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!
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 53.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 21.1 inch
£221
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Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 27.7 x 41.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.9 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£309
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 41.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£327
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 41.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£327
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 41.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£327
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 30.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 12.1 x 0 inch
£327
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 25.5 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10 x 7.3 x 0 inch
£256
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£256
Marianna Oklejak
Fine Art Drawings . 24.9 x 19.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 7.6 x 0 inch
£256
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,060
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,502
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,502
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,502
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings . 128 x 102 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 50.4 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
£3,534
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings . 117 x 96 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 46.1 x 37.8 x 0 inch
£3,711
Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch
Fine Art Drawings . 13.5 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.3 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch
£442
Marina Lukianova
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,100
Marina Lukianova
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,100
Marina Lukianova
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,100
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 75 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£2,121
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£1,591
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Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 56 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£2,474
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Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 75 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£2,121
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 70 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
£2,297
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 75 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£2,209
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 75 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£2,209
Viktor Goryaev
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,767
Jules Be Kuti
Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,595
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Jules Be Kuti
Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
£6,362
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Jules Be Kuti
Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
£6,362
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