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!

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Print, Untitled 3, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 105 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$5,869

Print, La pell 14, Joan Ponç

Joan Ponç

Print - 64 x 49 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$898

Print, La pell 6, Joan Ponç

Joan Ponç

Print - 64 x 49 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$898

Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$719

Print, Collectivism, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$719

Print, Apocalypse, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$719

Print, La Breloque, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 44 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 13 x 0 inch

$719

Print, Leader, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 33 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 17.3 x 0 inch

$719

Print, New School, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 33 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 17.3 x 0 inch

$778

Print, The Ceremony, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$695

Print, Dent N°9, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 25 x 20 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$180

Print, Inuit, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 27 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.6 x 13.6 x 0 inch

$299

Fine Art Drawings, Tendresse III, Nathalie Grenier

Nathalie Grenier

Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,677

Print, Pas de titre, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$3,354

Print, Giant, Peter Blake

Peter Blake

Print - 26 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 8.5 x 0 inch

$719

Fine Art Drawings, Jungle men, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$263

Fine Art Drawings, Femme au miroir, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$263

Fine Art Drawings, Deux femmes, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$299

Print, Le coeur, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 67 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$569

Print, Trap, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$700

Fine Art Drawings, Loneliness, Nina Narimanishvili

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$1,497

Print, Juanito, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

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

$479

Print, Juanito 3, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

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

$479

Print, Stand Tall, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 42 x 39 x 1 inch

$3,190

Print, The Amazon, Zeina Assi

Zeina Assi

Print - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,437

Print, Superman, Zeina Assi

Zeina Assi

Print - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,436