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!

Teatime III

James Jean

Print . 69 x 56 cm Print . 27.2 x 22 inch

€1,250

A bout de souffle

SOMA

Painting . 92 x 62 x 1 cm Painting . 36.2 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

The Dancer

Socrate

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi

Mino Maccari

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Bashfulness

Cléophée Donnais

Painting . 52 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Songes d'Hiver

Martine Haeuw

Photography . 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€980

Jazz II

Zhivko Mutafchiev

Painting . 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Colour Me Happy - Mint #1

Sophie Derrick

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€4,140

Threesome of Truth

Olayinka Salami

Painting . 127 x 88.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 50 x 35 x 1.5 inch

€1,786

Testa di Donna

Amedeo Modigliani

Print . 68 x 48 cm Print . 26.8 x 18.9 inch

€290

Co-Comparison - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

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

€1,652

Fiesole IX

Guy Sargent

Photography . 130 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,212

Alizé

Hedwige Leroux

Sculpture . 76 x 60 x 25 cm Sculpture . 29.9 x 23.6 x 9.8 inch

€16,800

The Gardener

Gloria Mmaduako

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€1,384

El diario de mi amiga

Iryna Gragera

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Le petit roi

Steddy John

Sculpture . 70 x 19 x 20 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 7.5 x 7.9 inch

€3,600

Linda la trottola

Matteo Fieno

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

€2,400

Petit jour

Lucie Geffré

Painting . 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Cabeza verde ante nubes

Juan José Fuentes Reyes

Sculpture . 24 x 28.5 x 5 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 11.2 x 2 inch

€1,800

African man

Pawel Korab Kowalski

Painting . 66 x 51 x 1 cm Painting . 26 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Oil Team

Irakli Chikovani

Painting . 110 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Eaters 2

Federica Frati

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

€3,000

Insatiable Cravings

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 50 x 1 inch

€2,366

From Somewhere Deep Inside

Aba Linus

Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 31 x 1 inch

€2,231

Planet Musk (1)

Diego Barros

Sculpture . 80.4 x 60.4 x 4 cm Sculpture . 31.7 x 23.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,000

Women With Cat

Ramon Poch

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Terrasse St Trop

Alain Daussin

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

€1,980

Woman with Ginger Cat Original Painting " She Chooses Herself"

Halyna Kirichenko

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

€980

Leave space for silence

Roberto Fonfria

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€1,607

Composition 2 (Head)

Vladimir Yakovlev

Fine Art Drawings . 84 x 59 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 33.1 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch

€10,000

I Was Here Before

Thomas Oladayo

Painting . 63.5 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,009

Unité

César Malfi

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

€2,500

L'heure de la nuit

Agathe de Chantérac

Painting . 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Violinist - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Women, Musical

Olajide Kuti

Painting . 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,438

Lady Dandy & L’ami fidèle

Jean-Michel Cordier

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

€4,500

It Takes Two to Tango 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love

Samson Olatubosun

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

€2,545

Where the shadow is just a dream

Eva Dimitrova

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics

Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Painting . 78.7 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,920

La Gardienne d'Âme

Pierre Laurent

Painting . 120 x 90 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 2 inch

€3,500

Stand by Me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 149.9 x 109.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 43 x 2 inch

€9,171

Rebirth 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,054

Soft Power - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Women, Identity

Tolulope Isaac

Painting . 91.9 x 79 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36.2 x 31.1 x 1 inch

€1,339

Kiaio

Corinne Chauvet

Sculpture . 55 x 24 x 35 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 9.4 x 13.8 inch

€1,950

Femme à l'ombrelle

Yannick Le Bloas

Sculpture . 27 x 7 x 7 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch

€340

The Wedding

Tracey Emin

Sculpture . 11.4 x 10.2 x 5 cm Sculpture . 4.5 x 4 x 2 inch

€15,220

Cosmic kid

Nef

Painting . 43 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting . 16.9 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

A Thousand Star #7 (original painting on wood)

Suanjaya Kencut

Painting . 40 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.75 x 15.75 x 0.1 inch

