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By The Candlelight of 1001 Nights
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.7 x 0 inch
€250
Corset, Portrait of an Equestrienne
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 45.7 x 34.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18 x 13.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,547
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Blue
Chris Jackson
Photography - 51 x 76 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€1,100
Alien invasion
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
€27,951
Playing cowboys
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 165.1 x 165.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 inch
€27,951
Against each other
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
€41,782
Industrial mindset
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
€24,083
Riot on Capitol hill
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
€22,052
Touche en plein bleu
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
€18,376
Appart from earth
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 84 x 2 inch
€29,112
Lets take the animals into the night
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 127 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 inch
€27,468
Mr je sais tout
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 134.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 53 x 40 x 2 inch
€28,048
Friends watching TV
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
€26,501
Marriage force
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 inch
€29,402
Im following you, diptych
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
€38,784
I can hear you
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 96 x 2 inch
€47,391
Face your fears
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
€28,241
The fishing contest
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
€18,376
Le numero de cirque
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
€41,588
The last pack ice
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 2 inch
€41,588
Jean-Marc Barr
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€600
The girl with the lost pearl earring
Nef
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0 inch
€1,400
Life Posture IV
Wenqin Chen
Sculpture - 200 x 175 x 161 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 68.9 x 63.4 inch
€102,800
25th frame
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
€2,000
Sans titre, bajo el mismo mar (3)
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€450
Head of Daphne in Red (triptych)
Reinar Foreman
Painting - 35 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
€4,000
Qu'auriez-vous fait à sa place?
Arnaud Bauville
Painting - 160 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
€12,500
L'Oiseau Damoclès (Étude)
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 45 x 28 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11 x 1.2 inch
€456
Sun-Atsuko
Monika Nowak
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
J’embrasse la peinture
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
J’embrasse la peinture #2
Marie Rauzy
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Uncle Josh
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 95 x 85.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.8 x 1 inch
€2,418
Petrified, Melancholy serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€500
The world has gone blue
Thomas Lesigne
Painting - 23 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.1 x 11 x 0 inch
€990
Academie de banlieues-rouge
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€200
Les femmes guerrières
Charles Bayonne
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,200
Little Clown
Nina Narimanishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€400
L'Enfer de Dante / Figure Éclatée
Bernard Buffet
Print - 76 x 56.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch
€900
Rotterdam et moi 2
Marian Williams
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,950
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!