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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L'émotion à fleur de peau
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$2,027
Magnifying glass "Cream"
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.2 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$477
En avant toute pipe en avant
Robert Combas
Print - 55 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,861
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Pause
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$715
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Atelier 6
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$715
Mémoire de JingDeZhen Atelier 5
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$715
Head, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photography intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22.8 x 30.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$900
Portrait du poète russe Ivanov
Mady Epstein
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,403
Meta Guerrier
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 50 x 20.5 x 29 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 8.1 x 11.4 inch
$21,458
Une jupe cloche en bronze . sm 610.1/8
Jean-Paul Boyer
Sculpture - 50 x 16 x 2 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$10,968
Ayrton Senna dans ses œuvres
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,146
Regards croisés d'Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,146
El Dandy
James Sparshatt
Photography - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,752 $2,476
Madonna ÿoung
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$10,670
Jackie K Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$3,588
Monocled Miss 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,232
Esther Williams Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,232
Colin Tennant, 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$3,588
Bettina Graziani 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$4,232
Fan Mail Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$5,675
Quiet Afternoon - 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$5,009
Dolores Guinness - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$5,009
Capucine 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch
$3,219
More than a body
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$3,000 $2,250
Grey Ribbon | Ada 3 times from the Alex And Ada Suite
Alex Katz
Print - 82.5 x 91.4 cm Print - 32.5 x 36 inch
$14,902
Portrait No.9 Bullfighter
Renjie Gao
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,192
Mursi teenager
Faie Davis
Photography - 89.4 x 63 x 0.25 cm Photography - 35.2 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Mycéenne
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 129 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 50.8 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
$3,934
Roots of a nation
Emmanuel Okoro
Sculpture - 46 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$3,669
Graciela
James Sparshatt
Photography - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,598 $3,238
Une histoire
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 75 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$536
Richard Wagner
Valerio Adami
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 inch
$2,980
Eugène Delacroix
Valerio Adami
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 inch
$2,980
N°1004 Pianissimo quanto possibile.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$596
Sleeping Greek Woman
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,161
Girl with Blue Eyes
Muraz Martirosyan
Painting - 55 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Shouting in Silence Hearing as a Deaf
Claudie Baran
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
