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!

Love Without Fear

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,691

les silencieuses, partie 1

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Loyal Friend - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Girl, Dog, Modern

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,153

Keep It Safe - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women

Babatunde Adeogun

Painting . 151.1 x 121.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.5 x 47.7 x 1 inch

€2,556

Bound By Time 2

Aragbada Stephen

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,659

Binôme

Pitu

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 1 inch

Price upon request

Man of Valor

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 182.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 54 x 1 inch

€9,284

Unbreakable

Kateryna Kostyk

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Divinité 13

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Focus

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 55.1 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,121

Pops

Ogbonna Francis

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

€1,480

Gaze of Aaffection 1

Desmond Akindoju

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

€897

Esosa 2

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,148

Inox

Nef

Painting . 52 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€1,600

Raconte moi toutes tes histoires, en ramassant du bois flotté

Jéko

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

€2,600

Prométhée

Florence Dussuyer

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

€4,300

Un Monde Meilleur

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

Abimbola: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting of Africa Woman

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,153

Grandma With Pearl Earring

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,767

Personnages

Serge Pahnke

Fine Art Drawings . 28.5 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.2 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch

€796

Solicitude IV

Akande John

Painting . 91.4 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,063

Untitled

Charles Osaro

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

€1,794

Wild rose 2

Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,296

Obinrin (Woman)

Oladire Araireoluwa

Painting . 114.3 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,866

Africa Allure 6 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Woman, Hair

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,153

Self Reflection 1

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€2,691

Portrait de dame

Albert Chavaz

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch

€796

Jeune femme à moitié allongée

Maurice Barraud

Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 19 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.1 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

€796

Pathfinder 4

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,108

Reflection

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 127 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,140

Smile of Joy

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,480

La Nobile Ragazza

Samuel Franceschi

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

€530

Träumen (dreaming)

Ulrike Michaelis

Fine Art Drawings . 63.5 x 96.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 38 x 0 inch

€2,800

Les silencieuses 2, partie 6/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

The Cash Machine

Otto Schade

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€900

Teach us to love ourselves

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,691

Unbroken 2: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

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

€2,512

Self-Reflection - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,018

La sieste sous les arbres

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€830

The Man Who Would'nt Be King

Ray Richardson

Fine Art Drawings . 75 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Beholder 3

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€2,512

Between Absence and Memory - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa, People

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€3,140

Gold in Me - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, Portrait, Modern, Women

Amiolemen Emmanuel

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

€1,659

My Brothers and I (The Love We Share) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 81.3 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 60 x 1 inch

€3,453

Glimpse Into The Unseen - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Meshach Charity

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

€2,018

Injured (The Stoic Men)

Ajegbomogun Damilola

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,812

Pathfinder 3

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,108

Serenity -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Mixed Media

Gobe Joseph

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

€6,683

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

Asiko - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Impasto, Minimalist Abstract

Okeowo Oluwaferanmi

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 inch

€1,211

Focus

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 68.6 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,363

Les silencieuses 2, partie 5/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Lieux communs

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 56 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Becoming Light: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting of a Woman

Oluwafemi Afolabi

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,884

Viyon (Offspring is Good) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape

Lazarus Massavo

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,659

Come Shine -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Neo-Expression, Car, Umbrella

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 135.9 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53.5 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,453

Big, Bold, Beautiful - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, Portrait, Modern

Amiolemen Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,659

Mirror

Victor Morawo

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

€1,032

Perfect Duet -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral Mixed Media

Gobe Joseph

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

€6,683

Infanta, serie Tributo ai grandi

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 30 x 19 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

€195

Regardless I Will Be Here 2: 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait, Africa Man

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,512

Soberbia

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

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

€1,300

Graphic - Kalinov

Stavri Kalinov

Painting . 73 x 53 x 0.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Sitting Pretty

Esther Obiwuru

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

€2,556

Jeune fille en pause

Emile-François Chambon

Fine Art Drawings . 28.5 x 41.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch

€682

Dessin n°7

Flow

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

€590

Mask of the Sun

Esther Cohen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Et avec ça !

Noël Granger

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€120

Belle and the Wood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape

Lazarus Massavo

Painting . 119.4 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,377

Pathfinder 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women Face

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,108

Les silencieuses 2, partie 4/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Jeune gorille jouant - série portrait animaux sauvages

Jean-Paul Radic

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

€1,250

Identity 3

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,108

We Grow When We Know Love

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 91.4 x 90.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 35.8 x 1 inch

€2,467

Cow Boy -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral, Mixed Media

Gobe Joseph

Painting . 124.5 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49 x 44 x 1 inch

€7,580

Worries, Troubles and Pondering 2: 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait, Woman

Obeka Simon

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,512

Tapestry of Beauty (Arike) 2

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,256

Jairo, Portrait

Celso Castro

Painting . 134.6 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 53 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€2,243

Social Mask

Esther Cohen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Silent Struggle - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Expressionism

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€4,485

Foundation and Structure - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape

Lazarus Massavo

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,243

Bound By Time 1

Aragbada Stephen

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,659

Black Goddess

Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

Painting . 127 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,318

Tife

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,167

Tomato 1

Desmond Akindoju

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,256

Les silencieuses 2, partie 3/6

Florence Dussuyer

Painting . 146 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,100

Veiled Contemplation

Meshach Charity

Painting . 86.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,018

Uppercut

Herve Malcom Thomas

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

€240

Her Rebirth

Penuel Heber Madeira Heber Madeira

Painting . 84.1 x 60.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33.1 x 23.8 x 1 inch

€3,587

Confined Love

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,018

Woman

Nicola Simbari

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€600

Unbroken 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,005

It's Okay To Not Be Okay - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,915

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