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!
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
£1,767
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
£1,767
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,149
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,591
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 130 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,591
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£353
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,325
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,325
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,325
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,325
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£1,060
Magalie Darsouze
Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
£1,767
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 78.5 x 54.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.9 x 21.5 x 0.4 inch
£2,209
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 78.5 x 54.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.9 x 21.5 x 0.4 inch
£2,209
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,446
Elisa Filomena
Painting . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£2,253
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Frédérique Lanquetin
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£442
Frédérique Lanquetin
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£884
Frédérique Lanquetin
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£884
Marco Fariello
Fine Art Drawings . 67 x 51 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£1,767
Maurice Falise
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£345 £310
Maurice Falise
Fine Art Drawings . 92 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,679 £1,511
Maurice Falise
Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.1 x 6.1 x 0 inch
£265
Gérald Panighi
Fine Art Drawings . 27.5 x 27.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
£707
Nathalie Gobin
Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 46 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
£574
Nathalie Gobin
Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 64 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
£689
Nathalie Gobin
Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 46 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
£574
Nathalie Gobin
Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 46 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
£574
