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, Hell For Leather, Dface

Hell For Leather

Dface

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

£1,666

Sculpture, Fresh news, Karen Akhikyan

Fresh news

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture - 34 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch

£1,067 £854

Photography, Danse, Feng Hatat

Danse

Feng Hatat

Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

£526

Painting, Back to black, Youthone

Back to black

Youthone

Painting - 113 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 44.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

£623 £560

Painting, Life from heart, AreiRa

Life from heart

AreiRa

Painting - 39 x 29 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

£439

Photography, First Grace, Clara Diebler

First Grace

Clara Diebler

Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

£1,754

Photography, Banania, Bernard Pras

Banania

Bernard Pras

Photography - 97 x 81 x 3 cm Photography - 38.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

£4,385

Print, Save Stilettos, Faile

Save Stilettos

Faile

Print - 99.1 x 69.9 cm Print - 39 x 27.5 inch

£1,937

Painting, Bastring, Sabine Louriac

Bastring

Sabine Louriac

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.35 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

Sold

Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari

The Pill

Mino Maccari

Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

£526

Fine Art Drawings, Costumer Design, Erte Tirtoff

Costumer Design

Erte Tirtoff

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0 inch

£2,982

Photography, Mynga, John Kenny

Mynga

John Kenny

Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£3,150

Photography, Belle, Dina Goldstein

Belle

Dina Goldstein

Photography - 101 x 72 x 1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

£4,824

Photography, Autoportrait, Feng Hatat

Autoportrait

Feng Hatat

Photography - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

£526

Painting, Third Eyes, Youthone

Third Eyes

Youthone

Painting - 103 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 40.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

£886

Photography, Assile, John Kenny

Assile

John Kenny

Photography - 135 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 53.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

£4,500

Sculpture, Flexo Walking Around, Zed

Flexo Walking Around

Zed

Sculpture - 125 x 47 x 53 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 18.5 x 20.9 inch

£2,456

Painting, Black moon, Nef

Black moon

Nef

Painting - 63 x 44 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24.8 x 17.3 x 0 inch

£2,105

Print, Rose Dancer, Erte Tirtoff

Rose Dancer

Erte Tirtoff

Print - 69 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.2 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

£1,754 £1,228

Painting, Untitled, Guy Ghazanchyan

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting - 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

£4,824

Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt

El Barbudo

James Sparshatt

Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

£695

Fine Art Drawings, Bats, Mino Maccari

Bats

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

£526

Painting, Path Unseen, Schagen Vita

Path Unseen

Schagen Vita

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

£965

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