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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Print, Femme 6, Shiko Munakata

Shiko Munakata

Print - 26 x 21 x 1 cm Print - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

$1,491

Print, La pell 14, Joan Ponç

Joan Ponç

Print - 64 x 49 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$932

Print, Couple, Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton

Print - 55 x 44 x 1 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

$4,845

Print, Heroine, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 86.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Print - 34 x 26 x 1 inch

$1,700

Print, Other Side, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$1,300

Print, Tomorrow, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 86.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Print - 34 x 26 x 1 inch

$1,700

Print, Bacchus, Sigfrido Oliva

Sigfrido Oliva

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$248

Print, Boy, Sigfrido Oliva

Boy

Sigfrido Oliva

Print - 59 x 40.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.2 x 15.9 x 0 inch

$248

Print, Romance, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 44.5 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.5 x 12.8 x 0 inch

$671

Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$745

Print, Collectivism, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$745

Print, Apocalypse, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$745

Print, La Breloque, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 44 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 13 x 0 inch

$745

Print, Leader, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 33 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 17.3 x 0 inch

$745

Print, New School, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 33 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 17.3 x 0 inch

$807

Print, The Ceremony, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$720

Print, Untitled 3, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 105 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$6,087

Fine Art Drawings, The General, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 42.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 16.7 x 0.1 inch

$745

Photography, The Golden Dress, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 120.9 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.6 x 31 x 0.1 inch

$3,800

Print, Portrait, Giuseppe Viviani

Giuseppe Viviani

Print - 50 x 33.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch

$248

Print, Reflejos II, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 65 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 28 x 0 inch

$3,975

Print, La pell 6, Joan Ponç

Joan Ponç

Print - 64 x 49 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$932

Print, Trap, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$700

Print, Pas de titre, Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.04 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$3,478