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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Hampstead Head
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
€4,200
Girl with a Cat
David Popiashvili
Painting - 43 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 16.9 x 12 x 1.6 inch
€1,456
Les deux amis et l'oiseau
Rebecca de Cachard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
La plage à Biarritz
Rosario Heins
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
Sisters - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Modern
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,048
Dialogue (Ancestral Conversation)
Oladimeji Alabi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,959
The Village Musician
Alexander Ishchenko
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€1,820
Autoportrait
Frederic Weisz
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€800
Three Muses
Sophia Dobreva – Nolita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,435
Diego Rivera
Marcel Sternberger
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€1,456
Pertinance
Casper Versluis
Sculpture - 48.5 x 24.5 x 18.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 9.6 x 7.3 inch
€1,800
La petite Sainte Coquette
Svetlana Melik-Nubarova
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
€950
Neon Diva from the Castelloland series.
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,138
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Christopher Makos
Photography - 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography - 15 x 19 inch
€4,096
Face 3 - Portrait 3
Mike Nyakusvora
Sculpture - 54 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€1,400
Thread of Companionship
Toheeb Ibrahim
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,411
Mickey Mouse
Juliane Hundertmark
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
€2,300
Catechismo Classe 2
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
First Fruit - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mother and Child
Ani Izuchukwu Valentine
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,369
Ra’ah (Shepherd)
Merenini Williams
Painting - 81.3 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 25 x 1 inch
€1,638
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
€3,072
Paris, Déambulation 3
Anne Niewiadomski
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
Pastorale africaine - Complicité, frères et soeurs
Catherine Clare
Print - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€600
The Pianist #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€650
Alors Nino tu marches ?
Clément Herrmann
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€800
Sweet and Sour
Ganiyat Abdulazeez
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,913
Electric Nature 4
Audrey Dupre
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€342
Ghetto Blaster
Raphaelle Emery
Sculpture - 45.5 x 40.5 x 2 cm Sculpture - 17.9 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Variation picturale I
Yoland Rafougilet
Photography - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€790
These 2 photos were taken ....
Ben
Photography - 30 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
€4,000
Untitled
Larissa De Jesus Negron
Painting - 34.3 x 27.9 x 2 cm Painting - 13.5 x 11 x 0.8 inch
€2,731
John Lennon, Statue of Liberty, New York City
Bob Gruen
Print - 58.4 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm Print - 23 x 17 x 2 inch
€1,047
Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin
Victor Sheleg
Painting - 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch
€3,204
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€12,800
Coluche
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,500 €2,000
Women
Guelfo Bianchini
Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 36 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
€800
A Couple
Jeanne Daour
Fine Art Drawings - 14.7 x 21 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch
€500
