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!

Ocre - Sospita

Alexandra Sans Massó

Fine Art Drawings . 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€300

Chaac

Laura Partin

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,350

Seated woman in red dress, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 0.1 inch

€1,248

Studies for an academic drawing of the silent majority 4

Wang Kai Chen

Fine Art Drawings . 85 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,800

A Girl

Andrzej Szypluk

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 11 x 0.4 inch

€550

Varicose Wyn

Judith Mason

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 19.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,337

Girlfriends, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 63.5 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 19 x 1 inch

€847

Sitting woman VI, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,159

Colin Maillard

Francis Bellanger

Fine Art Drawings . 62 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,700

Alone in the bedroom, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€419

Luxury fruit

Hector Prado

Painting . 152 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€9,100

Woman on a Bed

Gilbert Pastor

Fine Art Drawings . 31.75 x 24.13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.5 x 9.5 x 0 inch

€250

NU#52_serie Dolorès

Marie Renaud

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€280

Neo Deco â€“ 29-08-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Femme en maillot bleu

Rosario Heins

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€1,300

Girl with a Balloon

Ilczyszyn Hanna

Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.1 x 5.5 x 0 inch

€210

Carmen #3

José Pirès

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 10 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 3.9 x 0.2 inch

€420

Nina â€“ 23-08-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Woman in a Red Kimono â€“ 02-07-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Satin 11-07-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Dans tes bras 4, prendre soin

Florence Dussuyer

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

€8,900

The Ukrainian Girl at the Morning Lake

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.9 cm Painting . 28 x 22 x 0.75 inch

€3,744

Wag the Dog 26-09-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Geesje Kwak 08-10-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Hold Your Horses 04-01-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Risque 18-01-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Risque 31-01-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Sheer Deco Nude 14-10-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Woman in a Red Kimono 03-11-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Woman in a Red Kimono 10-11-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Golden Orange 29-11-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco 03-12-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco - 10-12-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco 25-12-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco - 05-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Venus Lamenting - 13-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Roundism 20-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 20.8 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.2 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco 26-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco 02-02-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco 09-02-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Solarized Roundism 24-02-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Solarized Roundism 02-03-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

A Non AI-Driven Neo Deco Celebrity Nude 09-03-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,446

Neo Deco - 01-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Solarized Roundism 16-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Roundism (Tribute to Anita Ekberg) 22-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Sans Titre 28-06-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Lulu 21-07-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Nina - 16-08-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Nina 05-09-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,447

Nina â€“ 13-09-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,426

Neo Deco - 20-09-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,426

Slava Ukraini 28-09-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€877

Neo Deco 18-10-23 (Cubist Study after Lauren Alb, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,426

Neo Deco â€“ 08-03-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,464

Tribute to Alma Tadema â€“ 16-03-24, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Corné Akkers

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,458

Noh Men

Tomo Sakurai

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Collage

Frédérique Lanquetin

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

XVI and XVII Diptych. From The Red Series

Megha Joshi

Painting . 29.7 x 42.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.7 x 16.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,139

Silent Weight -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Fashion, Nude

Akinboye Akinola Peter

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

€2,362

Child

Tamar Darchiashvili

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,220

Untitled

Winifred Otowa

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€891

The Nude

Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre

Fine Art Drawings . 24.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€300

Reclined Nude

Georges-Henri Tribout

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 8.1 x 0 inch

€300

Man in Vivienne Westwood. From the Fashion series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,337

Étude pour Blue Camille

Francine Van Hove

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€2,000

Companion 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Bee Love

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,649

Studies for an academic drawing of the silent majority 1

Wang Kai Chen

Fine Art Drawings . 85 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,800

Girl with long hair, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 69.9 x 54.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.5 x 21.6 x 0.1 inch

€731

Metaphysical essence of the unfriendly moralization toward a deluded victim

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting . 41.9 x 26.7 x 0.6 cm Painting . 16.5 x 10.5 x 0.25 inch

€517

Standing female semi-nude, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€500

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

€3,432

T'espero

Alexandra Sans Massó

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 27.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 10.9 x 0.1 inch

€300

Crouching woman, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€544

The Woman Behind a Peacock Feather

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000 €750

New Beginning - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Couple

Ogbonna Francis

Painting . 86.4 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 46 x 1 inch

€2,006

Nude and Fragile

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 48 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€1,000 €750

The Woman with a Peacock Feather

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000 €750

The Mysterious Lady Behind a Peacock Feather

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000 €750

The Lady Behind a Peacock Feather

Kristina Mallen

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,000 €750

Dans un ciel ensoleillé, un nuage gris-blanc figurant une mère portant son enfant et un homme couché sur le dos

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Fine Art Drawings . 49 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€1,300

We are the people

Hector Prado

Painting . 152 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€9,100

Lying woman, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 43.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 17 x 0.1 inch

€428

Lying on red armchair, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 43.4 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.4 x 17.1 x 0.1 inch

€446

Effroyable désir

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€410

Untitled, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 13 x 0.1 inch

€374

Standing nude, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€428

Untitled, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings . 49.8 x 32.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.6 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch

€481

Almighty lady

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€410

Life and death

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€450

On the Language of Dreams 1: Contemporary Mixed Media Silhouette on Paper

Dizlarka

Fine Art Drawings . 27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€223

Lady With the Pearl Earring - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nude, Women

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,432

Sans

Shank Arte

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€410

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