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!

With A Little Help From My Friends

tizlu

Print . 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$415 $354

Sorry Gus

Jéko

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,424

The Great Beyond (World Map 1898)

tizlu

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

$4,983

The Great Beyond (1/5)

tizlu

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,009 $908

La cogida y la muerte - Drypoint, etching on Arches paper

Salvador Dali

Print . 65.5 x 50 cm Print . 25.8 x 19.7 inch

$1,424

Human blue

Hom Nguyen

Print . 62 x 51 x 2 cm Print . 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

$2,136

Sleeping Maiden

Katrin Rymsha

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

$2,695

Idéaliste, devenez idéal

Miss.Tic

Print . 44.5 x 64 x 0.01 cm Print . 17.5 x 25.2 x 0 inch

$1,779

Together, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 193 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 76 x 2 inch

$23,235

Persée

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 29 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch

$4,153

Essence de jeunesse masculine 22

Miguel Guía

Sculpture . 38.5 x 14 x 11.5 cm Sculpture . 15.2 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch

$1,139

Rhetoric vs Reality

Ouisam Melhem

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

$2,373

Heavens Within: Surrealist Vogue Magazine Collage Artwork with Angels and Birds on Teal Linen Canvas

Maria Vetkalova

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$971

Frida Kahlo

Alberto Ricardo

Painting . 79 x 79 x 5 cm Painting . 31.1 x 31.1 x 2 inch

$1,281

Two Brothers (Red)

Peter Doig

Print . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.01 cm Print . 20 x 16 x 0 inch

$10,441

Guitare Et Partition (Marina Picasso Estate hand signed lithograph)

Pablo Picasso

Print . 75.6 x 55.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 29.75 x 21.75 x 0.1 inch

$2,669

Être meilleur

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

$2,729

Dessin C

Walter Ciandrini

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$712

Human Blue

Hom Nguyen

Print . 102 x 77 x 1 cm Print . 40.2 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

$2,254

Blue dress

Alena Di Santo

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

$808

Penseuse

Ousmane Dermé

Sculpture . 22 x 13.5 x 9 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 5.3 x 3.5 inch

$2,254

Rappel toi d'eux

Jéko

Painting . 130 x 97 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 inch

$4,153 $3,738

Selfie

Alexander Levich

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

$1,127

Sans titre (code 2607)

Walter Ciandrini

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

$2,005

L'Homme est un Loup pour l'Homme et un Relou pour la Femme

Miss.Tic

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

$3,310

Petite Lucile 8/8

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 43 x 15 x 13 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 5.9 x 5.1 inch

$5,814

Not A Terrorist

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print . 33.02 x 25.4 cm Print . 13 x 10 inch

$534

La Vie en Rose

Enrique Pichardo

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

$1,451

Metamorphose des Ritter

Salvador Dali

Print . 76 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.9 x 0 inch

$1,661

Masque

Mélanie Bourget

Sculpture . 18 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture . 7.1 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch

$558

Hope Of Deliverance (Papyrus)

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$1,424 $1,281

Keeping silence

Galya Popova

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,468

Fille Ballon Métal Rouge

Miguel Guía

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

$581

Girl in Bed, 1953

Lucian Freud

Print . 48.3 x 35.6 cm Print . 19 x 14 inch

$1,365

Chevalier Surrealiste (Jinete De Velasquez), Hand Signed Lithograph

Salvador Dali

Print . 73.7 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Print . 29 x 21 x 0.1 inch

$4,043

Blue Madonna

Tracey Emin

Print . 65.5 x 55.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.8 x 21.9 x 0 inch

$21,358

Sans titre

Walter Ciandrini

Painting . 100 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

$1,898

Maiden on Black

Katrin Rymsha

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,077

Fan Flowers

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Design . 25 x 16 x 14 cm Design . 9.8 x 6.3 x 5.5 inch

$2,361

Filles aux bas verts

Henri Matisse

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$1,448 $1,303

The Wedding

Tracey Emin

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

$18,015

Portrait of a girl with a red flower

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 74 x 56 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 22 x 0.8 inch

