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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Fine Art Drawings, The General, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 42.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch

€600

Painting, La dame brune, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,300

Painting, Plaque # 3, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€190

Photography, Reminiscence, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 59.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,167

Print, Diana, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print - 92 x 95 x 0.01 cm Print - 36.2 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€8,850

Print, Lavoratore, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 150 x 98 x 0.1 cm Print - 59.1 x 38.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Print, Reflejos II, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 65 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 28 x 0 inch

€3,200

Print, Profile, Peter Max

Peter Max

Print - 57.2 x 48.3 cm Print - 22.5 x 19 inch

€1,616

Print, Sans Titre, Mimmo Paladino

Mimmo Paladino

Print - 29.3 x 23.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.5 x 9.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Tête, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€100

Print, Elektra, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 82 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 32.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Print, B6, Sandro Chia

B6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, A6, Sandro Chia

A6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€1,000

Painting, Sunburn, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€800

Print, Saltarí, Modest Cuixart

Modest Cuixart

Print - 69 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print - 27.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,000

Painting, Ethnic 3, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, One People, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 39 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,514

Photography, The lotus song, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 100.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59 x 0.1 inch

€6,466

Print, Couple, Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton

Print - 55 x 44 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,900