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, Vespers, Leo Guida

Leo Guida

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

£272

Print, Anfititre, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 20 x 20 x 0.01 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

£154

Print, Galene, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 20 x 20 x 0.01 cm Print - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

£154

Print, Ceto, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Print - 35 x 25 x 0.01 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

£272

Print, Courtisane, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print - 20.5 x 15 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 5.9 x 0 inch

£9,067

Fine Art Drawings, Thought, Nina Narimanishvili

Nina Narimanishvili

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 12.6 x 0 inch

£680

Print, Bailleur 4, Agnès Dubart

Agnès Dubart

Print - 27 x 20 x 0.02 cm Print - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch

£299

Print, Fox, Ludovic Debeurme

Fox

Ludovic Debeurme

Print - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

£82

Print, Bird, Ludovic Debeurme

Ludovic Debeurme

Print - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

£82

Print, Tablets, Rafal Strent

Rafal Strent

Print - 63 x 48 x 1 cm Print - 24.8 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch

£408

Print, Saba, Anna Gawlikowska

Anna Gawlikowska

Print - 28 x 23 cm Print - 11 x 9.1 inch

£181

Print, An island, Ewa Kutylak

Ewa Kutylak

Print - 18.5 x 5 x 1 cm Print - 7.3 x 2 x 0.4 inch

£136

Print, Sorpresa, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

£816

Fine Art Drawings, Santo Rocco 2, Federica Frati

Federica Frati

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

£317

Print, Segu_0033, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 65 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

£997

Fine Art Drawings, Burdello, Leszek Rózga

Leszek Rózga

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.1 inch

£444

Print, Le Phare, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 25 x 18 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

£190

Photography, But !, Bruno Lecoq

Bruno Lecoq

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

£236

Photography, Pas de Photo!, Bruno Lecoq

Bruno Lecoq

Photography - 29.7 x 42 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 inch

£254

Print, Sarah, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print - 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

£1,269

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