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Le bruit du monde
Céline Parmentier
Sculpture - 43 x 15 x 23 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 5.9 x 9.1 inch
$1,075
Art stories: Campbells
Nicolas Pichon
Sculpture - 160 x 15 x 5 cm Sculpture - 63 x 5.9 x 2 inch
$1,697
Frida’s Tribal Journey
Jules Holland
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch
$6,224
La Belle Endormine
Irakli Nasidze
Sculpture - 14 x 32 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 12.6 x 4.3 inch
$5,205
Tree of life
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Print - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Anne-Marie with red ribbon in hair
Stephen Nadja
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,942
Mickey Mouse Soldier
Belart Collective
Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,252
Casa Désirs Divins
Chrystèle Saint-Amaux
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$280
Les mariés japonais du pont des arts
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$339
Meant for Modern Homes Only
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$243
Make your Choice
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 57 x 135 x 0.5 cm Photography - 22.4 x 53.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,843
What do you think ?
Geoffrey Bouillot
Painting - 72 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,244
La cage où les gens pleurent
Sandra Chevrier
Sculpture - 30 x 22 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.7 x 6.7 inch
$2,094
Coffret de luxe - Soul in the horn Edition
Dan Witz
Print - 25 x 25 x 5.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.2 inch
$204
Renaissance of Dawn
Vasil Vasilev-Vaso
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,376
Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°3/5
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$283 $255
Le tigre blanc et les nenuphars rouges
Camille Poli
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$102
The Art of Distortion 7
Paula Golemo
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$204
Body vs soul (grey)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,395
Veracruz Dancer
Nicolas Sanchez
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$15,000
Samo Jean Michel Basquiat
Eklektik
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,584
Homenagem Amália Rodrigues
Paulo Lionetti
Design - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Design - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,086
Les choses trop grandes
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,974
Girl with Pearl Earring (after Vermeer)
Peter Klashorst
Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$311
La valse du réfectoire - série Une Vie de Moine
Jean-François Talivez
Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$498
Graphic - Kalinov
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 73 x 53 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,245
Contemplation
Hervé Louail (Darlou)
Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$3,169
Mariana Mirage
Nicolas Sanchez
Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
Sans Titre
Jean-François Spricigo
Photography - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 cm Photography - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.4 inch
$2,942
At the End of the Day
Natia Sapanadze
Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$2,150
Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Portfolio 4
Bert Stern
Photography - 61 x 61 cm Photography - 24 x 24 inch
$30,000
Mark Ronson
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 10.752 x 8.847 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.2 x 3.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,697
Ballet dancer and violin (Little version) - Ballerina painting + baroque frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$339
Clair-obscur
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
La sagesse dans les branches
Amor de Agua
Painting - 120 x 108 cm Painting - 47.2 x 42.5 inch
$1,245
Kobe Bryant
Tony Jagas
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,000
La montée des eaux
Fabienne Cresens
Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,245
Back to Okiya : an onyx silent ballet
Ryoko Watanabe
Sculpture - 170 x 85 x 30 cm Sculpture - 66.9 x 33.5 x 11.8 inch
$36,212
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!