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!

Tapestry of Beauty (Asake) 1

Esther Oyeyemi

Painting . 63.5 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,263 €1,036

Edith

Gaelle Beyaert

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€560

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

Two Women

Paul César Helleu

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€9,500

Untitled 277

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 21.7 inch

€950

Geesje Kwak 13-08-21, 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

€1,463

Me and My Guys 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,826

Esosa 2

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,155 €924

Sophie Blanchard Aéronaute

Claudine Loquen

Fine Art Drawings . 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch

€180

Par là-bas !

Pitu

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

Price upon request

La Parenthèse. (1)

Gabrielle Rul

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

€450

Ceteris Paribus (All Things Being Equal) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,473

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

€2,481 €2,034

Hopeful

Amiolemen Emmanuel

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

€2,075 €1,701

Massavo the Makokean

Lazarus Massavo

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

€1,804 €1,479

I Am My Own Bestie

Charles Osaro

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

€2,052 €1,683

A sunny day

Meshach Charity

Painting . 88.9 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 27 x 1 inch

€2,255 €1,849

Two Figures

Henri Epstein

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€500

Mimicry

Margarita Ivanova

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

The Hand of Chance

Esther Cohen

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

€4,900

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

Peace: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of African Woman, Blue

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€3,022 €2,478

Portrait d'une déesse oubliée

André.M

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€280

Glamour - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Woman Hair, Modern

Emmanuel Daniel

Painting . 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 28 x 1 inch

€2,120 €1,738

Lady vamp

Inga Makarova

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Weight They Cannot See 1 (Memorial of Emmett Till) -21st Century, Contemporary

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,120

Injured (The Stoic Men)

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,834 €3,144

Who Are You? - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashionable Men

Oladire Araireoluwa

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

€2,481 €2,034

Framed by Foliage

Desmond Akindoju

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

€2,030 €1,664

Tife

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,174 €939

Mind Full

Akande John

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

€902 €740

Fiesta

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€650 €585

Un Cocktail du Pays Basque !

Noël Granger

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

€150

Geesje Kwak 29-08-21, 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

€1,463

Away From Home - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Painting, Migration

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,661

Hombre rompiendo Silla

Eduardo Candil

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€600

Silent Glow - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,165 €1,775

I've Been Here Before

Mayowa Esan

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

€3,924 €3,218

Divinité 14

Dasz Panda

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

€800

Traveler 1 (purple cloth)

Aragbada Stephen

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

€3,699 €3,033

Positive Gaze

Esther Obiwuru

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

€2,571 €2,108

Gazing at the Stars

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€1,669 €1,368

Juvenile Gaze

Charles Osaro

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

€1,848 €1,516

Focus

Victor Morawo

Painting . 69.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 inch

€1,732 €1,421

Enthusiasm

Lazarus Massavo

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

€1,371 €1,125

A Touch of Red 1

Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo

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

€3,428 €2,811

When life seems blurry

Meshach Charity

Painting . 86.4 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 34 x 27 x 1 inch

€2,255 €1,849

Jeune femme allongée sur le sofa

Maurice Barraud

Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.1 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€780

Nourrisson

Carl Albert Angst

Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€446

Conversation

Margarita Ivanova

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

€3,500

Dessin n°6

Flow

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€290

La plage à Biarritz

Rosario Heins

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,200

Confined Love

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€2,030 €1,664

Les silencieuses 2, partie 2/6

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

A Guilty Conscience

Kateryna Kostyk

Fine Art Drawings . 84 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€2,250

Raíces y ancestros

Cristina Méndez

Painting . 26 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,700

Woman

Pierre Georges Jeanniot

Fine Art Drawings . 47 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.5 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€450

Transition - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Love, Women

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€2,571 €2,108

My father's car 2

Desmond Akindoju

Painting . 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,128 €925

My sister and friend 1

Esther Obiwuru

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

€2,571 €2,108

Adanne

Wisdom Uche

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

€1,263 €1,036

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

Timeless Radiance -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€1,894

Me!

NABEchan

Painting . 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Gentleman with a Cigar

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€6,856

Queen (Series II)

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€2,165 €1,775

Red

Victor Morawo

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

€2,436 €1,997

The courageous woman(Feminine Epidemic series) II

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€1,804 €1,479

Geesje Kwak 04-09-21, 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

€1,463

Never tear us apart

Myriam Mechita

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

€2,990

Red Ribbon

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

Painting . 105 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€3,000

On Your Tomb They Won't Smell Nice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Floral, Women

Obeka Simon

Painting . 50.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,488 €1,221

Paranoïa

Kokian

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€690

Les silencieuses 2, partie 1/6

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

Read Me Like A Book

Mayowa Esan

Painting . 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch

€3,473 €2,848

Crooked Player

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,157 €2,589

Identity 4

Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

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

€4,239 €3,477

Alter Ego

Franklin Ndibam

Painting . 140 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,473 €2,848

A Chapter of Tranquility

Desmond Akindoju

Painting . 91.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,255 €1,849

I Am Who I Choose To Be

Taiwo Odejinmi

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

€1,579 €1,295

Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)

Oladire Araireoluwa

Painting . 182.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,688 €2,205

Rose

Monica

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€350

Insight 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€1,894

Divine seed and ascension

Lazarus Massavo

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

€2,255 €1,849

Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th

Celso Castro

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 13.75 x 0.1 inch

€451

Solace

Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

€2,878 €2,360

Our Situation Shouldn't Define Us

Emmanuel Ojebola

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

€5,052 €4,142

Queen (Series I)

Esther Oyeyemi

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

€2,165 €1,775

Dada Awuru

Victor Morawo

Painting . 83.8 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 33 x 23 x 1 inch

€2,436 €1,997

Roundism 22-12-22, 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

€1,463

Equilibrio

Nayra María Delgado Morales -Delmor-

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€3,000

Between Light and Darkness

Penuel Heber Madeira Heber Madeira

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

€3,608 €2,959

Le bal du 14 juillet

Florence Dussuyer

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

€5,100

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