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!

Radiance of her root

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€2,712

Jardim dos Sonhos, Ritchelly Oliveira

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting . 90 x 67 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 26.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

El Pensador (The Thinker)

Rafael Canogar

Print . 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 29 x 0.1 inch

€1,322

David

Appaloosa

Sculpture . 82 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture . 32.3 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch

€500

Flower/Boulder

Maxime Cousineau Perusse

Painting . 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,598

Ray Charles

Philippe Gras

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€950

Fun Loving Criminals

Batik

Print . 101.6 x 152.4 cm Print . 40 x 60 inch

€2,205

Jeux de Plage

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,350

Le Veilleur

Didier Delamonica

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

€2,800

Le danseur de kabuki

Claude Weisbuch

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 32 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Lady Evet

David Akolo

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

€1,142

Resisting Gravity V

Jacqueline H-Botquelen

Painting . 29 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,360

Meeth 14

Giuseppe Scarangelli

Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

€8,400

Aziza VS Arsen Lapin

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,470

Afterglow

Li Deyang

Painting . 173 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Don Quichotte

AKET

Painting . 154 x 115 x 5 cm Painting . 60.6 x 45.3 x 2 inch

€15,000

Lights off

Tania Potapenko

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

€1,400

Madonna and child

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 42 x 42 x 2.5 inch

€2,712

Sunflower

Michelle Gialanze

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,300

Essence de jeunesse féminine

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 41 x 11 x 11 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch

€1,140

Bloom of the soul-21st Century contemporary African painting

Temitope Ojumoro

Painting . 104 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40.9 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€1,365

Unblighted - 21st century figurative African painting; landscape composition

Peter Eneji

Painting . 139.5 x 104.1 x 2 cm Painting . 54.9 x 41 x 0.8 inch

€2,490

To whom

Oyeleye Feranmi

Painting . 60.4 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23.8 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,499

Cloud Dancer

Rob Omodiagbe

Painting . 152 x 122 x 1 cm Painting . 59.8 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€9,310

Dragon II

James Jean

Print . 63.5 x 48 cm Print . 25 x 18.9 inch

€1,200 €960

Jacks World

David Sipko

Painting . 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,085

Al Despertar - Upon Awakening

Peperina Magenta

Print . 90.2 x 59.7 x 1.3 cm Print . 35.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 inch

€4,248

M.50

Peter Klasen

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

€10,500

Aquarium at Coney Island, Ny

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography . 50.8 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20 x 20 x 0.04 inch

€2,486

Lionne

Hossein Borojeni

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€550

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, Original Painting on Canvas, Signed

Mark Kostabi

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 inch

€4,429

Echoes of a Former Self

Halyna Kirichenko

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

€1,200

Princess

Daniel Bilodeau

Painting . 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€10,000 €8,000

The Dancer

Sabine Danzé

Painting . 135 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

The Collector - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Daniel Owoeye

Painting . 104.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,712 €2,169

XL Ancient Astronaut Nefertiti (Graphite Black) 2/100

Imbue

Sculpture . 30 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€850

Self vs other I

Winifred Otowa

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

€2,350

La voiture rouge - Série figurative décadante

Bernard Hennequin

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,190

Portrait sur Marie-Thérèse

Gerard Boersma

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Aura

C215

Painting . 50 x 35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€3,800

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

Beach day

Ivo Petrov

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

€950

Petit astronaute

SeiLeise

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

€2,400

Wax

Mateo Andrea

Painting . 114 x 146 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 inch

€3,900

Rade

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting . 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch

€120,000

Plein Sud

Deville-Chabrolle

Print . 42 x 32 cm Print . 16.5 x 12.6 inch

€600

Une Presence

Kseniia Turik Turik&Art

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

The girl and the bees

Mikka Chesno

Painting . 30 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,356

Aunty Sally - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, African

Daniel Oguche Junior

Painting . 104.1 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 41 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,440 €1,952

Maternité

Marc Chagall

Print . 59.5 x 78.5 cm Print . 23.4 x 30.9 inch

€12,000

Peace Out - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Nature, Fashion

Akanji Bolaji

Painting . 91.4 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 28 x 1 inch

