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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Portrait

Entrelacées

Mer noir

Woman Hiking up her Dress

Paris, Moulin Rouge La Goulue

Illuminating Hope

Bar Paris

Bones are forever

Loyality

Botched babe

Umano

Jack in the Box

Torero

Beyond This Earth (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature

4 Orchestres

Sans Titre

On est notre environnement (Mathieu)

Jojo la croqueuse d'hommes

Kabacha

Resilience

Bonheur Éphémère

First Contact 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Motherhood, Acrylic Dip

Association Day 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Africa Home

Lady in Pearl -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Beautiful

The colors of my mind

Reflection - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa

Bound By Time 1

Joie - Série portrait graphique

Coupling in Istropolis

Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon

Three Muses

Faye Dunaway at the Pool, Lying Down (posthumous print) (S)

Out of Blue

Sweet stories

Ksenia

Catechismo Classe 2

Portrait 2

First Fruit - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mother and Child

Vallejo

Ensemble

Emprise

La question

Autoportrait

Sans-titre

Betty (D)

Bubble Gum

Dali forever

Liberation

Études pour les passants

Two Faces Of One Woman

Historia

Uma

Happiness Is Something That You Share

Academia (maquette), The Dancers

After fire comes water

Portrait of a farmer

Personnages

Couple

The guitar player

Frida (Murray)

From the back of my eyes

Chaplin 2002

The Lady and the Peacock

The Entertainer

Education Cystal Clear

An Ode of False Bonds