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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Painting, Fée, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 39 x 22 cm Painting - 15.4 x 8.7 inch

$2,181

Painting, Luana, Walter Minus

Walter Minus

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$1,078

Painting, Personnage, Albert Chubac

Albert Chubac

Painting - 50 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,454

Painting, Desire, Sasha Bernardes

Sasha Bernardes

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.2 inch

$1,636

Painting, Brancacci 87, Thomas Lange

Thomas Lange

Painting - 69.3 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.3 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$1,333

Painting, Shirt, Rebecca Ness

Rebecca Ness

Painting - 33 x 25.4 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13 x 10 x 0.6 inch

$18,000

Fine Art Drawings, Gesture I, Pablo Viracocha

Pablo Viracocha

Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 13 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 5.1 inch

$412

Fine Art Drawings, Bénédiction, Dan Solojoff

Dan Solojoff

Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 inch

$303

Fine Art Drawings, Gremlins, Karine Nicolleau

Karine Nicolleau

Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$242

Painting, Hapers MX, Connie Lim

Connie Lim

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$1,212

Fine Art Drawings, Emprise, Min Kyoung Lee

Min Kyoung Lee

Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

$545

Painting, Untitled 1, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$848

Fine Art Drawings, In the Bar, Alla Kechedzhan

Alla Kechedzhan

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$1,575

Fine Art Drawings, Stranger, Alla Kechedzhan

Alla Kechedzhan

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$1,333

Fine Art Drawings, Costumer Design, Erte Tirtoff

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch

$4,120

Painting, L'accueil, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 39 x 22 cm Painting - 15.4 x 8.7 inch

$2,181

Painting, Sans titre, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$3,029

Fine Art Drawings, Demain après-midi, Erte Tirtoff

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.2 x 0 inch

$4,604

Painting, Croquette, Sasha Bernardes

Sasha Bernardes

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.2 inch

$1,393

Painting, Strangers, Sasha Bernardes

Sasha Bernardes

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.2 inch

$1,636

Painting, Dice, Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Painting - 94 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 51 x 1 inch

$450,000

Fine Art Drawings, Queen Camilla, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$1,000