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!
Mohamed Lekleti
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£1,767
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Mohamed Lekleti
Print . 58 x 79 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 31.1 x 0.1 inch
£265
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Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,944
Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,944
Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings . 125 x 107 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 49.2 x 42.1 x 0.4 inch
£5,125
Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£4,065
Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings . 150 x 125 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 59.1 x 49.2 x 0.1 inch
£6,185
Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 21.7 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 8.5 inch
£26,509
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Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 8.5 inch
£26,509
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Jean Dubuffet
Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 8.3 inch
£26,509
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Jean Dubuffet
Design . 135 x 125 x 2 cm Design . 53.1 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
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Claes Oldenburg
Fine Art Drawings . 41 x 36 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.1 x 14.2 x 6.3 inch
£16,100
Hanna Sidorowicz
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,502
Hanna Sidorowicz
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£1,060
Alyona Masterkova
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£471
Alyona Masterkova
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£369
Alyona Masterkova
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£369
Georges Mathieu
Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 43 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
£13,254
René Gruau
Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 8.7 inch
£3,534
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