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, Untitled 1, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$853

Painting, Fée, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 39 x 22 cm Painting - 15.4 x 8.7 inch

$2,194

Painting, Personnage, Albert Chubac

Albert Chubac

Painting - 50 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,463

Painting, Skirt-Like, Miyuki Takanashi

Miyuki Takanashi

Painting - 24.5 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.6 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

$610 $518

Painting, Dice, Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Painting - 94 x 129.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 51 x 1 inch

$450,000

Painting, Luana, Walter Minus

Walter Minus

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

$1,085

Painting, La lettre, Henri Aprin

Henri Aprin

Painting - 30 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$975 $878

Painting, 010 Leta, Allison M. Low

Allison M. Low

Painting - 26 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch

$792

Painting, Desire, Sasha Bernardes

Sasha Bernardes

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1.2 inch

$1,646

Painting, Maternity 1, Agustin Rio

Agustin Rio

Painting - 65 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$853

Painting, Overwelm, Sapo

Sapo

Painting - 41 x 36 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch

$841

Painting, Chaleur, Aurore Amberny

Aurore Amberny

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$975

Painting, Brancacci 87, Thomas Lange

Thomas Lange

Painting - 69.3 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.3 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$1,341

Painting, Shirt, Rebecca Ness

Rebecca Ness

Painting - 33 x 25.4 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13 x 10 x 0.6 inch

$18,000

Fine Art Drawings, Gesture I, Pablo Viracocha

Pablo Viracocha

Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 13 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 5.1 inch

$414

Fine Art Drawings, Bénédiction, Dan Solojoff

Dan Solojoff

Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 inch

$305

Fine Art Drawings, Gremlins, Karine Nicolleau

Karine Nicolleau

Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$244

Fine Art Drawings, Emprise, Min Kyoung Lee

Min Kyoung Lee

Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 47 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 18.5 x 1 inch

$549

Painting, Make Love 11, A.A.A

A.A.A

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$146

Painting, Hapers MX, Connie Lim

Connie Lim

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

$1,219

Fine Art Drawings, Nu, Léon Séverac

Nu

Léon Séverac

Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch

$244

Fine Art Drawings, Jenna Lyons, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$700

Fine Art Drawings, Gucci Fall, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$850

Fine Art Drawings, Queen Camilla, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

$1,000