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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Orlane - série femme de dos
Fabienne Lecras
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$832
Awaiting Your Call
John Alogi
Painting - 76.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30.2 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,950 $1,463
The colors of my mind
Alessandro Casetti
Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,895
Il est nécessaire que jeunesse se fasse
Sandrine Stoïanov
Painting - 61 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,387
Blackout Beauty
Mathieu Questel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.22 x 28.74 x 1 inch
$3,352
Blooming in True Self Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Fashion Women
Elie Hatungimana
Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,850 $1,388
Edition sur papier Oksana 7302019625190007E N°12/50
Pola 4.0
Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$670
Cosmic Profile (original mixed media and watercolor)
Peter Max
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,500
Un homme et sa femme découvrent un drôle d’oiseau
Bjørn Nørgaard
Print - 50.5 x 37.5 cm Print - 19.9 x 14.8 inch
$678
La belle endormie
Christiane Bernais
Sculpture - 29 x 33 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13 x 6.3 inch
$1,098 $988
Petite dame au Fourreau
Josepha
Sculpture - 40 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$13,293
Taxi Driver, June 14 (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 69.9 x 49.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch
$400
Close to nothing (Pink)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,647
Tina Turner, Paris
Bob Gruen
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 0.5 inch
$1,950
Summertime… and the livin’ is easy
Kristina Mallen
Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$566
Daumesnil
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,392
To Dye or Not To Die. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Sisterhood - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Modern, Love
Daniel Owoeye
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,950 $2,213
Dia al camp (Banyoles)
Alejandra Caballero
Painting - 65 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,890
Cosi Fan Tutte Fleurdelise
Erte Tirtoff
Painting - 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,950
Guardian de silencio II
Maria Evseeva
Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$751
Nai (Identity Assertions Series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 36.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 14.4 x 0 inch
$925
My Imperfection Gaze - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, African Woman
Akanji Bolaji
Painting - 114.3 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 22 x 1 inch
$1,950
The Girl's Own Paper, 1885
Alexander Korzer-Robinson
Sculpture - 29 x 22 x 5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 8.7 x 2 inch
$925
Osmose - série sculpture et corps en matière
Jf Carer
Sculpture - 79 x 31 x 31 cm Sculpture - 31.1 x 12.2 x 12.2 inch
$12,137
Autoportrait 3
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$11,559
Donde nace el horizonte nº7
Marta Fàbregas
Painting - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$3,468
Jardim dos Sonhos, Special Limited Edition
Ritchelly Oliveira
Print - 57 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
$520
The white sailing boat
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Print - 75.7 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.8 x 20.5 x 0 inch
$2,173
L'oublié de l'avenir
Jean-Pierre Walter
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,133
Paradise Portraits (portfolio of 8)
Erwin Olaf
Photography - 18 x 13.5 x 2 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,779 $5,201
Softer then tender
Valeriya Salnikova
Painting - 90 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,000 $1,800
Eyes of the gods
Samson Tolulope Daramola
Painting - 88.9 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,500
Eulenmann - L’homme-hibou
Hans Mendler
Sculpture - 155 x 15 x 30 cm Sculpture - 61 x 5.9 x 11.8 inch
$5,664
Être
Mathilde André
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 46 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$462 $416
The dark side of the beauty
Walter Geraci
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$439
Wheight on their shoulders
Jorg Karg
Photography - 80 x 64 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,312
