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!
Michèle Coudert
Sculpture . 50 x 40 x 17 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 15.7 x 6.7 inch
£795
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Michèle Coudert
Sculpture . 38 x 26 x 10 cm Sculpture . 15 x 10.2 x 3.9 inch
£795
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Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£345
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£353
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£424
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£424
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£345
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£345
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£345
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£345
Michèle Coudert
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£353
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£177
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Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£221
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£239
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£239
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£221
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
£221
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£230
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£239
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£239
Dominique Dève
Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£230
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£141
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 30 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£124
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.04 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£97
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£159
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
£106
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 44.5 x 37 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.5 x 14.6 x 0 inch
£133
Thomas Groslier
Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 44.5 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 17.5 x 0 inch
£133
Liubov Juravliova
Fine Art Drawings . 43 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 9.1 x 0 inch
£398
Liubov Juravliova
Fine Art Drawings . 43 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 9.1 x 0 inch
£398
José Manuel Menéndez Rojas
Print . 69 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£353
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José Manuel Menéndez Rojas
Fine Art Drawings . 57 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.4 x 27.6 inch
£1,591
José Manuel Menéndez Rojas
Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 97 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 38.2 inch
£2,474
José Manuel Menéndez Rojas
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 inch
£2,474
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,325
