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!

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Painting, Swag Behind The Wall, Shake

Shake

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Monks, Kateryniuk Oleg

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting - 85 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,320

Painting, Twisted Mirror Image, Su Yu

Su Yu

Painting - 130 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€22,700

Painting, Balance, Lena Bera-Pancini

Lena Bera-Pancini

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Painting, Scurol, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 98 x 65 x 8 cm Painting - 38.6 x 25.6 x 3.1 inch

€3,500

Painting, Bird, Konovalov Igor

Konovalov Igor

Painting - 190 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Hunting, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€485

Sculpture, Symbiosis, Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture - 69 x 50 x 13 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 19.7 x 5.1 inch

€4,700

Painting, Méditation, Sabine Louriac

Sabine Louriac

Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Painting, Deep jazz, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€840

Painting, Naomi, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€990

Painting, Sylvia, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Waiting 3, Greatjoy Ndlovu

Greatjoy Ndlovu

Painting - 40.5 x 40.5 x 3 cm Painting - 15.9 x 15.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Painting, Spring, Andriy Klishyn

Andriy Klishyn

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€420

Painting, African Man, Azin Najafi

Azin Najafi

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€900

Painting, Rainbow Queen, O Gringo

O Gringo

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Painting, The Queen, O Gringo

O Gringo

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Painting, Ballerinas, Nadezda Stupina

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Painting, Lilies, Nadezda Stupina

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Photography, Urban mover III, Sven Pfrommer

Sven Pfrommer

Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,290

Painting, April, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€400

Painting, Head clown, Ed Potapenkov

Ed Potapenkov

Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Weekend, Anatoly Varvarov

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting - 110 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,675

Painting, Pescador, AVEL Muñoz

AVEL Muñoz

Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Painting, Remendando, AVEL Muñoz

AVEL Muñoz

Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Painting, Space clouds, Andriy Klishyn

Andriy Klishyn

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, The Joker, Peter Donkersloot

Peter Donkersloot

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,250

Painting, Prima, Kateryniuk Oleg

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,160

Painting, Amazons, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€495