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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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

Print, De frente, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 46 x 63 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€550

Print, Yeux bleus, Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€550

Painting, Fragment # 9, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch

€180

Painting, Fragment # 8, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch

€180

Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€220

Painting, Homme, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€220

Print, Danse, Jacob Diboum

Jacob Diboum

Print - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€150

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, 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, One People, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

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

€2,466

Print, Perception, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 86.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Print - 34 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,277

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

€6,342

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch

€580

Print, Zurbaran, Modest Cuixart

Modest Cuixart

Print - 69.45 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print - 27.3 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,000

Print, Romance, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 44.5 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.5 x 12.8 x 0 inch

€540

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

Fine Art Drawings, Jungle men, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€220

Fine Art Drawings, Femme au miroir, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€220

Fine Art Drawings, Deux femmes, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€250

Print, Juanito, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€400

Print, Juanito 3, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€400