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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Habit de Scène 6
Alexandra Chauchereau
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$549 $495
Dancing in the light
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,156 $867
Je n'irai plus chez mon coiffeur
Maxime Frairot
Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$347
Un Jour de Janvier
Maxime Frairot
Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$272
West coast jazz
Pascal Therme
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$798
Merci au Photographe
Maxime Frairot
Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$347
Geisha's serenity
Thibault Vigneron
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,618
Eva Herzigova chez Chanel vintage
Pascal Therme
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$462
Minnie Stone Style
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$2,890
Autoportrait 6
Christian Dugardeyn
Painting - 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,543
Eva Herzigova, en Westwood, collection Fall Winter 1995
Pascal Therme
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$347
Divinité III (7)
Dasz Panda
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$925
To the Third Floor
Kamo Ohanyan
Painting - 62 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$650 $520
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
$855
F0253 – La fascinante
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,890
Danseuse auréolée
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,098
"Pearls" la dernière séance (1962)
Bert Stern
Photography - 26 x 37 x 2 cm Photography - 10.2 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
Mechanical body in colors
Richard Lindner
Print - 42 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.5 x 12 x 0 inch
$347
Sleeping Girl
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,271
Raquel Welch on the Cross
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch
$14,900 $13,410
Into the deep
Isabelle van Zeijl
Photography - 152.4 x 120.7 cm Photography - 60 x 47.5 inch
$16,000 $14,400
Prêtresse - Format L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,081
Femme à lunette
Luc Masson-Todeschini
Photography - 27.6 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$347
Flora and Fauna
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 95 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,779
Dreaming Muse #1
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,849
Au pays du soleil
Rebecca de Cachard
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,387
Série Backstage - F0597 – The alien
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$173
Cirque du Soleil n.34
Sergio Barletta
Painting - 140 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$13,293
Cirque du Soleil n.7
Sergio Barletta
Painting - 140 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$10,172
Cirque du Soleil n.31
Sergio Barletta
Painting - 140 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$13,293
Sitting Model
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 100 x 88 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,709
