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, Homme, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 65 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Yellow, Virut Panchabuse

Virut Panchabuse

Painting - 170 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, The Healers, Yvan Genest

Yvan Genest

Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 14 x 0.63 inch

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Painting, Lost, Pompilio Gianluca

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Profil de femme, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Ziyad, Ahmed Art

Ahmed Art

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Thinking, Virut Panchabuse

Virut Panchabuse

Painting - 160 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

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Print, Botones, Antonio Saura

Antonio Saura

Print - 70.4 x 50.2 cm Print - 27.7 x 19.8 inch

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Painting, Lou, Joachim Romain

Lou

Joachim Romain

Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

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Painting, Love Marianne, Lasveguix

Lasveguix

Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.02 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Blue Meeting, Yvan Genest

Yvan Genest

Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 27.9 x 1.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 11 x 0.63 inch

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