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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Sentirsi soli dietro le quinte
Grazia Salierno
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€430
Papillon Enchanté
Joël Moens
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€5,950
Icon of Style. Kate Moss
Inga Savina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,185
Jour des rameaux
Matthieu Chazal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
XXVIII 1 // XXVIII Wodaabe, Chad (XL)
Jimmy Nelson
Photography - 170 x 207.5 cm Photography - 66.93 x 81.69 inch
€54,686
J'ai perdu un peu de moi quelque part...
Sophie Hustin
Sculpture - 163 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture - 64.2 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch
€6,900
Illumination, Version III
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 185.4 x 40.6 x 45.7 cm Sculpture - 73 x 16 x 18 inch
€17,000
Kampa do Rio Amônea Indigenous Territory, State of Acre, Brazil (M)
Sebastião Salgado
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
€9,114
Head in the Clouds (framed hand signed giclee)
Kayla Mahaffey
Print - 50.8 x 61 x 0.3 cm Print - 20 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€1,367
Jane's two faces
Gisèle Zanellato
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
Softer then tender
Valeriya Salnikova
Painting - 90 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,823
Tendresse - personnages fantasmagoriques
Agnès Salle
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
Personnages VIII
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€160
Portrait de jeune fille
Emile-François Chambon
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 24.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 9.6 x 0.1 inch
€699
Ma come siamo fru fru
Giusy Lauriola
Painting - 14 x 14 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inch
€280
Attention !!! Escargot
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 37 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch
€2,245
Peek-A-Boo - 1
Gabriela Noelle
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
€660
Lébèné
Tesprit Foli Kossi Gerard Tete
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,200
Portrait Head 083 Pop - Italian School NSWE
Dario Moschetta
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Portrait of leopard
Pierre-Yves Blasco
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
I Can't Recall It Lightly At All (Copper)
B.D. White
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,048
I Expect
Esinulo Chiamaka Praise Chiamaka Praise
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,504
Cubomanie - Portrait de M. Wallon
Gherasim Luca
Print - 14 x 10.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 5.5 x 4.1 x 0 inch
€10,000
You look at me sadly, Nevo 1
Nevelin Ivanov
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€410
Girls
Erhard Klepper
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
Hats-Stah
Alberto Sordi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15 x 0 inch
€640
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,140
Salle d'attente à l'hospice
Jörg Hermle
Painting - 33 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,350
Kyne & Nonchelee - Untitled (Pink)
KYNE
Print - 52 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€6,880
Surreal composition 2
Candido Ballester
Painting - 65 x 80 x 0.04 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
Diva
Jay Russell
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
€2,187
Portrait of Benito Mussolini
Alberto Manetti
Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.1 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
Trois Grâces
Jules Pascin
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 16.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Self appreciation
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 80 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 26.5 x 1 inch
€1,504
Autoportrait
Maurice Lemaître
Photography - 45 x 30.5 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 12 x 0.4 inch
€800
Glimpse to Fate
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 105.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,823
Sunflower
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 137.2 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 38 x 1 inch
€1,458
Tallulah Bankhead
Paloma Castello
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
€456
Figure of Man
Marcel Vertès
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€540
Laurie petite fille
Mariette Lydis
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 24.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.7 x 0 inch
€600