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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La chica del norte 4/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 90 x 18 x 18 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 7.1 x 7.1 inch
€14,000
South Beach Kid Cup - Framed
Léo & Steph
Print - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Print - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,820 €1,729
Kuluso (Ant-Lion Larvae)
Adegbenro Adeola
Painting - 147.3 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 58 x 46 x 1 inch
€4,551
The girl from Ipanema
Axelle Sodade
Painting - 130 x 89 x 3.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 1.4 inch
€4,180
Future is now
Lindokuhle Khumalo
Painting - 70.1 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€2,549
Echo's answer
Andrea Michaelsson BTOY
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€450
Asian tourist in front of Gudvangen
Hans Kristian Riise
Photography - 64 x 79 x 3 cm Photography - 25.2 x 31.1 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Angel of sweetness, I miss you
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€10,500
Blue Portrait 1979 Collection MMCA National Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Boong Hyun Choi
Painting - 115 x 88 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 34.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,950 €6,475
With a blue cat. At the pink table
Sasha Katinauskiene
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000 €900
Untittle
Elena Naushirvanova
Painting - 78 x 54 x 0.2 cm Painting - 30.7 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
€1,000 €900
Collage on paper Lullaby for a cat.
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€75
Date
Nina Tsorieva
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
€450 €405
Series Non-standard configurations
Tatiana Nega
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,100 €990
Petite penseuse
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 20 x 14.5 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.7 x 4.3 inch
€3,600
Femme enroulée 1
Changzheng Zhu
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 0 inch
€125
Lady en rose Lady in pink
P. Berend
Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€1,950 €975
Liberation
Tatjana Rusakova
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 11 x 0 inch
€80
We Need You!
tizlu
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,600 €1,200
Menina Air et Métal Nickel Rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 21 x 37 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.3 x 14.6 inch
€1,580
Floating Serves
Karen Akhikyan
Sculpture - 50 x 28 x 16 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11 x 6.3 inch
€1,638 €1,393
Haiconca (Edition or jaune métallisé)
Fin DAC
Print - 80 x 51 cm Print - 31.5 x 20.1 inch
€1,350 €1,215
Me and You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Love Africa Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,958
Love Between Friends - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,958
Marc Jacobs fall 2020
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€637
Alessandro Michelle yellow
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€637
The palette of life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,200 €2,880
El Revolucionario
James Sparshatt
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€980
El caballero
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€1,356
Hexa Flowery Audrey
Priscilla Vettese
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€420 €378
Hexa Flowery Frida
Priscilla Vettese
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€420 €378
Baiser masqué sur plan de Paris
C215
Painting - 59 x 73 cm Painting - 23.2 x 28.7 inch
€4,300 €3,870
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 6
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 3
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Qu'est ce qu'on attend 2
Flo Jaouen
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
La vieja guajira
James Sparshatt
Photography - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€734
Fours traditionnel à bois pour le porcelaine
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€500
Raconte moi toutes tes histoires, en ramassant du bois flotté
Jéko
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,600 €2,340
N° 1007 Bruscamente con bravura.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€800
Goal getter
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
€2,549
Simones
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Sculpture - 60 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
€900 €855
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
€500
Restaurateur de porcelaine
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€600
Atelier de porcelaine II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€600
Atelier de porcelaine I
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€600
