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, Tropic # 14, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$182

Print, De frente, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 46 x 63 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

$667

Print, Elektra, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 82 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 32.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$3,031

Print, Danse, Jacob Diboum

Jacob Diboum

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

$182

Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$267

Painting, Homme, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$267

Print, Zurbaran, Modest Cuixart

Modest Cuixart

Print - 69.45 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print - 27.3 x 18.1 x 0 inch

$1,213

Print, Interferenza, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

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

$970

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch

$703

Print, Perception, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

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

$1,450

Photography, The lotus song, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Photography - 100.1 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59 x 0.1 inch

$7,200

Print, Romance, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Print - 44.5 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.5 x 12.8 x 0 inch

$655

Print, B6, Sandro Chia

B6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,183

Print, A6, Sandro Chia

A6

Sandro Chia

Print - 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,183

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

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

$1,213

Print, Juanito, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$485

Print, Le Philosophe, Karel Appel

Karel Appel

Print - 65.6 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.5 x 0 inch

$4,244