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Man machine
Louis Durand
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$425
David Bowie "Rhythm Roulette"
Markus Klinko
Print - 101.6 x 84.6 x 2.5 cm Print - 40 x 33.3 x 1 inch
$13,700
Two Men
Pierre Georges Jeanniot
Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$336
Jeune fille espagnole au foulard
Edouard Morerod
Painting - 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,462
Personnage assis " Gong Hill Frontière du Tanganyika - Kenya"
Alois Wittlin
Painting - 65 x 53.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,391
Rendez-vous
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$358
Etude pour Raboliot
Jean Commère
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 27 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$336
Carnegie Hall (serie Smart Barby)
Isa Sator
Painting - 120 x 60 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 inch
$3,579
Le chahut - Carnaval de Dunkerque
Nadine Vitel
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
$2,517
George Harrison
Mark Carpenter
Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 10 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3 x 3.9 x 0.2 inch
$89
Criminal Glam Boy XXL
Ruslan Minzhynskii
Sculpture - 75 x 47 x 28 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 18.5 x 11 inch
$3,915
Femme Invisible - Je te tourne le dos
Saul
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 6.3 inch
$5,033
Fillette aux boucles rousse
Lucien-Philippe Moretti
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,333
Jeune femme hongroise avec un miroir
Gyula Kovács
Painting - 60 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,088
Femme d'Afrique du Nord
Francisque Noailly
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,388
The Feast of Trimalchio
AES + F
Photography - 42 x 55.5 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 21.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,355
Homme devant la fenêtre
Victor Ruzo
Painting - 85 x 54.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,345
Portrait d'un notable
J.F. Meyer
Painting - 58 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 22.8 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,321
Notable à moustache
Jules Matthey
Painting - 81 x 65.5 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,282
Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Dame à lunettes assise
Paul Théophile Robert
Painting - 82 x 75.5 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 29.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,443
Nevermore 3
Luis Enrique Toledo
Painting - 116.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 36 x 1 inch
$17,000
Le malade imaginaire de Molière
Otto II Vautier
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 52.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 20.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,931
Le vendeur de rue
Edouard Menta
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,720
Kids playing, Is that what you wanted?
Earl of Bushwick
Print - 101 x 135 x 3 cm Print - 39.8 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
$17,303
Memory insect 3
Shilpa Joglekar
Photography - 44 x 44 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.3 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$503
Karl Lagerfeld - ©Versace Home
Garotto
Design - 97 x 84 x 2 cm Design - 38.2 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,698
Kore's Head Couple
Nicola D'Antino
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 38 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 15 inch
$35,791
La marchande de poissons, Genève 1814
Alexandre Cingria
Painting - 110.2 x 78 x 1 cm Painting - 43.4 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,935
Prisioner of consumerism
Emil Gumiel
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 inch
$447
La bougie
Henriette Barety
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$447
Jeune fille au bord de la fenêtre
Fritz Glarner
Painting - 92 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,353
Everything you can imagine is real
Chris Boyle
Print - 84 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 33.1 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$369
Jeune femme en costume oriental et bouquet de fleurs
Blanche Pierron
Painting - 85 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,227
THINKING ABOUT : VIRTUAL CONTEMPLATION OR NAVIGATING THE MIND’S CODE
Sumomo Kanashiwa
Painting - 140 x 123 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 48.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,711
Louis en marinière
LN Le Pape
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$179
Abstract portrait blue
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 9.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$212
The True North
Roldán Lauzán Eiras
Painting - 170 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,849
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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!