Portrait #206
Edgar Manuel Marcos
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,847
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Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,847
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,559
Sculpture - 175 x 85 x 85 cm Sculpture - 68.9 x 33.5 x 33.5 inch
CHF 5,085
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,542
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
CHF 458
Painting - 190.5 x 165.1 x 2.54 cm Painting - 75 x 65 x 1 inch
CHF 4,144
Painting - 190.5 x 165.1 x 0.254 cm Painting - 75 x 65 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,144
Painting - 140 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 10,673
Painting - 147 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.9 x 35.4 x 1 inch
CHF 18,091 CHF 14,473
Painting - 110 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 2,034
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,017
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,017
Painting - 121.9 x 365.8 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 144 x 0.4 inch
CHF 28,056
Painting - 121.92 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
CHF 5,248
Painting - 121.92 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
CHF 5,248
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,051
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Photography - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
CHF 1,600
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,949
Painting - 105 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 2,034
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.2 inch
CHF 3,767
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch
CHF 3,864
Painting - 101 x 66 x 2 cm Painting - 39.8 x 26 x 0.8 inch
CHF 14,237
Painting - 102 x 66 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 26 x 1.6 inch
CHF 14,745
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 3,559
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 4,576
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
CHF 66,099
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 87 x 61 x 5.08 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
CHF 10,169
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
CHF 20,338
Painting - 85 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
CHF 6,000
Painting - 41 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 346
Painting - 70 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,254
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch
CHF 4,779
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
CHF 2,542
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!