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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Sophie Hustin
Sculpture - 163 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture - 64.2 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch
€6,900
Illumination, Version III
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 185.4 x 40.6 x 45.7 cm Sculpture - 73 x 16 x 18 inch
€17,000
Head in the Clouds (framed hand signed giclee)
Kayla Mahaffey
Print - 50.8 x 61 x 0.3 cm Print - 20 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€1,372
Untitled
Brian Calvin
Fine Art Drawings - 33.2 x 14.9 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
€7,774
Jane's two faces
Gisèle Zanellato
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
Softer then tender
Valeriya Salnikova
Painting - 90 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,829
Tendresse - personnages fantasmagoriques
Agnès Salle
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,750
Personnages VIII
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€160
Portrait de jeune fille
Emile-François Chambon
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 24.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 9.6 x 0.1 inch
€702
Floating on a Kiss - Red & Yellow
Voxx Romana
Painting - 83 x 58 x 0.5 cm Painting - 32.7 x 22.8 x 0.2 inch
€580
Ma come siamo fru fru
Giusy Lauriola
Painting - 14 x 14 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inch
€280
Attention !!! Escargot
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 37 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch
€2,245
Lébèné
Tesprit Foli Kossi Gerard Tete
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€3,200
Kyne & Nonchelee - Untitled (Pink)
KYNE
Print - 52 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€6,880
Portrait Head 083 Pop - Italian School NSWE
Dario Moschetta
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Portrait of leopard
Pierre-Yves Blasco
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
I Can't Recall It Lightly At All (Copper)
B.D. White
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
€1,052
I Expect
Esinulo Chiamaka Praise Chiamaka Praise
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,509
Untitled XXIX
Julieta Intergalactica
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.1 inch
€240
You look at me sadly, Nevo 1
Nevelin Ivanov
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€410
Girls
Erhard Klepper
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€700
Hats-Stah
Alberto Sordi
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15 x 0 inch
€640
Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,140
Surreal composition 2
Candido Ballester
Painting - 65 x 80 x 0.04 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
Diva
Jay Russell
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
€2,195
Portrait of Benito Mussolini
Alberto Manetti
Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.1 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
Trois Grâces
Jules Pascin
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 16.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,500
Self appreciation
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 80 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 26.5 x 1 inch
€1,509
Autoportrait
Maurice Lemaître
Photography - 45 x 30.5 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 12 x 0.4 inch
€800
Glimpse to Fate
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 105.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,829
Sunflower
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 137.2 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 38 x 1 inch
€1,463
Tallulah Bankhead
Paloma Castello
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
€457
Figure of Man
Marcel Vertès
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€540
Laurie petite fille
Mariette Lydis
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 24.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.7 x 0 inch
€600
Woman with tied up
Ruperto Salvatierra Lazarte
Painting - 82 x 77 cm Painting - 32.3 x 30.3 inch
€1,250
Bouddha skateboard diptyque
Subson'Ink
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€750
Social Commentary, NYC
May Pang
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.25 inch
€2,287
The Sailor and the Mermaid - Lighthouse
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 85.1 x 85.1 x 4.8 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.9 inch
€3,220
Bats toi, ne baisse pas les bras et tu seras libre N°2
Jacob Diboum
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
€330
Woman in red, triptych
Diana Fuchs
Painting - 80 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
€4,573
Looking for inspiration
Anna Voronina
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,287
Femme en jaune - Portait de femme
Céline Raphaël-Leygues
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€315
Promenade avec mon chat sur les épaules
William Goliasch
Painting - 128 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 50.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,007
Interwoven Existence: The Symphony of Nature and Humanity
Anastasya Lyulina
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,372
Fafinette et Hmilo
Fafi
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch
€1,200