€1,674

Astroline

Astroman

Sculpture . 21 x 9 x 6 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 3.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,400

Violin Tempo -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Floral

Omoayo George Osoba

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

€1,116

Les nouveaux sauvages

RNST

Print . 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

Les Marionnettes (3)

Hans Bellmer

Print . 48.5 x 37 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€550

Luana

Walter Minus

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

€950

Hey

Juan-Manuel Pajares

Painting . 185 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 72.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Caleidoscopio

Amancio Gonzalez

Sculpture . 41 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€4,300

Yamato Nadeshiko: Haru (Spring)

Roamcouch

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

€4,262

Girl with a hound

Maciej Urbaniak

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

€2,000

Once in my life

Javier Calleja

Design . 53.7 x 110 cm Design . 21.1 x 43.3 inch

€3,500

This is Tinuola

Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo

Painting . 101.6 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,286

Kimono I

Mónica Castanys

Print . 50 x 50 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€250

A Boy with a Sled, Winter

Alexander Sviyazov

Sculpture . 45 x 18.3 x 11.5 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.2 x 4.5 inch

€4,500

Owl icon

Aurelie Cholley

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

€1,840

Silent Thanks

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture . 43 x 12 x 14 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 4.7 x 5.5 inch

€2,009

Visage sage

Quentin Badran

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.002 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€3,200

God-Given Healing – Woman in Flowing White Dress | Serene Nature Artwork in Ivory & Earth Tones

Alisa Diakova

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

€2,232

Beautiful Heart

Kehinde Taiwo

Painting . 88 x 68 x 3 cm Painting . 34.6 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Colours of Ethio-somale, l

Leikun Nahusenay

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€800

Roboïde skate

PRAB'Z

Painting . 78 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 30.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€200

Lovers - Passionate 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€496

Le repos des valises

Véronique Baleste

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,000

Bailarina en rosa

Eduardo Helguera

Painting . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€2,399

Confinée

Vinie

Print . 55 x 45 x 2 cm Print . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Rêver encore

Anne-Catherine Fenzy

Sculpture . 34 x 15 x 14 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 5.9 x 5.5 inch

€1,500

Tenderness | Soft Light Vintage Portrait Photography Artwork

Irina Klimova

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

€107

A Bansky

Giovanni Magnoli Refreshink

Print . 25 x 35 x 0.02 cm Print . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€119

Romantic Interlock 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love

Aragbada Stephen

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

€4,777

My Rose -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Fabric, Floral

Bola Obatuyi

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

€3,170

White marble samouraï

Julien Soone

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

€3,500

Head Tie 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous, Women, African

Oluwatobiloba Amusan

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

€2,098

Pucci Pants (Lithograph with Gold Leaf)

Mel Ramos

Print . 53.3 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Print . 21 x 19 x 1 inch

€3,316

Two Figures

Mario Sughi

Print . 40 x 39 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.4 inch

€800

Celeste

Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie

Sculpture . 180 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 70.9 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€8,645

Radôh L'ange de "dieu"/ Avant pour signe le sang qui veut dire guerre .

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.4 inch

€1,300

Bénédiction

Dan Solojoff

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 inch

€250

Construction Site in Manhattan

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Photography . 20 x 16 x 0.04 inch

€2,232

Sans titre

Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 inch

€1,900

La fêlure

Eric Doisy

Painting . 88 x 39 x 2 cm Painting . 34.6 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Expressive Woman Portrait. Alter Ego

Julia Ruf

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

€180

L'Etrangère

Bernard Métranve

Sculpture . 31 x 31 x 14 cm Sculpture . 12.2 x 12.2 x 5.5 inch

€5,563

Where to next

Susanne Kramer

Design . 48 x 48 x 1 cm Design . 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Gitane

R. Luzio

Painting . 72 x 96 x 2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 37.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,057

Visage

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€6,000

Not Peace

Canyon Castator

Print . 45.7 x 61 cm Print . 18 x 24 inch

€850

Silhouette J 4

Pierre-Marie Brisson

Print . 49.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.5 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€800

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