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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Jeu de dame
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Parfum de magie
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Série grands singes - 11/5
François Cognet
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Série grands singes - 7/5
François Cognet
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Keep the children away #2
Dada Wa
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
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Petit bonheur
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Blues du jazzman
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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De blik op oneindig
Michel Flamme
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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A Night in Paris
Michel Flamme
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 inch
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Portrait De Jacques De Chapeaurouge / Portrait Of Jacques De Chapeaurouge (1744-1805)
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Print - 49 x 35 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.8 inch
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Who's watching the watchers ? - Blue Alaska
Voxx Romana
Painting - 68.6 x 55.9 cm Painting - 27 x 22 inch
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Ancêtre
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
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Yurei
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
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Silent Soul (06)
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 13 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inch
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Suaire
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 14 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inch
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Étude d'après Munch
Richard Laillier
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
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Untitled
Alexandre Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
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La galette tire les rois
Christian Esctal
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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