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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I believe in Pink n°2
Véronique Baleste
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
PapierBulle/Thai Boxing
Christophe Ruiz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€900
Lovers COCTEAU et Jean MARAIS Les Amants
Jean Marais
Print - 60 x 45 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
€750
Gorilla and Hummingbird
Hani Badawi Leo
Print - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Print - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€700 €630
Autoportrait
César Baldaccini
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15.8 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.2 x 0 inch
€2,500
Fantasy Art II (una jóven con el pelo floral)
Vesna Udicki Vucetic
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,850
Babolex Snoop Dogg
Vincent Faudemer
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€1,900
Al Despertar - Upon Awakening
Peperina Magenta
Print - 90.2 x 59.7 x 1.3 cm Print - 35.5 x 23.5 x 0.5 inch
€4,359
Matka Bozia, The Purification of Our Lady
Marcelina Amelia
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Child & Child on Armchair
Antonio Mellone
Painting - 55 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€550
Sans titre
Menachem Gueffen
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11 x 0.4 inch
€580
The Secret Life of Heroes – Catwoman
Greg Léon Guillemin
Print - 81 x 20.5 x 2 cm Print - 31.9 x 8.1 x 0.8 inch
€390
The Ladder of Jacob
Edward Ben Avram
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€2,226
Once Given a White Rose 2
Agbalaya Abdulahi Opeyemi
Painting - 33 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 10 x 1 inch
€603
Hold Up
Jean-Charles De Castelbajac
Design - 26.5 x 26.5 x 2 cm Design - 10.4 x 10.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,990
Lady with a hand fan
Anatoly Metlan
Painting - 91 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24 x 1 inch
€6,306
Ventre de Paris
Mikhail Chemiakine
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€2,200
Laure retour de match
Bertrand De Cointet
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€720
Girl at the table
Butkovsky Nikolai
Painting - 40 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€660
Woman of Integrity
Taiwo Oguntola
Painting - 58.4 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,484
In the silence
Roman Rembovsky
Painting - 119.9 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€11,145
El Bosque De Los Mitos. From The Series Of Revelación,
Daniel Casique
Painting - 75 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 29.52 x 23.62 x 2 inch
€2,319
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€8,425
The Freedom Rider
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,298
Andi with Rolleiflex in Yamamoto coat
Oliver Hadji
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€800
Many Years Later (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)
Bulat Valeriy
Painting - 54 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
€750
Who Are These Angels CXLIII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1.5 inch
€788
Binti mrembo (beautiful girl)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
€1,890
Enigma IV - scène de vie onirique inspiré du paysage d'Hourtin plage, presqu'île du Médoc
Ti Ban
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
Délia Fille de la Mer
Laurent Chimento
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€630
Self-Worth 2
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
€3,014
