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Margret Hübschen
Sculpture - 14 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch
$2,065
Vieil homme à la pipe
Louis Granata
Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
La route est longue pour Gibraltar
Antonio Almodovar
Painting - 46 x 38 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 inch
$1,172
La Froideur de l'Hiems 2
Ella Elijah
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$580
Time Flies but Memory Stays
Adha Widayansah
Painting - 75 x 60 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,540
Tokyo Pic Nic II
Motohiko Hasui
Photography - 45.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$558
Dottor Pupius
Massimo Festi
Photography - 200 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,674
In Search of Peace
Sudipto Tewari
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 61 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 24 inch
$1,079
Sans Titre (DED463027)
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$179
Jeune fille
Albert Chavaz
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$904
Hope and happiness
John Mastrogiacomo
Photography - 40.6 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,105
Marie-Antoinette - série Reine de France
Tara Soultana
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$837
Rimbaud - Arthur Headphone (travail des mains)
CharlElie Couture
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,679
Smile Sourire
Moon Shin
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$39,070 $19,535
Untitled (5). From series: Secret Photography - Cliché Verre and Photograms
Eliška Bartek
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$2,567
Verleiding (Temptation)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 44 x 12 x 10 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 4.7 x 3.9 inch
$5,470
Allégorie du havre
Juliane Blasquez
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,172
Te tiny esther & coffee
Jeong Won Chun
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,660
Chien Pigeon Paris 1978 Paris Dog Pigeon
Pierre Van Poucke
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$726
Surreal Dream in Blue
Alice Zilberberg
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
Holy mum - Triptyque
Laurelia Brizard
Photography - 90 x 180 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 70.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,786
Peaceful conversation
Hayk Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600 $510
Le père est sa famille
Robert Koumassadouno
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,065
Jeunes femmes africaines en cérémonie de mariage
Irina Condé
Painting - 121 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 47.6 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,221
Eyes on me custom skate deck skateboard
Andrew Wallas
Painting - 22 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$949
A date with Elvis
Josep Tornero
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$1,786
Fight for a reason
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,907
Excelsior
Luis Martins dit L7Matrix
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$5,023
L'homme au short
Pascal Bruandet
Fine Art Drawings - 170 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 66.9 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,674
Dear Ugly Future
Volkan Aslan
Sculpture - 55 x 27 x 34 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 10.6 x 13.4 inch
$6,698
Femme mécanique n°3
Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 5.9 inch
$502
Dame à l'éventail
Vittorio Gussoni
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,907
Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series
Yang Du
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$2,233
La force du silence
Edward Vandaele
Sculpture - 160 x 60 x 50 cm Sculpture - 63 x 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$9,600
Hommage à Dubuffet Coucou Bordel
Signé Dupied
Painting - 65 x 54 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 2 inch
$1,228
Il fait sombre quand on est seul - série silhouette humaine
Maryline Rigaut
Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
$195
Rostros imaginarios
Montserrat Tobella Bosch
Painting - 44 x 26 x 1.5 cm Painting - 17.3 x 10.2 x 0.6 inch
$4,019
Fluidity of a woman V
Katya Taneva
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,840
Metamophosis. The Soul.
Ekaterina Shitova
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$558
El gato de Velázquez o Paseo en la eternidad
Juan Carlos Romano
Painting - 99 x 99 cm Painting - 39 x 39 inch
$5,023
Jeune femme coiffure Charleston et robe bleue
Charles Émile Moïse Hornung
Fine Art Drawings - 64.5 x 51.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,373
Jeune fille au Bouquet
Paul Braig
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
$558
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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!