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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Print, Reverie, Alphons Mucha

Alphons Mucha

Print - 60 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.3 x 0 inch

$1,428

Print, Boat Flyer, Peter Max

Peter Max

Print - 45.7 x 58.4 cm Print - 18 x 23 inch

$1,800

Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$847

Print, Oxymoron, Vhils

Vhils

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,663

Print, Lulu, Tom Wesselmann

Tom Wesselmann

Print - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

$12,500

Print, Apollo, Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Print - 33 x 43 cm Print - 13 x 16.9 inch

$531

Print, Balzac, Gen Paul

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

$363

Print, Les Appelants, Arman

Arman

Print - 38 x 28 x 1 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 0.4 inch

$472

Print, Annabel, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 76 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 x 0 inch

$3,510

Print, Le Torero, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

$5,446

Print, Europa, Eduardo Arroyo

Eduardo Arroyo

Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$1,803

Print, Irène, Le CyKlop

Le CyKlop

Print - 47 x 37 cm Print - 18.5 x 14.6 inch

$169

Painting, Untitled, Corneille

Corneille

Painting - 65 x 49 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

$3,147

Painting, Blushing Beauty, Peter Max

Peter Max

Painting - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,213

Painting, Day Dream, Peter Max

Peter Max

Painting - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,213

Painting, Statue Overpaint, Peter Max

Peter Max

Painting - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,213