The mood of the night
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,168
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Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,168
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,797
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,797
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£539
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,168 £1,051
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,819
Painting - 60 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£512
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
£1,168
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,348
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,163
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£506
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 1.5 inch
£6,746
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£4,493
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,012
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch
£1,977
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,393
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
£449
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
£2,246
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
£2,606
Painting - 85 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,438 £1,150
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£988 £890
Design - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,348
Design - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,348
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£3,055
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£3,774
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,022
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£4,394
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£3,684
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£2,965
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
£2,516
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,483 £1,334
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,138
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
£2,246
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
£3,774
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£3,280
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£2,202
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£2,202
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,977
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£2,471
Painting - 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch
£2,246
Painting - 135 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 53.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,774
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!