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!
Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£530
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Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£530
Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£530
Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£398
Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
£530
Walter Ciandrini
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£530
Fritz Zolnhofer
Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 14.6 x 0 inch
£3,181
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Fritz Zolnhofer
Fine Art Drawings . 52 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£1,237
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
£592
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£972
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£972
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£972
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£972
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.04 inch
£2,042
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.04 inch
£2,592
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.5 x 0.04 inch
£1,679
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings . 27.3 x 22.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.75 x 8.75 x 0.04 inch
£1,679
Clotaire Lehoux
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,149
Clotaire Lehoux
Fine Art Drawings . 130 x 195 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 51.2 x 76.8 x 0 inch
£1,767
Clotaire Lehoux
Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 139 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 54.7 x 0 inch
£1,325
Aurélie Salvaing
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,414
Aurélie Salvaing
Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
£353
Aurélie Salvaing
Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
£265
Michal Bajsarowicz
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£521
Michal Bajsarowicz
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£353
