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, Blu Hair, Simone De Rosa

Simone De Rosa

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

$1,037 $934

Painting, Rope Swin, Su Yu

Su Yu

Painting - 35 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch

$1,098

Painting, Remain_2, Seonghwa Hong

Seonghwa Hong

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

$1,464

Painting, Emerge, Kane Mclay

Kane Mclay

Painting - 85 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,770

Painting, To the left ?, Ayoka Zahir

Ayoka Zahir

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

$976

Sculpture, Karmaléon, Rémi Bénard

Rémi Bénard

Sculpture - 115 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$4,344

Painting, Stop, Cagla Misirli

Cagla Misirli

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,342

Painting, Ballerinas, Olga Artim

Olga Artim

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,037

Painting, Sans titre, Camille Adra

Camille Adra

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$2,197

Painting, Pop Road, Dr Hide

Dr Hide

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.01 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,441

Painting, 50 shades, Creami One

Creami One

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,441

Painting, Pink Dip, Katherine Russell

Katherine Russell

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$1,159

Painting, Fragmentada, Pilar Vega

Pilar Vega

Painting - 144 x 171 x 4 cm Painting - 56.7 x 67.3 x 1.6 inch

$5,125

Painting, Florence, Ricardo Tena

Ricardo Tena

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$8,860

Painting, Lolita, Maria Aparici

Maria Aparici

Painting - 175 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 68.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$11,837

Sculpture, Bad advisor, Gaya Lastovjak

Gaya Lastovjak

Sculpture - 80 x 60 x 14 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 23.6 x 5.5 inch

$6,102

Painting, L'amour, Kevin Yrin

Kevin Yrin

Painting - 119 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 46.9 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

$3,600

Painting, 4 hommes, Thomas Bossard

Thomas Bossard

Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$879

Painting, Cheezy-E / Hip Hop, Spazz

Spazz

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$731

Painting, Take a punch, Jörg Döring

Jörg Döring

Painting - 170 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$7,932

Painting, Priscilla, Yigal Ozeri

Yigal Ozeri

Painting - 91 x 136 x 7 cm Painting - 35.8 x 53.5 x 2.8 inch

$50,000

Painting, Full Moon, David Cesaria

David Cesaria

Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$586

Painting, Judy Garland, Efi Mashiah

Efi Mashiah

Painting - 162.6 x 132.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 64 x 52 x 3 inch

$6,500

Painting, Urban pop, Lilly

Lilly

Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$976

Painting, Arrhythmia, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,014

Painting, Sound, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,929

Painting, Rope Swin (1), Su Yu

Su Yu

Painting - 38 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch

$1,098

Painting, Grateful, Asko

Asko

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,051

Painting, Une ame du coeur, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 81 x 54 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

$2,319

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

$1,708

Painting, A question, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,929

Painting, Return, Nataliya Bagatskaya

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

$3,051

Painting, Stella, Nadezda Stupina

Nadezda Stupina

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,037

Painting, First button, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,647

Painting, Legato, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,647

Painting, Peace, Lena Bera-Pancini

Lena Bera-Pancini

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$2,319

Painting, Bad Thing, Simone De Rosa

Simone De Rosa

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,086