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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Painting, Sylvia, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Mother, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Sculpture, Game, Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture - 120 x 280 x 6 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 110.2 x 2.4 inch

€25,000

Sculpture, Bad advisor, Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture - 80 x 60 x 14 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 23.6 x 5.5 inch

€5,000

Painting, Swag Behind The Wall, Shake

Shake

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Braking through, Ana Maria Kis

Ana Maria Kis

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.27 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€620 €434

Painting, Baby blue, Ana Maria Kis

Ana Maria Kis

Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 1.27 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch

€780

Painting, April, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€400

Painting, La Gitana, Arevik Gasparyan

Arevik Gasparyan

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,061

Painting, Autunnala, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 160 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 63 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

Painting, Scurol, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 98 x 65 x 8 cm Painting - 38.6 x 25.6 x 3.1 inch

€1,500

Painting, Cash Prize, Flu

Flu

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Painting, The blues, DB Waterman

DB Waterman

Painting - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€5,500

Painting, Twisted Mirror Image, Su Yu

Su Yu

Painting - 130 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€22,700

Painting, Amazons, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€495

Painting, Hunting, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 75 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€485

Painting, Eyes, Cagla Misirli

Cagla Misirli

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Stop, Cagla Misirli

Cagla Misirli

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Remendando, AVEL Muñoz

AVEL Muñoz

Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Painting, L’Escalier, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting - 120 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Painting, Le Blouson, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting - 120 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Painting, Ocean Girl, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Sculpture, Symbiosis, Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture - 69 x 50 x 13 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 19.7 x 5.1 inch

€4,700

Painting, Happiness, Lena Bera-Pancini

Lena Bera-Pancini

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Painting, Emel's world, Ozlem Keser

Ozlem Keser

Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€813

Painting, REBEL BLOOM, Stef Basias

Stef Basias

Painting - 30 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€350

Painting, North Sea, Anatoly Varvarov

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting - 120 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Painting, Bird, Konovalov Igor

Konovalov Igor

Painting - 190 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Smoky eyes, Konovalov Igor

Konovalov Igor

Painting - 135 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Tenderness, Arevik Gasparyan

Arevik Gasparyan

Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,121

Sculpture, Orfi, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 50 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 19.7 inch

€1,000

Sculpture, Mada, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Sculpture - 160 x 50 x 60 cm Sculpture - 63 x 19.7 x 23.6 inch

€2,500

Sculpture, Lemosi, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Sculpture - 133 x 54 x 55 cm Sculpture - 52.4 x 21.3 x 21.7 inch

€1,000

Painting, Monks, Kateryniuk Oleg

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting - 85 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,320

Painting, Deep jazz, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€840

Painting, Naomi, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€990

Painting, Modillum, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 174 x 137 x 1 cm Painting - 68.5 x 53.9 x 0.4 inch

€6,000