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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Print, Bailleur 4, Agnès Dubart

Agnès Dubart

Print - 27 x 20 x 0.02 cm Print - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$406

Print, Fox, Ludovic Debeurme

Fox

Ludovic Debeurme

Print - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

$111

Print, Bird, Ludovic Debeurme

Ludovic Debeurme

Print - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

$111

Fine Art Drawings, Santo Rocco 2, Federica Frati

Federica Frati

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$430

Fine Art Drawings, Bailleur 1, Agnès Dubart

Agnès Dubart

Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$406

Print, Sorpresa, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$1,106

Print, Courtisane, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print - 20.5 x 15 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$12,289

Print, Segu_0033, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 65 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$1,352

Print, Le Phare, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 25 x 18 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$258

Photography, But !, Bruno Lecoq

Bruno Lecoq

Photography - 29.7 x 21 cm Photography - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$320

Print, Mistero, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$983

Print, Rebecca, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print - 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

$1,721

Print, Sarah, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print - 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

$1,721

Print, Intimité, Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer

Print - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch

$553

Print, Dancers, Giacomo Manzú

Giacomo Manzú

Print - 64 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$2,458

Print, Figures, Sergio Barletta

Sergio Barletta

Print - 17 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 6.7 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$295

Print, Seduction, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 25 x 17 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 6.7 x 0 inch

$369

Print, Cobra, Julia Chausson

Julia Chausson

Print - 25 x 33 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 13 x 0.4 inch

$68

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