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Summer, sea, beach, girl
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,289
Love Must Reciprocate
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,659
El Gozo de la Tribu
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 204 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 80.3 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
£10,781
Grateful dead sparkle foil
Chuck Sperry
Print - 89 x 49 x 0.2 cm Print - 35 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
£1,333
Who Are These Angels CXLIII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1.5 inch
£705
I reply on you
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,155
Give Me the Truth, Not Roses
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
£1,368
Tenderness land luz con espada y abejas
Salustiano
Print - 78 x 82 cm Print - 30.7 x 32.3 inch
£1,955
Generations of Love, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork (1)
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,262
Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£755
Para todos el tiempo es frágil
Marcelo Suaznabar
Painting - 79 x 58 x 4 cm Painting - 31.1 x 22.8 x 1.6 inch
£2,777
While waiting call for dinner
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
£978
It’s time for walking, mom
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
£800
Ventana. Marisol
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,600
Flirt, set of 9 separate paintings
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£622
Come and talk to me
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 87.4 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£581
Femme au scooter
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,066
Les photographes
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£844 £803
Fille avec un ballon en forme de chien
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 34 x 22 x 6 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 8.7 x 2.4 inch
£871
Excentric Downtown (Centre Ville Excentrique)
Bruno Cantais
Print - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£440 £220
Silence Please (Silence S'Il Vous Plait)
Bruno Cantais
Sculpture - 27 x 7 x 8 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 2.8 x 3.1 inch
£347 £173
Silence Please (Silence S'Il Vous Plait)
Bruno Cantais
Sculpture - 27 x 7 x 8 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 2.8 x 3.1 inch
£347 £173
Silence Please (Silence S'Il Vous Plait)
Bruno Cantais
Sculpture - 27 x 7 x 8 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 2.8 x 3.1 inch
£347 £173
Senza titolo. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
£2,073
Amalia, Paloma, and Bindongo
Joe Lasker
Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 34.3 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13.5 x 2 inch
£995
The Times of Love
Yasna Godovanik
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,111
Portrait de femme de trois quart
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£711
Duduyemi 1
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 1 inch
£995
Intimidade (Triptych)
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 100 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
£18,307
Deus é Um Sentimento
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£13,331
Race to the bottom
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33.02 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 10 x 0.1 inch
£400
Woman (a tribute to Picasso)
Dr. Love
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
£44
Spring Love
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 120 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
£1,857
Verdaderamente libre
Rodo Padilla
Sculpture - 40 x 26 x 32 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.2 x 12.6 inch
£3,022
Verdaderamente libre
Rodo Padilla
Sculpture - 40 x 26 x 32 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.2 x 12.6 inch
£3,022
Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 80 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.4 inch
£844
In the time of dreaming
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£1,066
Contemporary portrait Between You and Me
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,155
Pastis 41 - série portrait onirique et surréalisme
Samuel Boudaud
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,111
Des espoirs - série portrait onirique et surréalisme
Samuel Boudaud
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,889
En attendant Charon - série portrait onirique et surréalisme
Samuel Boudaud
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,111
Inéluctable crépuscule - série portrait onirique et surréalisme
Samuel Boudaud
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,889
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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!