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, Eye To Eye, Gomad

Gomad

Print - 50 x 70 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

$156

Print, Truth, Hombre

Hombre

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$96

Print, Woman, Léon Lang

Léon Lang

Print - 35 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 13.8 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

$364

Print, Woman, Mario Tozzi

Mario Tozzi

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

$461

Print, Marilyn, Retronova

Retronova

Print - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Print - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Print, The Scream, Nino Pedone

Nino Pedone

Print - 47 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 26 x 0 inch

$364

Fine Art Drawings, Nimeño II, José Pirès

José Pirès

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 44 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17.3 inch

$594

Print, Shattered Honor, SISC

SISC

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$303

Print, El Festejo, Aryz

Aryz

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

$1,698

Print, In Deference, Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat

Print - 64.8 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Print - 25.5 x 40 x 1 inch

$25,000

Print, Louise, André Juillard

André Juillard

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

$267

Print, Sans titre, Marion Semple

Marion Semple

Print - 50 x 35 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$170

Print, Sans titre, Didier Moreau

Didier Moreau

Print - 64.5 x 48 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.4 x 18.9 x 0 inch

$303

Print, La géante, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 71 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 28 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$3,032 $2,578

Print, Caballero, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print - 101 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.8 x 31.9 x 0 inch

$9,534

Print, L'Acrobate, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,225

Print, Marilyn Monroe, Erró

Erró

Print - 85.1 x 106.7 cm Print - 33.5 x 42 inch

$950

Print, Rita, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 66 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 20.1 x 0 inch

$1,698

Print, Nuit d"été, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

$1,698

Print, Les cheveux, Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$1,456

Print, The Dance, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

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

$1,456

Print, Vermeer, Erró

Erró

Print - 58.4 x 80 cm Print - 23 x 31.5 inch

$850