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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Sculpture, König, Nando Kallweit

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture - 26 x 7 x 4 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 inch

$808

Painting, Retrato, Enrique Pichardo

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$902

Painting, Orange tulips, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$852

Print, Un homme libre, Jazzu

Jazzu

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$950

Painting, Tourbillon, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$840

Print, Untiteled, JM Robert

JM Robert

Print - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$974

Print, Festival, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

$974

Fine Art Drawings, Sies Marjan, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$800

Painting, Phoenix, Anna Privaloff

Anna Privaloff

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,435

Print, Albert Einstein, Aiiroh

Aiiroh

Print - 75 x 75 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

$792

Print, Dream, Insane 51

Insane 51

Print - 70 x 70 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$1,814 $1,633

Painting, Rouge, Tanya Lytko

Tanya Lytko

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,192

Painting, La sportive, Sylvie Eudes

Sylvie Eudes

Painting - 25 x 25 x 4 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

$974

Fine Art Drawings, Discurso indiferente, Teo Franco

Teo Franco

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$670

Painting, La tête en vrac, AKET

AKET

Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

$2,192

Painting, Le Sacre, Flavien Couche

Flavien Couche

Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$974 $877

Painting, Fashion, Nathalie Cubéro

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.25 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$670

Painting, Fragile Future, Asko

Asko

Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$974

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Levalet

Painting - 64 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

$2,923

Painting, Moviegoer, Dima Filatov

Dima Filatov

Painting - 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch

$974

Painting, Banksy’s genie, Onemizer

Onemizer

Painting - 114.3 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45 x 28 x 0.1 inch

$3,500

Print, Lory, James Jean

James Jean

Print - 35.6 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$2,435

Painting, Black 911, Fabien Novarino

Fabien Novarino

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$2,314

Print, Valentine’s day, Seaty

Seaty

Print - 90 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,923

Sculpture, Portrait, Rom av J.C

Rom av J.C

Sculpture - 148 x 78 x 8 cm Sculpture - 58.3 x 30.7 x 3.1 inch

$1,827

Print, La fleuriste, AKET

AKET

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$475

Sculpture, Inconsciemment naïf, AKET

AKET

Sculpture - 73 x 15 x 2 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,206

Sculpture, Équilibre, Valérie Hadida

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture - 40 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

$8,281

Painting, Marina, Virginia Benedicto

Virginia Benedicto

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

$718

Sculpture, Murmure, Réjane LeChat

Réjane LeChat

Sculpture - 40 x 15 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.9 x 7.9 inch

$2,192

Painting, Untitled, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Painting - 49.8 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

$820

Print, Bonheur Familial, Stratos

Stratos

Print - 16 x 7 x 0.5 cm Print - 6.3 x 2.8 x 0.2 inch

$938

Painting, Pink Child, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,288

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