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!

Rainy Summer Day, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Behshad Arjomandi

Painting . 72.9 x 54.1 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,305

Oneness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Love

Hammed Olayanju

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

€2,995

Ojude Oba - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Impasto, African

Adeleke Femi

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

€2,548

Archive I

Evazesir (No Rules Corp)

Painting . 30 x 15 x 10 cm Painting . 11.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch

€600

Imani

Sylvie Honnart

Sculpture . 21 x 12 x 11 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 inch

€850

Fragilidad

Sandra Renzi

Painting . 130 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€4,000

Two Girls

Felicita Frai

Print . 48 x 67.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.9 x 26.6 x 0 inch

€200

Le bouquet

AE2

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€380

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

POP

Nicolas Jesbac

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

€1,100

African portrait 1

Olena Kirdina

Painting . 140 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€4,990

Rhythm of the Beast

Lilia Larcos

Painting . 76 x 102 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,100

No title (Face)

Rudina

Painting . 29 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€290

Analog Prayers

Saba Shengelia

Print . 80 x 300 x 3 cm Print . 31.5 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Yellow Jacket

Fabio Purino

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

€1,050

Paseo

Jacques Gorde

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

€175

Shannon in Profile

Maxwell Stevens

Print . 25 x 35 x 1 cm Print . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€860

Helicoide VII

Jesus Curia

Sculpture . 142 x 36 x 40 cm Sculpture . 55.9 x 14.2 x 15.7 inch

€24,000

Zodiac

Karine Langevin

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

€3,500

Embracing The Stars - Breathe

Ben Battersby

Photography . 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Meteor Eye

Nef

Painting . 42.5 x 42.5 x 2 cm Painting . 16.7 x 16.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Portrait series H

Taner Yilmaz

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

€7,200

Studio per figura femminile

Luigi Iona

Painting . 41.5 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.3 x 10.4 x 0 inch

€120

This is your word

Jef Aérosol

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€750

Silence

tizlu

Painting . 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€550 €495

God Save Abortion

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€220

A New Wold

Anne Dewailly

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

€12,000

Celebration

Sirio Pellegrini

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 33.5 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 13.2 x 0.2 inch

€2,000

You Man

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 280 x 180 x 5 cm Painting . 110.2 x 70.9 x 2 inch

€62,000

The Shame

Anna Paloma

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

€447

Warhol Collage (Color)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€600

Bohemian - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Surrealism, Africa, Women

Elisha Nyong

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

€2,995

No Need To Hide

tizlu

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

€350 €315

Weirdo N°13

Robert Crumb

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€550

Liseuse

Pierre Wuillaume

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1 inch

€600

Tommy Ramone collage (Gold)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€600

Not With Me (Papyrus)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€800 €720

Consapevolezze

Luigi Ercolano

Painting . 42.5 x 23.5 x 3 cm Painting . 16.7 x 9.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Emerge

Kane Mclay

Painting . 85 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 33.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,270

Mais je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,200

Exoplanet #39 (Portrait of a Pupil) (Abduction)

Barbara Fragogna

Painting . 50 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Sisters in Yellow 2

Oluwafemi Afolabi

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

€2,860

The Tenderness Of Shulamite

Kirill Postovit

Painting . 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Lennon peace and liberty (red)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€550

Warhol collages (silver)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€600

Pensive

Malcolm T. Liepke

Print . 50.8 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm Print . 20 x 15 x 2 inch

€2,503

Venus in Blue

Julia Niiazbekova

Painting . 59.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.5 x 23.5 x 1 inch

€1,743

HomoAvidicusTrip

Lou Luneau

Painting . 89 x 348 x 5 cm Painting . 35 x 137 x 2 inch

€6,000

Andy Warhol in the Stone Age

Kurotory

Print . 80 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€650

Supporting figures pink

Jonathan Chapline

Sculpture . 31 x 15 x 8 cm Sculpture . 12.2 x 5.9 x 3.1 inch

€4,907

Goddess of the gold egg

Julia Hacker

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

€2,472

Just Future Rising II

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€300

Modular

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print . 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

€750

Embroidered embrace

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€6,168

Universal Dignity

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

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

€650

Untitled

José Manuel Menéndez Rojas

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 97 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 38.2 inch

€2,800

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 57 x 76 cm Print . 22.4 x 29.9 inch

€1,300

28 Millimètres, Face 2 Face, Separation Wall, Security fence, Palestinian side, Bethlehem, 2007

JR

Print . 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Temperature reach critical level

Edvarda Braanaas

Painting . 55 x 45 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Ebony Jet. Girlfriend, NYC

Michael James O'Brien

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€7,193

Frida

Bernard Pras

Photography . 106 x 88 x 2 cm Photography . 41.7 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Refusal of Entry The Night Porter (Red Edition)

Michael Vasquez

Print . 76.5 x 59 cm Print . 30.1 x 23.2 inch

€878

Rosa

Erró

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

€500

Cubanisto

Catherine Bessin

Painting . 28 x 23 cm Painting . 11 x 9.1 inch

€300

Portrait of a Child no.4

Jean-Pierre Velly

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€5,000

Self-Portrait #4

Emanuele Ravagnani

Photography . 44 x 30 cm Photography . 17.3 x 11.8 inch

€1,540

Le gardien des sources

Emmanuel Bour

Sculpture . 55 x 59 x 39 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 23.2 x 15.4 inch

€7,500

C'est le parfait accord de ta peau sur ma peau

Neno Ramos

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€13,408

La Femme au Chapeau

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting . 130 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€11,000

Untitled 229

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 49 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 19.3 inch

€1,300

Stateless (White Edition)

David De la Mano

Print . 89 x 68 cm Print . 35 x 26.8 inch

€556

Young Jim

Phoebe Dingwall

Painting . 100 x 60 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 inch

€2,600

The Marks we carry

Jules Atarax

Painting . 32 x 24 x 3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

€600 €540

Looking Up To The Greens

Emmanuel Akolo

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€894

Lovers

Giorgi Sardlishvili

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€2,500

Untitled

Kishin Shinoyama

Photography . 25.5 x 17 cm Photography . 10 x 6.7 inch

€450

Under the Chandelier: Vivid acrylic and oil pastel artwork depicting an ethereal gathering of women in deep blue and vibrant pink tones

Anna Bell

Painting . 119 x 83 x 0.1 cm Painting . 46.9 x 32.7 x 0 inch

€2,771

Mujer y Colibríes: El Secreto del Velo Azul

Yamila Velázquez

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

€175

Madame - Série Portrait de femme

Dany Wattier

Painting . 30 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Paraules

Joaquín Riera Llargués

Sculpture . 36 x 69 x 19 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 27.2 x 7.5 inch

€1,200

Zaratustra

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,220

I miss you

Nizar Al Hattab

Painting . 138 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 54.3 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€8,500

The Inner Circle

Svitlana Brazhnikova

Painting . 97 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 38.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,130

Mind Mechanics 12

Paul Sergounine

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

€4,800

Let's Have a Time Out

Olayinka Salami

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

€1,788

Girl on float, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper

Carlos Martin Jimenez

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€447

Black Skirt, Painting, Oil on Paper

Benjamin Carrivick

Painting . 32 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€140

Le saut du lit

Flavien Couche

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

€1,100

Masculinity -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Fashion, African

Akinboye Akinola Peter

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

€1,922

Les Pas de Deux 3

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

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

€1,500

Amoureusement

K Ja

Sculpture . 51 x 26 x 8 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 10.2 x 3.1 inch

€850

Untitled

Jules Be Kuti

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

€1,600

Between prayer

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

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