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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Painting, Ballerinas, Dima Filatov

Dima Filatov

Painting - 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€760

Painting, Paranoïa, Kokian

Kokian

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€690

Painting, Beauté 15, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Fine Art Drawings, Costumer Design, Erte Tirtoff

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch

€3,400

Painting, Goodbye Era, Dima Filatov

Dima Filatov

Painting - 121 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€750

Painting, Basquiat, Maria De Campos

Maria De Campos

Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Painting, Lydia, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,488

Painting, Esosa 2, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,154

Painting, Tife, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,173

Painting, Adanne, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,263

Painting, Rimbaud, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

Painting - 180 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€11,000

Painting, Nubile, Charles Osaro

Charles Osaro

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,579

Painting, Aspectus 1, Charles Osaro

Charles Osaro

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,066

Painting, Duchess, Géraldine Ragon

Géraldine Ragon

Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,990

Painting, Not alone, Mayowa Esan

Mayowa Esan

Painting - 110.5 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43.5 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€3,608

Painting, Solitaire 3, Kehinde Mayowa

Kehinde Mayowa

Painting - 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€2,029

Painting, Patience, Kehinde Mayowa

Kehinde Mayowa

Painting - 90.2 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch

€2,029

Painting, Portrait, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€900

Painting, Portrait, Mateos Sargsyan

Mateos Sargsyan

Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€812

Painting, Autorretrato, Ana Seggiaro

Ana Seggiaro

Painting - 110 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€2,255

Painting, John / Paul, Le Closier

Le Closier

Painting - 101 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 39.8 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Sculpture, N° 197, Mario Dilitz

Mario Dilitz

Sculpture - 90 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

€21,000

Print, James Bond, James Chiew

James Chiew

Print - 150 x 100 x 7 cm Print - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch

€8,500

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