Painting . 33.5 x 18.5 cm Painting . 13.2 x 7.3 inch

€1,250

Pretext for love

Gilbert Pauli

Painting . 81 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,626

Weightlifter

Vivaldo Martini

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

€1,360

La Gitane

Sylvie Gerard

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

€1,110

Diptych: Urgent Champagne

Kristina Mallen

Painting . 80 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€12,750

Blood - Champagne Level

Kristina Mallen

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

€10,000

Daughter Arch

Oleg Litvinov

Painting . 61 x 84 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,450

Charlotte l'oubli

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch

€800

Francki l'oubli

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch

€800

Repos du soir - Portrait de femme

Anthony Shagan

Painting . 30.5 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 12 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€1,725

Portrait PS 249 French School Hail Storm Chut les Barbizons! NSWE

Bazévian Delacapucinière

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.7 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.1 inch

€3,500

Buscador de sueños

M. J. Carmezim

Painting . 81 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,550

Self Portrait

Andrii Davydenko

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Deviant Portrait

Matteo Fieno

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

€990

The Burden of Shame

Arman Hayrapetyan

Painting . 91 x 67 x 2 cm Painting . 35.8 x 26.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,230

Petite sieste dans l'atelier

Zafi

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

€12,000

Torso

Joana Frontera

Painting . 74 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 29.1 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Le Moine brasseur

Herve Malcom Thomas

Painting . 146 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

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