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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Couli #1, From Lullaby Series
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch
€2,279
When Silence Dances - 21st Century, Figurative, African, Women, Body Writing
Jethro King Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,686
Black Girl Magic - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Love, Couple
Ogbonna Francis
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,415
Comfort Zone
Anastasia Gladkova (Naska)
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.4 inch
€1,823
Que de la bouche !
Nicolas Denigot
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
€2,400 €2,040
The moment of the eternal everything
William Oxer F.R.S.A.
Painting - 40.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 11 x 1 inch
€1,732
Sisters - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Modern
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,051
The colors of my mind
Alessandro Casetti
Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
€5,100
Coupling in Istropolis
Konstantinos Papaioannou
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,300
Hampstead Head
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€4,200
Girl with a Cat
David Popiashvili
Painting - 43 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 16.9 x 12 x 1.6 inch
€1,458
La fille de Kazan - Portrait de femme
Anthony Shagan
Painting - 61 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,950
Sisters in Harmony -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Sola Ojo
Painting - 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,777
Thread of Companionship
Toheeb Ibrahim
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,413
The Village Musician
Alexander Ishchenko
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,823
Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon
Max Skoblinsky
Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Three Muses
Sophia Dobreva – Nolita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,435
Faye Dunaway at the Pool, Lying Down (posthumous print) (S)
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€5,104
First Fruit - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mother and Child
Ani Izuchukwu Valentine
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,375
Cosmic Profile (original mixed media and watercolor)
Peter Max
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
€3,076
Diego Rivera
Marcel Sternberger
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€1,458
La Petite Fille
Edgar Degas
Sculpture - 100 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
€35,000
Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin
Victor Sheleg
Painting - 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€3,208
Pertinance
Casper Versluis
Sculpture - 48.5 x 24.5 x 18.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 9.6 x 7.3 inch
€1,800
La petite Sainte Coquette
Svetlana Melik-Nubarova
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
€950 €685
Neon Diva from the Castelloland series.
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,139
Sweet and Sour
Ganiyat Abdulazeez
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,917
Mickey Mouse
Juliane Hundertmark
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
€2,300
Catechismo Classe 2
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
Paris, Déambulation 3
Anne Niewiadomski
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
I’ll be with her when the roses bloom again
Filippa Bjerling
Painting - 103 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch
€2,300
The Pianist #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€650
Alors Nino tu marches ?
Clément Herrmann
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€800
These 2 photos were taken ....
Ben
Photography - 30 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
€4,000
Untitled
Larissa De Jesus Negron
Painting - 34.3 x 27.9 x 2 cm Painting - 13.5 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€2,734
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€12,800