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, Ascention VI, Prefab77

Prefab77

Print - 104 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 40.9 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Napoléon en Jordan, Shuz

Shuz

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€50

Print, Untitled, Gabriel Rigo

Gabriel Rigo

Print - 77 x 55 cm Print - 30.3 x 21.7 inch

€222

Print, Clown, Enrico Benaglia

Enrico Benaglia

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€320

Print, Child, Enrico Benaglia

Enrico Benaglia

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€420

Photography, Tan Lines, Miles Aldridge

Miles Aldridge

Photography - 134 x 180 cm Photography - 52.8 x 70.9 inch

€16,000

Print, Sans titre, Pat Andrea

Pat Andrea

Print - 36 x 25 cm Print - 14.2 x 9.8 inch

€350

Print, Pensive, Malcolm T. Liepke

Malcolm T. Liepke

Print - 50.8 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm Print - 20 x 15 x 2 inch

€2,537

Print, 19m2, Éric Lambé

Éric Lambé

Print - 43.5 x 41 cm Print - 17.1 x 16.1 inch

€250

Print, Berber Woman, Jovan Vulic

Jovan Vulic

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€180

Print, The Rescue, Ibrahim Kodra

Ibrahim Kodra

Print - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€360

Print, Figures, Franco Gentilini

Franco Gentilini

Print - 31.5 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.4 x 9.6 x 0 inch

€300

Print, Erotic 8, John Lennon

John Lennon

Print - 58.4 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Print - 23 x 30 x 2 inch

€7,429

Print, Pierino, Antonio Bueno

Antonio Bueno

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€250

Print, Oracle, Nani Tedeschi

Nani Tedeschi

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€280

Print, Gold Age, Jacob Rantzau

Jacob Rantzau

Print - 150 x 108 cm Print - 59.1 x 42.5 inch

€3,250

Print, Pensive, Frédéric Menguy

Frédéric Menguy

Print - 56 x 42 x 0.2 cm Print - 22 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€250

Print, Sans titre, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 13 x 13 x 0.2 cm Print - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch

€140

Print, Eyes, Nobless

Nobless

Print - 60 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€500