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 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
$1,907
Portrait of leopard
Pierre-Yves Blasco
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,431
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
$1,150
I Expect
Esinulo Chiamaka Praise Chiamaka Praise
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,650
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
$11,921
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
$489
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
$834
Hats-Stah
Alberto Sordi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15 x 0 inch
$763
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,359
Salle d'attente à l'hospice
Jörg Hermle
Painting - 33 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,609
Kyne & Nonchelee - Untitled (Pink)
KYNE
Print - 52 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$8,202
Surreal composition 2
Candido Ballester
Painting - 65 x 80 x 0.04 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,669
Diva
Jay Russell
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$2,400
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
$715
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
$2,980
Self appreciation
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 80 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 26.5 x 1 inch
$1,650
Autoportrait
Maurice Lemaître
Photography - 45 x 30.5 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 12 x 0.4 inch
$954
Glimpse to Fate
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 105.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
Sunflower
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 137.2 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 38 x 1 inch
$1,600
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
$500
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
$644
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
$715
Woman with tied up
Ruperto Salvatierra Lazarte
Painting - 82 x 77 cm Painting - 32.3 x 30.3 inch
$1,490
Bouddha skateboard diptyque
Subson'Ink
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$894
Quantum Study (Whisper)
Marina Kappos
Painting - 40.64 x 40.64 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$5,186
The Sailor and the Mermaid - Lighthouse
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 85.1 x 85.1 x 4.8 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.9 inch
$3,521
Bats toi, ne baisse pas les bras et tu seras libre N°2
Jacob Diboum
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$393
Woman in red, triptych
Diana Fuchs
Painting - 80 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$5,000
Looking for inspiration
Anna Voronina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
Femme en jaune - Portait de femme
Céline Raphaël-Leygues
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$376
Promenade avec mon chat sur les épaules
William Goliasch
Painting - 128 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 50.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,296
Interwoven Existence: The Symphony of Nature and Humanity
Anastasya Lyulina
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Fafinette et Hmilo
Fafi
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$1,431
Fruitless Endeavor
Maria Tendo
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,500
Les quatre saisons au Japon "Les 3 japonais" - 2/8
Bertrand Desprez
Photography - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$358
Lady in red with flowers
Nicolle Menegaldo
Painting - 77 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 30.3 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,693
Golden equality 1
Aluu Prosper Chigozie
Painting - 61 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,500
Beauty of Blackness (Olanma)
Emeka Ndibam
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,250
La porte est toujours ouverte - série Les Poupées
Pierre Jarraud
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,235
Anecdote of the Light
Olomola Tobi
Painting - 50.8 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 inch
$1,600
Dessin / Sans titre
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$954
It's All in the Eye
Agbabiaka Oluwakayode
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,400
Wild rose 1
Osimeh Godstand Ederibhalo
Painting - 101.6 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 42 x 1 inch
$2,720
The new way fairer
Atilola Afeez Olanrewaju
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
Cosmos
Elsa Ohana
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$656
WIENER AKTIONISMUS MODIGLIANI Tribute 1970
E. Neuman
Painting - 55 x 46 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 inch
$2,325
Portait 8
Prochore Tchuidjang
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$954
Ombrellino (Umbrella)
Massimo Campigli
Painting - 115 x 125 x 0.6 cm Painting - 45.3 x 49.2 x 0.2 inch
$92,986
Apolo White. Head Sculpture. From the series Apollo
Paloma Castello
Sculpture - 43.9 x 27.9 x 30 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 11 x 11.8 inch
$2,000
La ronde de nuit
Isabelle Healy
Sculpture - 24 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$6,199