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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3 Daughters, More Rain
John Chamberlain
Print - 105 x 75 x 0.3 cm Print - 41.3 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,907
Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$179
Two Faces Of One Woman
Natasa Krstic
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Happiness Is Something That You Share
Andra Daans
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,769
Lou dans la cuisine à Vergisson
Marc Dailly
Painting - 38 x 28 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
The Man Coming From Far
Phan Thanh Minh
Painting - 135 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,801
Generaciones
Adrian Gonzalez Torrez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,729 $1,556
Egg girl in green
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
My side of the story
Haydee Torres
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 1.5 inch
$765
Among Flowers
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 81.3 x 58.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.2 inch
$555
Blue Towel 2
Olamilekan Bello
Painting - 99.8 x 79.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.3 x 31.3 x 1 inch
$2,200
Two Figures
Henri Epstein
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$596
Balls deep in the street
Luke Yocum
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$10,908
Marie-Antoinette - série Reine de France
Tara Soultana
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$894
Altar Boys
Roberto De Francisci
Painting - 140 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 57.1 x 0 inch
$1,907
Marmaladium broth for those who feel a sleep in the theatre
Kakha Esebua
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,500
Portrait of a farmer
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
$30,300
Personnages
Serge Pahnke
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 39.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch
$893
Portrait in Blue
Zakhar Shevchuk
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22.8 x 0 inch
$1,431
Nirvana
Fatunmbi Anjolaoluwa Grace
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dian Georgiev
Sculpture - 27 x 21 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 8.3 x 3 inch
$1,609
Bloom Boom (framed hand signed screen print)
Pierre Yves Riveau
Print - 87.9 x 61.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 34.6 x 24.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,463
Tête d'autruche 3
François Gruson
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 36 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$2,146
Señor Azul 02
Shyne Eghosa Obazee
Painting - 125 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,721
Ogbontarigi Obinrin (Extraordinary Woman)
Abiola Olabamiji
Painting - 127 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 43 x 1 inch
$2,450
New Bedroom Blonde Doodle
Tom Wesselmann
Print - 76.2 x 88.9 x 1 cm Print - 30 x 35 x 0.4 inch
$29,500
Her Green Robe
Oluwapelumi Oluyemi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,250
Flores rotas V
Sergio Moscona
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 inch
$5,841
Ballerina pop 6 - Opéra Unica
Giorgio Stocco
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,180
The Pulse of Energy
Alexandra Alimova
Painting - 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$2,200
La Tour Humaine - Série singulière personnages de bois
Bruno Guiard
Sculpture - 21 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$715
Sans Repères
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$31,472
The Angel and The Minotaur
Federica Frati
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$596
Mémoire - Série Pop colorée
Selda Soyut dit Selda
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$745
Comme je l'imagine
Izabeau Jousse
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,457
Dessin
Philippe Hiquily
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 55 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
$14,306
Encre II
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 44 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
$668
My Culture, My Inheritance
Ajenifuja Abiodun
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$1,850
Sexy Scot Sean Connery - James Bond 007
Bob Haswell
Photography - 101 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$948
