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, MrHope Multicolor, MrHope

MrHope

Painting - 42 x 32 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Lover, Tanya Aubut

Tanya Aubut

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

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Painting, Fly, Tanya Aubut

Fly

Tanya Aubut

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, YO! Queen Elizabeth., JP Malot

JP Malot

Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 16.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.3 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch

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Print, A Moi. E.A, Erró

Erró

Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

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Painting, Etude alambiquée I, Zerka

Zerka

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, ST, Max Bucaille

ST

Max Bucaille

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, ST, Max Bucaille

ST

Max Bucaille

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Blow, Ayoka Zahir

Ayoka Zahir

Painting - 58 x 42 x 0.01 cm Painting - 22.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch

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Painting, Lo$ angele$, Ayoka Zahir

Ayoka Zahir

Painting - 42 x 58 x 0.01 cm Painting - 16.5 x 22.8 x 0 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Athanase, Dominique Pourchet

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Juliette, Frederic Weisz

Frederic Weisz

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 55 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Ton Roi, Dominique Pourchet

Dominique Pourchet

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

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Photography, Loading !, Amandine André

Amandine André

Photography - 22.5 x 16.5 x 1 cm Photography - 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Glance, Vhils

Vhils

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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Print, Sediment, Vhils

Vhils

Print - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Sculpture, Sever Series #01, Vhils

Vhils

Sculpture - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Tattoo, Marian Williams

Marian Williams

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Irezumi, Virut Panchabuse

Virut Panchabuse

Painting - 200 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Coloured 9, Marian Williams

Marian Williams

Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Tether, Kane Mclay

Kane Mclay

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Anne, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 130 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

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Painting, Tropic # 23, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

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Photography, Supreme, Larry Clark

Larry Clark

Photography - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

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Photography, Supreme, Larry Clark

Larry Clark

Photography - 15 x 9.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 3.7 x 0 inch

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Sculpture, Presencia, Mariko Kumon

Mariko Kumon

Sculpture - 45 x 23 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.1 x 7.9 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Rêves, Thalia Dalecky

Thalia Dalecky

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Numbness, Pompilio Gianluca

Pompilio Gianluca

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

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Photography, Silence, Isabelle van Zeijl

Isabelle van Zeijl

Photography - 102.9 x 102.9 cm Photography - 40.5 x 40.5 inch

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Photography, Youth, Isabelle van Zeijl

Isabelle van Zeijl

Photography - 113 x 102.9 cm Photography - 44.5 x 40.5 inch

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Photography, You & I, Isabelle van Zeijl

Isabelle van Zeijl

Photography - 113 x 102.9 cm Photography - 44.5 x 40.5 inch

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Photography, She, Isabelle van Zeijl

She

Isabelle van Zeijl

Photography - 113 x 102.9 cm Photography - 44.5 x 40.5 inch

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