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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Irène, Goddess of peace
Youthone
Painting - 103 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 40.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,167 $1,051
Madalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon
Youthone
Painting - 103 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 40.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,156 $1,040
Divine Elegance, no.I/VIII (large size)
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 43 x 34 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 13.4 x 9.8 inch
$5,664
Portrait
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,081
AIr (de la suit? Quatre Elements)
Erte Tirtoff
Print - 96 x 51 x 1 cm Print - 37.8 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,890 $2,023
Embrace of Love
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$890 $712
Charming workout
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,890
Son courage à deux mains
JM Robert
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,236
Bats
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$694
Visions of the Unseen
Harutyun Aghajanyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$380 $304
Renaissance bleue
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 37 x 28 x 18 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 11 x 7.1 inch
$1,907
La rue, estampe originale de Di Rosa
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 105 x 51 cm Print - 41.3 x 20.1 inch
$1,387 $1,248
Interrogation EA3/4
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 38 x 30 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15 x 11.8 x 4.3 inch
$5,317
Too busy surviving to be angry
Idan Wizen
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,890
Le temps des merveilles
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,023 $1,922
Petits miracles nous entourent
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 55 x 46 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.4 inch
$1,214 $1,154
L'éventail
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,386 $1,318
Flashback
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$2,531 $2,405
Tango aux cerises
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$2,601 $2,471
Portrait of Ligabue
Sergio Barletta
Painting - 72 x 51 x 0.2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$809
Danser encore
Nathalie Cubéro
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,433 $3,090
A la mode (Fashionable)
Samson Toba
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,800
Bacan, Tito & Boby, Tilingo and Julian
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 50 x 100 x 70 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$4,623
Là-haut, au delà des étoiles
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 32 x 29.5 x 26 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 11.6 x 10.2 inch
$1,722
Meeting the sea
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,161
Portrait of Aloys Senefelder
Graham Sutherland
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,098
Etrangère Brune
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 30 x 35 x 18 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13.8 x 7.1 inch
$925 $740
Freedom and Captivity
Erte Tirtoff
Print - 73 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,890 $2,023
Don de soi III
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,161
