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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Photography, Camo 2.0 4415, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$12,111

Photography, Camo 45 II, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$15,744

Photography, Camo 43, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$14,533

Photography, Mendrisse, Tanguy Mendrisse

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$339

Photography, Camo 44, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$12,111

Photography, MP058, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, MP170, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, MP336, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, MP336, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, MP039, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, MP002, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$606

Photography, Inside the web, Idan Wizen

Idan Wizen

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$545

Photography, Just break it !, Idan Wizen

Idan Wizen

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$545

Photography, Hiri Hanenamo, Wylda Bayrón

Wylda Bayrón

Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$4,239

Photography, Beauty Queen, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$14,533

Photography, Kilian, Alexis Berg

Alexis Berg

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$642

Print, Joker, Studio Abawé

Studio Abawé

Print - 53 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 20.9 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

$71

Print, Furorem, Studio Abawé

Studio Abawé

Print - 101 x 71 cm Print - 39.8 x 28 inch

$314

Print, Player, Mirko Tangherlini

Mirko Tangherlini

Print - 43 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.9 x 12.2 x 0 inch

$581

Print, Le duel, Dréa

Dréa

Print - 46 x 61 x 0.63 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch

$200

Print, La Rencontre, Dréa

Dréa

Print - 71 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 28 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$200

Print, Lunar voyage, Dréa

Dréa

Print - 71.1 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 28 x 20 x 0.1 inch

$200

Painting, Nel mondo, Bonaschi

Bonaschi

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

$460