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, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

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

$4,115

Print, Don José, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

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

$5,446

Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

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

$5,446

Print, Micaela, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

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

$5,446

Print, Le Picador, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 55 x 75 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

$4,236

Print, Zoé, Le CyKlop

Le CyKlop

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

$169

Print, Shell, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

Print - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$799

Print, Homère, Le CyKlop

Le CyKlop

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

$169

Print, Ulysse, Le CyKlop

Le CyKlop

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

$169

Print, Bleu, Corneille

Corneille

Print - 35 x 27 x 1 cm Print - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch

$424

Print, Éternel Retour, Levalet

Levalet

Print - 85 x 65 x 0.01 cm Print - 33.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$424

Print, Couple, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0 inch

$968

Print, Bound Man, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 78.7 x 66 cm Print - 31 x 26 inch

$850

Print, Manifeste, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0 inch

$968

Print, Dreamer, Laksamana Ryo

Laksamana Ryo

Print - 91 x 72 x 1 cm Print - 35.8 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

$1,331

Print, B6, Sandro Chia

B6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,179

Print, A6, Sandro Chia

A6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,179

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch

$1,210

Print, Red Boat, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print - 80 x 120 x 0.01 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$7,141

Print, Pine Tree, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print - 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$4,236

Print, Ingres and I, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print - 80 x 120 x 0.01 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$5,689

Print, Garbage Hill, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print - 80 x 120 x 0.01 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$4,841

Print, Birds of Peace, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print - 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$8,472

Print, Le Roi nu, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 57 x 77 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 30.3 x 0 inch

$787