Skip to main content

Contemporary Portrait Bust

2
to
35
242
126
177
122
100
65
50
31
22
20
16
16
13
11
9
8
6
6
6
6
6
5
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
36
23
13
12
8
Sort By
"Juno" Woman's Bust Contemporary Painting
By Patrick Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
This work is a portrait of the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter and the patron goddess of
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting on Paper "Bust of Man with Black Elements"
By André François van Vuuren
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique oil painting on hand made paper, framed and ready to hang. Size of 71 x 50 cm is that of the artwork itself, excluding the frame.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

French Art Nouveau Wax Young Girl Bust Sculpture, ca.1900
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
the wax bust and the terracotta pedestal are contemporary and date from the second half of the 17th
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts

Materials

Synthetic

1920s French Terracotta Bust by Saint-Clément Copy of Settignanos Laughing Boy
By Saint-Clément
Located in COLMAR, FR
from the 15th century. The Laughing Boy stands out from all contemporary busts for its profound sense
Category

Vintage 1920s French Medieval Busts

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of 19th Century Marble Busts of French Royal Figures on Marble Pedestals
Located in London, GB
portrait busts represent two French royal figures, Clotilde of France and her great-grandmother Marie
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Busts

Materials

Marble, Siena Marble

A painted plaster herm bust of the Duke of Wellington by George Gammon Adams
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
portrait bust, commissioned, in 1852, by the Duke’s heir for Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, the family seat
Category

Antique 19th Century English Busts

Materials

Plaster

A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023 This head and shoulders bronze
Category

2010s English Busts

Materials

Bronze

A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
CHIKANOBU, Yoshu (1838–1912) A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the
Category

1890s Other Art Style Portrait Prints

Materials

Wood

"Bubblegum Girl", portrait, collage, pink, green, sassy, acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
neighborhoods in New York or Paris. Only the oddly split-faced, marble bust in the lower left foreground
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

SELF PORTRAIT WITH WHITE CRANE - Woman in Hat / Bird and Female Figure
By Olga Antonova
Located in New York, NY
also paints bust-length self-portraits in which she appears dressed for the occasion and engaged in
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Striking 18th Century Portrait of the 12th Earl of Caithness
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in London, GB
) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

British Modernist Portrait of Chaim Weizmann President of Israel Oil Painting
By Alfred Aaron Wolmark
Located in Surfside, FL
pitched his tonal divisions to a higher key than any of his contemporaries. Wolmark kept to traditional
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman Signed S Sassoon Between the Wars Period Oil 1920 – 1940
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Between the Wars Portrait Oil Painting Bust Portrait of a Gentleman circa 1920 – 1940 Signed S
Category

Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Boxer (Blue Toned Portrait Painting of Young Man on Copper and Wood)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
figurative portrait painting, acrylic on copper, mounted on panel 24 x 24 inches This contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Female Portrait Sketch #2
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A colorful sketch of a female bust, in the style of contemporary academic realism. Artist Bio
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Conté

Louise Abbéma, 1853 – 1927, French Painter, 'Lady in Paris on a Winter Day'
By Louise Abbema
Located in Bruges, BE
dedication bore fruit when, at the age of 23, she painted a portrait of the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt
Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A. LEONARD - Flower Girl and her Dog
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
, quartz, bronze or ivory busts, statuettes, medallions and pottery. Leonardo also painted genre scenes
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude with Lace, Pastel Study Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
illness at the age of 78. Keeping himself a part of the avant-garde of contemporary art, Pio Santini
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Board

18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection, " O. G. Rejlander
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Located in Milwaukee, WI
in ink wash on paper. It is framed and matted. The portrait is a bust of Baron Mayer de Rothschild of
Category

1870s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Portrait of a Newlywed by Casper Casteleyn, an artist of the Dutch Golden Age
Located in PARIS, FR
This marvelous portrait on vellum is the work of a rare Dutch Golden Age artist, Casper Casteleyn
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Vellum

"Komposition" (Composition)
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
portrait busts of prominent contemporary Germans. The artist departed from the human figure in his second
Category

1960s Abstract Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ross Richmond Glass PORTRAIT Bust / Sculpture
By Ross Richmond
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: signed; 2007 Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
By Ross Richmond
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
By Ross Richmond
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Sojourner Truth" Bronze Sculptural Bust, Portrait,
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Marc Sijan Hyper Realist Contemporary Cast Acrylic Resin Sculpture Portrait Bust
By Marc Sijan
Located in Surfside, FL
portrait sculpture. He received his Bachelor's degree in art education from the University of Wisconsin in
Category

20th Century Photorealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Lucite, Acrylic Polymer

Belle au bois… Aurore, Female Portrait Bust, Ceramic Sculpture
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
method, the artist created busts and standing figurines of the people she met as well as animal
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Copper, Steel

The paradox, bust portrait of a jester, 2002
By Edward Povey
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Beach Contemporary Art Museum. 2008-10 BBC Television, ITV Television, S4C Television and regional
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Saigneurs, mes cieux mes yeux by Cécile Raynal - Sculpture, portrait, male bust
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Saigneurs, mes cieux mes yeux is a smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Steel

