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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My precious
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,131
Riding Together
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,964
Girl With a Cat
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,964
Girl Named as Lily
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$1,964
Topographie Humaine II
Olivier Furter
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,143
La reine et l'épouse
Yoël Benharrouche
Print - 78 x 106 x 2 cm Print - 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,096
Les senteurs parfumées du ciel
Yoël Benharrouche
Print - 75 x 62 x 1 cm Print - 29.5 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,096
Women no cry
Damien Berrard
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$3,572 $1,786
Femme en rouge au chapelet
Damien Berrard
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$4,762 $2,381
En attente du futur
Tatiana Ivchenkova
Painting - 60 x 42 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
Eyes of the sparrow
Charles Osaro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,048
I Am My Own Bestie
Charles Osaro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,275
Head - Face/War in Ukraine
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2.2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$4,048
All Night Food - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$792
She Learned To Value Herself
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
She Learned To See Herself
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
She Learned To Value Her Freedom
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
She Learned To Value Her Choices
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
She Learned To Value Her Own Sensuality
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
She Learned To Be Centered
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,619
Haïtienne – 1.1
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,339
Haïtienne – 1 .0
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,232
Iggy Fuck !
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,637
Réflexion de la Séduction....
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,976
China Girl - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$679
La cage et la couleur des fleurs
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 61 x 152 x 6 cm Painting - 24 x 59.8 x 2.4 inch
$26,787
Nebula No. 6, Series IV
Mario Henrique
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$7,024
Visitation d'un Tcherniakh
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$6,548
Paris C'est Bonbon
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1 inch
$11,905
Johann Georg Pinsel
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$9,524
Peres Fondateurs d'Europe
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 114 x 148 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 58.3 x 1 inch
$14,286
Luciano Pavarotti
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 45.3 x 1 inch
$9,524
Spyrou Et Pro-Magnon2
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$29,763
Le Roi Des Chefs Et Le Chef Des Rois
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
$27,382
Cinema Et Musique
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
$23,810
Kim Kardashian Et Venus
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$27,739
Hesiode Et Homere
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$23,810
Daqian Et Picasso
Orest Hrytsak
Painting - 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$30,953
Backstage XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,250
Sans titre (portrait jaune)
Irina Dopont
Painting - 100 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Woman of Virtue (Feminine Epidemic series)
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,200
Serge et Jane in New York
Tarek X Mat Elbé
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$714
Beauty in the Dark 2
Ashola'sa Daniel
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,800