€1,085 €868

Refined Brim (framed, rare hand signed etching)

Retna

Print . 43.2 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Print . 17 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€7,231

La mujer de los turbantes

Juan Ibarra

Painting . 90 x 62 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€467

Roboïde créate (1)

PRAB'Z

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€170

Le veilleur immobile

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€37,000

Signed & Numbered Record

Ben

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

€1,290

Under the cut-out light of the blinds (Castrol)

RNST

Print . 70 x 50 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 inch

€315

Metamorph in Transit Portrait #1

George Mayer

Photography . 60 x 40 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 inch

€2,260

Weight They Cannot See 5 (Shadows of Memory) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,124 €1,699

Bow Baby

Marlene Dumas

Print . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€4,350

Freedom

Brigitte Dravet

Sculpture . 150 x 70 x 75 cm Sculpture . 59.1 x 27.6 x 29.5 inch

€7,000

Loin, l'horizon

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,100

Petit visage barbu

Pablo Picasso

Sculpture . 17.2 x 17.2 x 2 cm Sculpture . 6.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inch

€5,800

Sans titre

Ivan Tzonev

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

€600

Le Mystérieux

Alain Rigollier

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€490

Paro

Giovanni Contardi

Sculpture . 45.8 x 34.3 x 7.8 cm Sculpture . 18 x 13.5 x 3.1 inch

€2,250

Frida Kahlo et son Chat à oreilles de pinceau - Série portrait de femme iconique

Marie Voillat

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€215

Barcode

Gregos

Painting . 51 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Beach. A Step

Joanna Woyda

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

€1,100

Unspoken Bond - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting . 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,576 €2,112

Denny Dent Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Large 6' Signed Original Painting

Denny Dent

Painting . 53 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€7,629

Sans titre

Kiki Picasso

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

€2,000

Maternité 4

Rugieri

Sculpture . 26 x 14 x 16 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 5.5 x 6.3 inch

€1,900

Eternal Payment in Fertile Land 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Apple

Penuel Heber Madeira Heber Madeira

Painting . 41.9 x 29.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 1 inch

€1,238 €991

L'amie prodigieuse

Peggy Cardoso

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Earth's Future is Our Future

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€550

Little Sun

Binbin Liang

Sculpture . 43 x 27 x 15 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 10.6 x 5.9 inch

€4,500

Hunting Time

Artavazd Talalyan

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Come across

Pere Sala

Sculpture . 46 x 72 x 35 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 28.3 x 13.8 inch

€3,200

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 4

Bert Stern

Photography . 61 x 61 cm Photography . 24 x 24 inch

€27,116

Promesse - Série Tendresse, Corps de femme stylisé en bronze

Miras

Sculpture . 28 x 9 x 7.5 cm Sculpture . 11 x 3.5 x 3 inch

€2,315

Haute couture

Christine Guillemin

Sculpture . 69 x 45 x 13 cm Sculpture . 27.2 x 17.7 x 5.1 inch

€10,500

Le cube

Eric Doisy

Sculpture . 36 x 36 x 36 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 14.2 x 14.2 inch

€1,860

Power lady

James Chiew

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

€7,500

Arsène

Joel Arfi

Sculpture . 60 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€2,400

The Moon Is the Sun’s Dream

Kim Yoon Kyung

Painting . 61 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,600

Acorn of peace

Awofadeju Solomon

Painting . 96 x 60 x 6.4 cm Painting . 37.7953 x 23.622 x 2.5 inch

€1,401

Portrait in Stone

Andrii Davydenko

Sculpture . 75 x 75 x 3 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Kutubu Klan

Wylda Bayrón

Photography . 60 x 90 x 4 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

La fille à la rose

Sufyr

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,700 €2,430

Au-delà

Chloé Sontrop

Sculpture . 38 x 21 x 23 cm Sculpture . 15 x 8.3 x 9.1 inch

€4,000

Questions

Ara Deinde

Painting . 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€904

Amoureux

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 46 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch

€3,650

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