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!

La Dispute

D-A Woisard

Photography . 50 x 40 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€800

Un Homme et une Femme

Fabio Purino

Painting . 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,450 €1,088

Réfugiée

Claudia Coccina

Painting . 45 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€850

Geisha con Sombrilla en Azul y Oro

Yamila Velázquez

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

€270

Elle bouscule ma libellule

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 197 x 97 x 7 cm Painting . 77.6 x 38.2 x 2.8 inch

€5,300

Jalia - Série Portrait enfant du Monde

Lydie Paumier

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€975

Croyance et raison - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€690

Green Andy

Marcos Tejedor Nistal

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Ragazza davanti muro rosa

Luigi Iona

Painting . 90 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€520

Venus Azul

Fernando Alday

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€5,085

Matthew Barney, Isle of Man and Satyr, Drawing Restraint 7, Matthew Barney studio, NYC

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 40.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 16 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€4,469

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

Number23

Artwhos

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€879

Good vibes

Florkey

Painting . 85 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,350

“Champagne Moment — Elegant Gentleman Portrait in Contemporary Classic Style”, gentleman, luxury portrait, elegant man

Saskia Rem Brandt

Painting . 80 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Tentative psychopompe

Stéphane Fauchille

Painting . 90 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€5,900

Texture of Shapes

Astra Pasta

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

€2,503

Nigerian Prince 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Men, Texture

Godfrey Chukwuebuka

Painting . 30 x 24.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 1 inch

€581

Loading identity

Aphisit Sidsunthia

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,780

Maiden in Pink

Katrin Rymsha

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

€2,235

The ballet lover II

Serghei Ghetiu

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

€1,200

La séance de Yoga

Zafi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€1,450

Sayuri

Vasil Vasilev-Vaso

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,780

Olori Asa (Crowned in Culture) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait

Odesola Idowu

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

€4,291

Spirit of Forest

Oleg Timchenko

Painting . 250 x 300 x 2.5 cm Painting . 98.4 x 118.1 x 1 inch

€30,000

Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern

Michael Adetula

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

€2,369

Miroir Miroir

Jack Jacquot

Sculpture . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Nothing Happened Here

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Danse Silencieuse

Alder Paintings

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

€1,460

Clown Blanc sur fond rouge

Bernard Buffet

Print . 72 x 51 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.1 inch

€4,500

Siren in Motion

Hush

Print . 61 x 61 x 0.3 cm Print . 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€1,676

Ballet' dancers - Tales of Love

Rafal Olbinski

Print . 25.5 x 29.5 cm Print . 10 x 11.6 inch

€490

Lapin

Lili Tao

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,080

Remarkable People

Yue Minjun

Print . 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€4,700

Sans titre (1)

David Nicolas Djordjevic

Painting . 27 x 22 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 1 inch

€650

Longing 2

Alawaye Tope

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

€1,779

Personajes en la noche

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 150 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€4,441

En attendant ton voilier - Amour et partage, scène de vie au bord de la mer

Dom Dewalles

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

€3,400

Mister President

Inga Savina

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€358

Coffeur Pour Dames

Richard Boigeol

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1 inch

€3,000

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

€2,101

Beautiful Smile

Igor Galan

Painting . 52 x 31 x 2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Veronica Lake - Bellissime

Antonio Barrella

Photography . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Photography . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die

Valerie Vescovi

Painting . 63.5 x 63.5 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.8 inch

€804

Le regard dans le vide

Jéko

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Without Instructions 5

Tatiana Elizarova

Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

Goodnews 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Phone, Happiness

Awosola Michael Angello

Painting . 38.1 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 inch

€894

Topanka

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 180 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,207

Les fumeuses de La Havane en discussion Donna debout

Brigitte De Cesco

Sculpture . 34 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€1,000

Retrato en fondo blanco

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 150 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€3,538

Guardian angel

Milko Dobrev

Sculpture . 26.5 x 12 x 5 cm Sculpture . 10.4 x 4.7 x 2 inch

€1,350

4 Orchestres

Pierre-François Grimaldi

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,800

Injured (The Stoic Men)

Ajegbomogun Damilola

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

€3,799

Medusa's Joyous Gaze

Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Painting . 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,800

Lumière Volée 3

Nathan Chantob

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

€1,300

Emotions of Crossed Fingers - Portrait of Asia Girl

Max Skoblinsky

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Mother and child

K R Nariman

Sculpture . 18 x 16 x 18 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 6.3 x 7.1 inch

€3,800

A tint of sunshine

Mpumi

Painting . 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

I Am Not My Hair 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Franklin Ndibam

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

€1,877

El encantador (Colección La Bolsa Mágica)

Sonja H Lukenic

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

€900

On my books

Sylvie Gaudissart

Sculpture . 25.5 x 12 x 18 cm Sculpture . 10 x 4.7 x 7.1 inch

€2,800

Edie Sedgwick Diptych

Victoria White

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€8,760

Bandoneon

Graciela Castellano-Saavedra

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

€900

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

€2,458

Attente

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 27 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

€1,400

Unfurling the Past 2

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,369

Audrey

Le Closier

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,341

La bécane rose

Daouda Traoré

Painting . 135 x 171 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 67.3 x 0.8 inch

€6,000

Alliance Duo Couple

Patricia Grangier

Sculpture . 52 x 20 x 22 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 7.9 x 8.7 inch

€6,000

Phone Conversation

Abdulateef Salaudeen

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

€1,788

Afro Crown 2

Rotimi Godwin

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€1,117

Swimming Part 1

Dani André Skogfelt

Fine Art Drawings . 56 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

X is for Xylophonist

Peter Blake

Print . 102.5 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.4 x 30.3 x 0 inch

€3,000

El paseo de la niña

Emma Calviño

Print . 74 x 54 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 inch

€333

La Colombe de paix

Raya Sorkine

Print . 31 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print . 12.2 x 15 x 0 inch

€250

Memories of summer

Natalie Shiporina

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

I don´t hear

Galya Popova

Painting . 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,040

Gravity

Galya Popova

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,520

Calm day

Galya Popova

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

€3,200

Aphrodite Wave

Léo Caillard

Sculpture . 59 x 42 x 41 cm Sculpture . 23.2 x 16.5 x 16.1 inch

€24,100

Brotherhood

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting . 96.5 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,386

Portrait I (1)

Rong Su

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€800

Puro... Alegría #VI- Neo Platinum

Sparshatt Dalzell

Painting . 76 x 55 x 0.2 cm Painting . 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

€4,254

Mwasi Kitoko

Bayunga Kialeuka

Painting . 152.4 x 122 x 2 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€6,800

Femme au Chapeau

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting . 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Bruno Mars. Tridemensional Wall Sculpture Portrait

Cristian Hunter

Sculpture . 101.6 x 76.2 x 17.8 cm Sculpture . 40 x 30 x 7 inch

€4,469

Portrait de femme 2

FeiWoux Chan

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Be Bold

Adewuyi Theophilus

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

€1,788

Figurehead

Omoayo George Osoba

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,788

Good to see you

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 inch

€290

Academia (half life)

Paige Bradley

Sculpture . 147.3 x 55.9 x 106.7 cm Sculpture . 58 x 22 x 42 inch

€23,241

Vents

Laurence Forbin

Painting . 130 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

We're to Protect the Village, and it was the Only

Amy Bernays

Painting . 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,162

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