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!

Baby swing bleu

Françoise Abraham

Sculpture . 30 x 21 x 15 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 8.3 x 5.9 inch

$2,901

Si proches que le silence

Jules Be Kuti

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

$8,703

Le cordonnier (pour les Fables de la Fontaine)

Marc Chagall

Print . 29.5 x 24 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

$3,143

Portrait I

Rémi Planche

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

$9,670

Frida kahlo (réhaussée à la main)

C215

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$967

Miss Tic Présidente : descendre dans la rue ou y rester

Miss.Tic

Print . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$1,934

Lady vamp

Inga Makarova

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

$3,324

Sister to the Goat | Woman and White Goat Portrait Artwork

Alina Petkune

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

$1,624

Sympathie

Marta Grassi

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,450

En Vogue

Tian

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

$3,626

Leaving The World Behind

tizlu

Painting . 44 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 17.3 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,384 $3,046

Marilyn Laughing in Black Dress

Bert Stern

Photography . 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography . 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch

$3,010

Mother’s Piano

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

$1,076

Divinité 10

Dasz Panda

Sculpture . 100 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture . 39.4 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

$1,813 $1,632

Away from our hands

Toheeb Ibrahim

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2.5 inch

$974

Alice le temps d'un rêve

Caro Graffiti

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

$1,342

Scars of Light

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

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

$2,869

Traces I have left

Jana & JS

Painting . 40 x 23 x 7 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

$1,813

Femme Dans L’Atelier, Marina Picasso Estate hand signed lithograph, Framed, 1979-1982

Pablo Picasso

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

$5,306

Red bird

Galya Popova

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

$1,160

Le garçon à la lune

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,027

The Fern Flower

Iryna Bondar

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

$1,148

26. Untitled

Larry Clark

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

$1,064

Blue Cow

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,015

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

$3,790

Escamillo

Bernard Buffet

Print . 74 x 54 x 2 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,901

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

$2,821

Femme en Marche tirage 3/8

Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles

Sculpture . 38 x 7 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15 x 2.8 x 3.5 inch

$2,659

Malcolm X

Art By Son

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,928 $3,143

Yuzo [7EM]

Takami Miyaoka

Sculpture . 30 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch

$2,055

Upbringing - Conceptual Dark Vintage Portrait-Collage: Emotionally Charged Figurative Artwork

Julia Shilo

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

$974

Rebondir

Jazzu

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

$1,148

Neon Empress

Youthone

Painting . 100 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.1 x 0 inch

$1,281

Painting Peace

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 110 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.7 inch

$3,264

A boy

Noah Borger

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$85

Patio Marrakech - Un palais baigné de lumière

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 60 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

$979

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires

Pablo Picasso

Print . 66 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$6,382

Between hertbeats

Barbara Schaumann

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,934

Tête rose

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 36 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

$1,934

Portrait Triplet 2

Renjie Gao

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

$4,317

Good Girl (hand signed enamel on iron sculpture)

Romero Britto

Sculpture . 29.8 x 17.1 x 12.1 cm Sculpture . 11.75 x 6.75 x 4.75 inch

$1,624

Portrait of a Girl with Flowers

Procach Olesia

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

$1,027

Heritage Woven

Lanre Studio

Print . 81 x 51 x 1 cm Print . 31.9 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,027

The Garden Within

Insane 51

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$1,076

Fragment 259

Seaty

Painting . 53 x 39 x 4 cm Painting . 20.9 x 15.4 x 1.6 inch

$5,983

Contentment

Oluwabori Gafar

Painting . 40.6 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 16 x 14 x 2 inch

$1,083

A(e)ntre

Sandra Quintin

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

$1,330

Paraiso. Dream 3

Elena Done

Painting . 116.1 x 88.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.7 inch

$3,411

Expressive Female Portrait. Woman in Red Earrings

Julia Ruf

Painting . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

$230

Lory

James Jean

Print . 35.6 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$2,417

L'oracle cybernétique

Julien Cuny

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

$1,209

Life in pink: Whimsical Metaphysical Portrait Oil Artwork

Ekaterina Kuzmina

Painting . 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,192

State Your Name

Snik

Painting . 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,813

Natural concrete

Caro Graffiti

Sculpture . 47 x 32 x 6 cm Sculpture . 18.5 x 12.6 x 2.4 inch

$1,632

Optimism In the Face of Total Destruction

Tristan Eaton

Print . 72 x 38 x 2 cm Print . 28.3 x 15 x 0.8 inch

$2,055

Crying Girl - Homage to Lichtenstein (large unique painting)

Steve Kaufman

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

$4,332

La fiancée de Frankenstein

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$544

Cajita feliz

En Blanco

Painting . 95 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

$1,020

Festival

Fernand Léger

Print . 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

$967

La Violoncelliste

Jef Aérosol

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

$1,076

In love we trust

Albena Vatcheva

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

$1,087 $1,033

Amalia

Raf Urban

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,450

Andy Warhol

Yuval Mahler

Sculpture . 76.2 x 34.3 x 15.2 cm Sculpture . 30 x 13.5 x 6 inch

$11,697

Quiet Strength -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Bold Africa Women

Kehinde Mayowa

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

$1,950

Bliss At The Cliff's Edge (Letterpress)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 52 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$604

Impression sur Audrey (impressionnisme magique)

Miguel Guía

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

$11,845

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Sargis Zaqaryan

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$974

The Narrator

Gia Khutsishvili

Painting . 36 x 44.5 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 17.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,245

Contact 2038

Dr Hide

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

$604

Visionary with Light (small)

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture . 35 x 39 x 15 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 15.4 x 5.9 inch

$4,593

Petite parenthes robe

Josepha

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 18 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.1 inch

$9,065

Night Butterflies

Maka Zedelashvili

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

$3,868

Mediterranean Summer

Daniel Jonez

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.01 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$1,039 $936

Le Clown et la Danseuse

Bernard Buffet

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

$2,357

Iyaloja

John Kayode Omidiran

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$1,623

The Great Beyond (World Map 1898)

tizlu

Print . 30 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$423 $338

Souvenirs from the past

Francesco Calistri

Painting . 54 x 48 x 1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

$1,934

The Queen bang !

Maria De Campos

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,115

Woodstock, pink & Piet

Lydi

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

$967

A walk in a heavenly

Andrii Chebotaru

Painting . 125 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 49.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch

$5,415

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 160 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 2 inch

$32,514

Pour Ma Chère Jacqueline

Pablo Picasso

Print . 29.5 x 27 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.6 x 10.6 x 0 inch

$7,252

Reader LXXXVI

Jose Manuel Solares

Sculpture . 24 x 25 x 9 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 9.8 x 3.5 inch

$665

Mona Lisa

Romain Dorez

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

$967

Under the Sun

Maya Jimsheleishvili

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

$4,593

Ukraine, l'Urne Funéraire

Robert Combas

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

$1,801

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

$10,274

Le bouquet tout fait

René Magritte

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

$846

L'étrange

Marc Petit

Sculpture . 103 x 23 x 31 cm Sculpture . 40.6 x 9.1 x 12.2 inch

$14,504

Your Space Or Mine ?

Dface

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

$1,692

Orchidée

KiKo

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$16,801

La Masque

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

$1,039

Blue orchid | Blue Female Portrait Acrylic Artwork

Alina O’Dwyer

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,408

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