Woman in Blue_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Portrait, Figurative_Bust
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman in Blue" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 31.5" x 31.5" Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from h...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait Leaning Forward Bust - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait Leaning Forward Bust is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Bust Female - Hyperrealistic Figurative Portrait Oil Painting Artwork on Canvas
By Jose Carlos Zubiaur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unwritten: Contemporary Artists from Mexico" in Venice, Italy. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Katherine Bust, Atelier, Terracotta
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Katherine Bust Atelier, Terracotta draws on Richard MacDonald's unique sensitivity to the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Alexander the Great Sculpture II /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Joker Bust Head
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
would be recognized for his art at both of these colleges. A large photograph portrait of Graves working
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Cast Stone

Katherine Bust, Marble Dust
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Katherine Bust Atelier, Marble Dust uses cast carrara marble and draws on Richard MacDonald's
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Sculpture of Bust: 'Paulette'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
to reproduce the skin and the fragility of the living body. Group portraits are what interest me the
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Modern Texas Mixed Media Sculpture of a Mummified Portrait Bust in a Box / Crate
By Roy Fridge
Located in Houston, TX
Modern mixed media sculpture by Texas artist Roy Fridge. The work features a mummified portrait
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Bust with small bust inside torso on pedastool: 'Petit cri du coeur'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
to reproduce the skin and the fragility of the living body. Group portraits are what interest me the
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Young Lama by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, child, portrait
By Marine de Soos
Located in Paris, FR
Young Lama is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 15.5
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Solo (with Chloé), Female Bust, Stoneware Sculpture
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
of the base : 110 cm x 32 x 60 cm Total dimensions : 158 cm x 33 cm x 60 cm French contemporary
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Two Bust's on Pedistool: Petit face a face
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
to reproduce the skin and the fragility of the living body. Group portraits are what interest me the
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Trail of Prayers 66" high bronze bust on walnut pedestal
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Trail of Prayers by Denny Haskew Figurative Female Bust on custom pedestal 66x16x20" Bronze/Walnut
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Un Portrait
By Jean Tannous
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Bust of a Woman - Sculpture by Emilio Greco - Mid-20th Century
By Emilio Greco
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a woman is a sculpture made by Emilio Greco (1913-1955) in the second half of 20th century
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Byzantine Empire 9th Century AD Bronze Bust Of Christ Coin 18K Gold Pendant
By Steven Battelle
Located in Soquel, CA
discount our chains 20% when ordered with a pendant. A historic and beautiful portrait!
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

Materials

18k Gold

Bust of an Old Woman - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
especially evident in the portraits of his contemporaries, his self-portraits, and illustrations of scenes
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Sculptor Artist
By Anthony D Padgett
Located in Preston, GB
Cold Cast Bronze Bust Sculpture of Vincent Van Gogh by British Artist & Sculptor Anthony D Padgett
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Metal, Bronze

Sweat Band #3, Charcoal Drawing, Bust of a Man Wearing a Sweat Band
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal

"Rosa Parks" Bronze Sculpture, Figurative, Female, Portrait
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

General Cambronne bust in "Hermès" - Att. to E-E Suc (1802-1855)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
only portrait made during the lifetime of the general... this bust, my father abandons it to me". This
Category

1840s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Clotilde by Cécile Raynal - portrait of a woman seafarer, ceramic sculpture
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Clotilde is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal. One-off sculpture in smoked
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Steel

The Skipper (Le Pacha) by Cécile Raynal - Male portrait sculpture, sandstone
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
The Skipper (Le Pacha) is a smoke sandstone, steel and cotton sculpture by French contemporary
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Steel

Bust of an Old Man with Curly Hair- Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
especially evident in the portraits of his contemporaries, his self-portraits, and illustrations of scenes
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Bust of an old man with flowing beard - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
creative triumphs are especially evident in the portraits of his contemporaries, his self-portraits, and
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

"Thorns Are Too Obvious", Figurative Sculpture, Profile, Portrait, Plaster
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
decorative sculpture to better reflect contemporary experience. While the detailed rendering, flat colors
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Paint, Paper

Madame du Barry white marble bust by French sculptor Augustin Pajou (1730-1810)
Located in Bath, Somerset
portrait busts of famous contemporaries, such as his patroness, Madame du Barry, and for directing the
Category

19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Blue solo (with Jean-Pierre) by Cécile Raynal - Male Portrait, Ceramic Sculpture
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Blue Solo (with Jean Pierre) is a smoke sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone, Steel

Large Art Nouveau Bronze Lady Bust Sculpture by Georges Van der Straeten, Paris
By Georges Van der Straeten
Located in Lisse, NL
Parisian ladies. He also gained recognition for his portrait busts of contemporary notables and beautiful
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Artist's Dream III", Surreal Figurative w Self-Portrait & Classical Sculpture
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist at work with his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • 1
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Contemporary Portrait Bust", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Contemporary Portrait Bust For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate contemporary portrait bust for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Contemporary and Photorealist versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect contemporary portrait bust may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a contemporary portrait bust to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, beige, gold, gray and more. Finding an appealing contemporary portrait bust — no matter the origin — is easy, but Artis Lane, Cécile Raynal, Sandy Litchfield, Marc Sijan and Patrick Palmer each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, metal and paper can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Contemporary Portrait Bust?

A contemporary portrait bust can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $4,106, while the lowest priced sells for $595 and the highest can go for as much as $7,000.