$1,305

Arc VI (1/8)

Jesus Curia

Sculpture . 91 x 13 x 40 cm Sculpture . 35.8 x 5.1 x 15.7 inch

$6,051

The black pride 2

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 2.5 inch

$1,024

Faune

Pablo Picasso

Print . 44.5 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.5 x 13.2 x 0 inch

$1,424

Neon Empress

Youthone

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

$1,281

Fire Sale - HPM 3/6

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$10,560

D.B. Immortel 70

Miguel Guía

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

$1,602

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

$1,068

Minotaure

Pablo Picasso

Print . 49 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 19.3 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

$949

Âme fortes

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,729

Urban Art Fair

Jef Aérosol

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,175

Living

Francesco Benigni

Painting . 70 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,305

Cécité Urbaine

Miss.Tic

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

$10,560

Henry IV

Salvador Dali

Print . 45 x 31.5 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.4 inch

$1,187

La procession des guerriers

Christophe Charbonnel

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

$295

The Guardian

Halyna Kirichenko

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

$997

Maiko in Springtime Kyoto

Takashi Murakami

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

$3,560

Kingston

Seaty

Painting . 39 x 23 x 4 cm Painting . 15.4 x 9.1 x 1.6 inch

$5,221

Oh Shit !

Gongas

Painting . 96 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 37.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,017

La Violoncelliste EA 5/30

Jef Aérosol

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,185

Fly Away

Ziegler T

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

$119

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

$593

Champagne et Musique

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$2,966

Yuzo [Dogu]

Takami Miyaoka

Sculpture . 25 x 17.5 x 9 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 6.9 x 3.5 inch

$1,780

Fleur Mourenx

Hervé Di Rosa

Print . 35 x 50 cm Print . 13.8 x 19.7 inch

$753

Kateryna

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

$973

Je crois en l'éternel féminin (framed)

Miss.Tic

Print . 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Print . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$2,254

Mask geometric - Geometric art

Tarek

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

$2,729

Calm and passion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bernard Simunovic

Painting . 139.7 x 68.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 27 x 2 inch

$10,469

Le Regard de David

Miguel Guía

Painting . 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$2,195

Let Him Kiss Me...

Salvador Dali

Print . 40.5 x 25 x 1 cm Print . 15.9 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

$2,966

Love is the Answer

Seaty

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$14,120

Sur le sable

Valérie Betoulaud

Painting . 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,542

Le cavalier

Pablo Picasso

Print . 64.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$10,679

Her Essence

Ivan Tverdun

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

$3,382

Unspoken

Erika Vilimaityte

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,848

The Mirror

Maka Batiashvili

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

$1,424

Waiting for the First Step

Iryna Bondar

Painting . 95 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,483

Hermès

Christophe Charbonnel

Sculpture . 45 x 19 x 23 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.5 x 9.1 inch

$11,865

L'enfant sourcier

Pierre Alechinsky

Print . 39 x 27 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch

$1,424

Frida Kahlo (2)

Maria De Campos

Painting . 65 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 18.1 x 1 inch

$1,542

Divine idylle : Coca-cola

AKET

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

$344

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires

Pablo Picasso

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

$6,502

Sentinelles

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 52 x 23 x 20 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 9.1 x 7.9 inch

$9,967

The Golden-Haired Girl

Mateos Sargsyan

Painting . 58 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,032

The Garden Within

Insane 51

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

$1,056

Douceur

Claire Bonnet-Masimbert

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$2,563

Le mystérieux

Robert Combas

Print . 50 x 27 x 1 cm Print . 19.7 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,424

Trilogía de Heroínas

Alberto Ricardo

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

$208

Nos peaux aiment d’amour

Miss.Tic

Print . 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Print . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$2,136

Après l'été

Jéko

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$1,661

Ireti (Hope) - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, African Woman

Taiwo Odejinmi

Painting . 50.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 18 x 1 inch

$1,563

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