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!
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 43.5 x 57.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.1 x 22.6 x 0 inch
£472
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 39 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
£462
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 48.8 x 42.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.2 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch
£434
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 36.4 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 14.3 x 0.1 inch
£424
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 46.5 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.3 x 24 x 0.1 inch
£481
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 31.8 x 45 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.5 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£453
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 45.7 x 33.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 13.1 x 0.1 inch
£462
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 42.2 x 25.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.6 x 10.1 x 0.1 inch
£434
Frédéric Schmied
Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
£406
Luigi Corbellini
Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
£755
Luigi Corbellini
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 48 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
£792
La Fabrique du Sourire
Fine Art Drawings . 101 x 69 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.8 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch
£530
Jeanne Saint-Chéron
Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£336
Jeanne Saint-Chéron
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch
£751
Jeanne Saint-Chéron
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 42.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 16.7 x 0.2 inch
£663
Soniart Akouavi Soniart Setono Djedatin
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 92 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,325
Mark Pérez Ortiz
Fine Art Drawings . 117 x 86 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 46.1 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
£11,841
Mark Pérez Ortiz
Fine Art Drawings . 117 x 87 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 46.1 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
£11,841
Normunds Braslins
Fine Art Drawings . 24.8 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 5.5 x 0 inch
£566
