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!

Portrait rouge

Hom Nguyen

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

€13,200

The Amazon

Danuta Dabrowska-Siemaszkiewicz

Print . 63 x 51 cm Print . 24.8 x 20.1 inch

€900

Il a une tête à passer à la télé

Robert Combas

Painting . 150 x 101 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.8 inch

€90,000

Gertrude Stein FS II.227 (hand signed screen print)

Andy Warhol

Print . 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Print . 40 x 32 x 0.1 inch

€25,852

Frida posing #2, Xochimilco, 1941

Leo Matiz

Photography . 29 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,229

Suis tes rêves

Art'Mony

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

€499

Il va déguster

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 120 x 120 x 10 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch

€4,100

Abraham Lincoln

Marie Serruya

Print . 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Dionysia

Marcos Rodrigo

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

€2,200

La belle en chair - série portrait d'huitre

Alexandra Baudin

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

€3,500

Upraising

Gongas

Painting . 105 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€580

Mon petit ourson

KiKo

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€10,700

Hypnosis #2

Erwann Tirilly

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

€3,500

Between Time

Tetiana Khlivenko

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€860

Lucia

Elsa Garate

Painting . 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,800

Bob Dylan Smoking

Jan Persson

Photography . 66 x 61 cm Photography . 26 x 24 inch

€1,114

La petite fille et sa guitare

Joseph Piermatteo

Painting . 60.9 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€3,000

Weaving Reality

Olga Tsyhypko

Painting . 110 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,250

Li Kehua, Suite I

Gabriel Schmitz

Fine Art Drawings . 56 x 76 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

El Silencio del Carmin

Alberto Ricardo

Print . 60 x 80 x 5 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€190 €152

Big Jump

Dima Filatov

Painting . 200 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

Geishartiste 3

B.AX

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

€990

Stand By Me

Hedwige Leroux

Sculpture . 85 x 20 x 45 cm Sculpture . 33.5 x 7.9 x 17.7 inch

€12,800

Agora

ARySQUE

Painting . 116 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 57.5 x 1 inch

€1,900

Sheep

Menashe Kadishman

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

€3,521

Believe Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 91.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 26 x 1 inch

€2,229

Avis de coup de foudre sur mon corps meteo

Miss.Tic

Print . 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Rêve

Flow

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

€2,200

Sometimes I Talk To My Shadow 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women

Obeka Simon

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

€2,764

Home Working

Alexandre Akar

Painting . 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Jardin Intérieur

Lidia Kostanek

Sculpture . 34 x 25 x 21 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 9.8 x 8.3 inch

€4,800

The Prodigy (1997)

Kevin Westenberg

Photography . 51 x 40 cm Photography . 20.1 x 15.7 inch

€1,770

Audrey

Marie KVK

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

The Paris Review

Keith Haring

Print . 61 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€12,800

Faded

Ayoka Zahir

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,000

Waiting

Eva Dimitrova

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

€850

Winter Wander-Land, Original Painting on Canvas, Signed, 18 x 22 in. Framed

Mark Kostabi

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€3,120

A Window into Serenity

Anna Reznikova

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

€1,500

Just two of us

Julien Raynaud

Painting . 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,900

Family Portrait: A Thousand Eyes for Three | Symbolic Surreal Family Painting

Nat Derevyanko

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

€1,605

Princess Leia and CP30

Lynn Goldsmith

Print . 66 x 50.8 cm Print . 26 x 20 inch

€3,521

Boy King - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral, African

Faith Gbadero

Painting . 71.1 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€1,694

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400

Comme la gourmandise

Joël Kermarrec

Painting . 75 x 56 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

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

€4,636

Smiley VI

Mark Hellbusch

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

€1,490

Crown of Union 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Pixelated

Olamilekan Okunade

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

€2,318

28. Untitled (from Tulsa)

Larry Clark

Photography . 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography . 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch

€800

Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chuli Herrera

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,200

Quand le doute s'installe

André.M

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,897

Auprès de mon arbre

AKET

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€6,000 €4,200

Marianne

SKP

Painting . 130 x 96 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 37.8 x 1 inch

€1,800

Victory

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 182.9 x 146.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 57.6 x 1 inch

€6,240

L'éloquence du silence

Zafi

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€8,500

Quiet Conversation

Mateos Sargsyan

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

€1,337 €1,137

Mother Earth 2

Marian Williams

Print . 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€190

I didn't know what i was looking for but i found it by serendibity

Djénina Hagenburger

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

€3,000

Chun-Ja’s Multiverse Story

Shin Seung-Hun

Painting . 60.6 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 23.9 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,200

Face 2028

Dr Hide

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

€500

Féminité

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 46 x 14 x 13 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 5.5 x 5.1 inch

€3,200

The Ladder of Jacob

Edward Ben Avram

Painting . 100 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€3,655

Hands and Face (S)

Tyler Shields

Photography . 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography . 18 x 18 inch

€2,229

Gye Nyame I

Lawrence Amoo

Painting . 45 x 34 x 2.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.4 x 1 inch

€5,348

Peace

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 87 x 87 x 2 cm Painting . 34.3 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Venus torsadée

Léo Caillard

Sculpture . 72 x 32 x 32 cm Sculpture . 28.3 x 12.6 x 12.6 inch

€14,000

Look at the world from a different angle: Original oil on canvas depicting a vibrant portrait with red and blue tones

Vera Klimova

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

€981

Lucha Interior / Lutte et silence

Cristina Redondo

Painting . 91 x 60.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 35.8 x 23.8 x 0.6 inch

€950

Blue Eyed Creature, Rare Hand Signed Lithograph, 1971, Edition of 100, Framed

Karel Appel

Print . 63.5 x 89.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 25 x 35.25 x 0.1 inch

€1,872

Portrait series B

Taner Yilmaz

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

€7,200

Bulles d’amour

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,300

Le Cheval et l'Âne (The Horse and the Donkey)

Marc Chagall

Print . 39 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€2,200

Dreams in Amber

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€2,006

Portrait d'André Malraux

Eduardo Arroyo

Print . 36.5 x 28 x 0.01 cm Print . 14.4 x 11 x 0 inch

€900

Calm and passion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 68.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 27 x 2 inch

€8,658

Woman, 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

€1,382

Composed

Vhils

Sculpture . 43 x 55 x 1 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€11,200

Doodle Hug

Mr Doodle

Print . 54 x 60 x 15 cm Print . 21.3 x 23.6 x 5.9 inch

€4,000

Prune

Christine Barrès

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

€2,600

Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple

Emmanuel Daniel

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

€1,293

Admeloria - (Triple leaf hand finished) 1/1's

Fin Dac

Print . 85 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 33.5 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€1,500

Three Faces

Giorgi Giorgadze

Painting . 70 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€970

Audrey

Marc Le Rest

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

€4,800

Abstract Guernica Collection - Tribute to Picasso

Freda People Art

Painting . 105 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

Fashion on the Street, Paris 1963

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,114

Florent

Bruno Roudil

Sculpture . 25 x 50 x 17 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 19.7 x 6.7 inch

€410

Boy and the Blossom 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Men

Samson Adetunji

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

€2,184

The Coral Bell Flower

Ani Hovak

Painting . 66 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 26 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,738

Portrait of an Uncontained Mind 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,095

Vénus évanescente

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Blue Mood - 21st Century Contemporary, Impressionist, Modern, Women

Omoyeni Arogunmati

Painting . 55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 22 x 18 x 1 inch

€847

Velvet lilac

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€2,229

Oscalypso, Rare Hand Signed Screen Print, 32 x 28 in. Framed

Tomoo Gokita

Print . 63.5 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Print . 25 x 21 x 0.1 inch

€3,566

Tendresse II

Nathalie Grenier

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,400

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