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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Photography, Alejandra, Cristina Fontsare

Cristina Fontsare

Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$979

Painting, Sans Titre, Meteo Meteo

Meteo Meteo

Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch

$795 $557

Painting, Résilience, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,713

Print, Le coeur, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 67 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$581

Painting, Mobile 2, Alexandre Akar

Alexandre Akar

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,202

Painting, Passione, Kristina Mallen

Kristina Mallen

Painting - 65 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,040

Painting, Amore, Kristina Mallen

Kristina Mallen

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,040

Photography, Himba Child II, John Kenny

John Kenny

Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,116

Photography, Litiriyan, John Kenny

John Kenny

Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,176

Photography, Otjitando, John Kenny

John Kenny

Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,333

Photography, Nambuele, John Kenny

John Kenny

Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,333

Painting, Là-bas, AE2

AE2

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$1,688

Sculpture, Legend, Rumiana Rusinova

Rumiana Rusinova

Sculpture - 34 x 32 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 12.6 x 4.7 inch

$5,506

Painting, Flora, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting - 36 x 9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14.2 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch

$288 $259

Painting, Araldo, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting - 20.5 x 50 x 0.6 cm Painting - 8.1 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$477 $429

Painting, Chaplin 2002, Dr Hide

Dr Hide

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,447 $1,958

Painting, Flowers and cigarettes, AE2

AE2

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,688

Painting, Derrière sa fenêtre, AE2

AE2

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,688

Painting, Pêcheur, Em'Ji

Em'Ji

Painting - 106 x 74 x 4 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.1 x 1.6 inch

$2,936

Fine Art Drawings, Reciprocity 8, Agathe Wagner

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13 x 0.4 inch

$612

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Agathe Wagner

Agathe Wagner

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.1 inch

$734

Painting, Scoop 2, Agathe Wagner

Agathe Wagner

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,223

Sculpture, Anticipation, Kamo Aloyan

Kamo Aloyan

Sculpture - 27 x 49 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 19.3 x 3.9 inch

$4,000

Sculpture, Thoughtful Pose, Kamo Aloyan

Kamo Aloyan

Sculpture - 43 x 27 x 11 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 10.6 x 4.3 inch

$4,500

Sculpture, Motherhood, Kamo Aloyan

Kamo Aloyan

Sculpture - 35 x 26 x 24 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 10.2 x 9.4 inch

$5,500

Painting, Orco, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting - 18 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.7 x 0 inch

$128

Sculpture, va te faire m..., Capocci

Capocci

Sculpture - 16 x 6 x 5 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 2.4 x 2 inch

$428

Sculpture, Louisiane, Nella Buscot

Nella Buscot

Sculpture - 71 x 18 x 23 cm Sculpture - 28 x 7.1 x 9.1 inch

$15,294

Painting, Elle, Onemizer

Onemizer

Painting - 146 x 89 x 5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 35 x 2 inch

$6,117

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