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, Femme Blue, Laurence Courto

Laurence Courto

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Painting, Untitled 2, Vakho Bugadze

Vakho Bugadze

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Painting, Le Juste, Françoise Jallot

Françoise Jallot

Painting . 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€2,000

Painting, Remain_5, Seonghwa Hong

Seonghwa Hong

Painting . 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Milady, Valérie v

Valérie v

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

€6,200

Painting, Psyché, Mohamed Lekleti

Mohamed Lekleti

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

€7,000

Painting, Female figure, Pere Pruna

Pere Pruna

Painting . 30 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,750

Painting, Woman, Kate Aksen

Kate Aksen

Painting . 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,150

Painting, Bipolaire, Hugues Candaës

Hugues Candaës

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

€1,860

Painting, Sayuri, Vasil Vasilev-Vaso

Vasil Vasilev-Vaso

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

€2,780

Painting, Apparition, Maria Ruisi

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49.9 x 49.9 x 3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Painting, Tangled Thoughts, Mari Ito

Mari Ito

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€5,800

Painting, Malachite, Lisbeth Buonanno

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 10 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€600

Painting, Ralf, Lisbeth Buonanno

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch

€550

Painting, Anna Wintour, Orest Hrytsak

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€20,000

Painting, Serenity_21, Seonghwa Hong

Seonghwa Hong

Painting . 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Monica B, Sylvie Cappe

Sylvie Cappe

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€880

Painting, Mélodie, Sylvie Cappe

Sylvie Cappe

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€880

Painting, Lotus, Jojo Wang

Jojo Wang

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€850

Painting, Ex-votos 6, Christos Kalfas

Christos Kalfas

Painting . 52 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting . 20.5 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,500

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