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, Le retour, Henri Guibal

Henri Guibal

Print - 44 x 30 x 0.3 cm Print - 17.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$425

Print, Sweet Home, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print - 66 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Print - 26 x 34 x 1 inch

$1,450

Print, Giant, Peter Blake

Peter Blake

Print - 26 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 8.5 x 0 inch

$728

Print, Rest, Joe Lasker

Joe Lasker

Print - 71.1 x 62.2 x 5.1 cm Print - 28 x 24.5 x 2 inch

$900

Print, Arab, Giacomo Porzano

Giacomo Porzano

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$825

Print, Sadness, Albert Besnard

Albert Besnard

Print - 25 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.1 x 0 inch

$728

Print, Pleine lune, Iris De Mouÿ

Iris De Mouÿ

Print - 37 x 28.5 x 0.01 cm Print - 14.6 x 11.2 x 0 inch

$303

Print, Sans-titre, Chia Sandro

Chia Sandro

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

$788

Print, Figure, Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$3,033

Print, Barbara, Marc Duran

Marc Duran

Print - 72 x 50 x 0.8 cm Print - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0.3 inch

$340

Fine Art Drawings, Henriette, Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Fine Art Drawings - 50.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.9 x 18.1 x 0 inch

$3,033

Print, Ninetta, Arthure Greuell

Arthure Greuell

Print - 45 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 13 x 0 inch

$340

Painting, Mon oeil, Flo. M

Flo. M

Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$364

Painting, Selva, Alex Lazard

Alex Lazard

Painting - 63 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

$2,790

Print, The Amazon, Zeina Assi

Zeina Assi

Print - 65 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,456

Print, Tetis, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 25 x 28.5 x 0.01 cm Print - 9.8 x 11.2 x 0 inch

$364

Print, Autoportrait, Éric Lacan

Éric Lacan

Print - 76.5 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 30.1 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$485

Print, Woman, Bernard Bécan

Bernard Bécan

Print - 23 x 16 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.1 x 6.3 x 0 inch

$352

Print, Dancers, Robert Naly

Robert Naly

Print - 51 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$315