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, Homère, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch

$541

Print, Le spectateur, Gen Paul

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

$361

Print, Georges Lukacz, Gen Paul

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

$361

Print, Jacqueline Danan, Gen Paul

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

$361

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 23 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

$421

Print, Icare, Claude Weisbuch

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 58 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 15 x 0.1 inch

$661

Print, Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$359

Print, Velasquez, Roser Bru

Roser Bru

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$721

Print, Lucha, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print - 58 x 41 cm Print - 22.8 x 16.1 inch

$301

Print, Brown Haircut, Jim Dine

Jim Dine

Print - 82 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 32.3 x 26.8 x 0 inch

$3,606

Print, Lithographie, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 55.9 x 85.6 x 0.2 cm Print - 22 x 33.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,022

Print, L'enlèvement, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 60.7 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,022