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, Inuit, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 27 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.6 x 13.6 x 0 inch

$302

Fine Art Drawings, Tendresse III, Nathalie Grenier

Nathalie Grenier

Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,692

Print, Giant, Peter Blake

Peter Blake

Print - 26 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 8.5 x 0 inch

$725

Print, Pas de titre, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$3,383

Print, Le coeur, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 67 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$574

Print, Trap, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$700

Fine Art Drawings, Loneliness, Nina Narimanishvili

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$1,510

Print, Juanito, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

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

$483

Print, Juanito 3, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

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

$483

Painting, Tropic # 14, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$181

Print, Stand Tall, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 106.7 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print - 42 x 39 x 1 inch

$3,190

Print, The Amazon, Zeina Assi

Zeina Assi

Print - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,450

Print, Superman, Zeina Assi

Zeina Assi

Print - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,449

Photography, A new world, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography - 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 32 x 39 x 1 inch

$1,489

Print, Anfititre, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 20 x 20 x 0.01 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$205

Print, Galene, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 20 x 20 x 0.01 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$205

Print, Ceto, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 35 x 25 x 0.01 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$362

Print, Warrior 2, Vasil Angelov

Vasil Angelov

Print - 99 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 39 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,196

Print, Glory 1, Vasil Angelov

Vasil Angelov

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,196

Print, Etreinte, Ivan Messac

Ivan Messac

Print - 57.5 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$967

Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

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

$266