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Sur les échasses
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,619
Thierry Dusautoir
Clément Poitrenaud
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$4,488
Il Gioco del Rocchetto
Massimo Campigli
Print - 52 x 74 x 0.2 cm Print - 20.5 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$5,834
I'm going to be a pilot
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,824
L'homme au bonnet d'ours
Florian Eymann
Painting - 72 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,393
Back lighting, Blue and Yellow. Diptych
Dora Franco
Photography - 76.2 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 30 x 80 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Equilibriste
Alexandre Mijatovic
Sculpture - 48 x 25 x 32 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 9.8 x 12.6 inch
$5,722
Comment pleurent les hommes
Alexandre Mijatovic
Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$6,731
Le Balcon / The Balcony
Stéphane Chauvin
Painting - 61 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$785
L’Art du Bonheur
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$393
Femme Karo et son enfant. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,458
Arara III - Guacamaya. Cultura Kayapó, Brasil
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$7,629
Makunaima - Aprendiz de chamán. Cultura Pemón, Venezuela
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 70 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$7,629
Tatevari - Dios fuego. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 66 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$7,629
Tatei Nivétzica - Niña-diosa del maíz. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$7,629
Wirikuta - Dios del desierto sagrado. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 66 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$7,629
Tatei Urianaka - Madre Tierra. Cultura Huichol, Mexico
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 171 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 67.3 x 0 inch
$7,629
Kalakshé - Dueño de los bosques. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 85 x 170 x 0.1 cm Photography - 33.5 x 66.9 x 0 inch
$7,629
Hiyuxa - Dueño de los peces. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 135 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 53.1 x 0 inch
$7,629
Kualekn - Dueña del algodón. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 97 x 180 x 0.1 cm Photography - 38.2 x 70.9 x 0 inch
$7,629
Kalavia - Dueña de los bosques. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 87 x 180 x 0.1 cm Photography - 34.3 x 70.9 x 0 inch
$7,629
Kualayuma - Dueña de las plantas cultivadas. Cultura Kogui, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 79 x 170 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.1 x 66.9 x 0 inch
$7,629
Awishama - Dueña de la coca. Cultura Wiwa, Colombia
Antonio Briceño
Photography - 120 x 181 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 71.3 x 0 inch
$7,629
Mihail (Chemiakin)
Konstantin Bokov
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$3,500
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,468
Personnages en mouvement 8
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$180
Personnages en mouvement 2
Arancha Tejedor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$180
Portrait of Woman
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,468
Roitelet couronné
Jean-Pierre Ceytaire
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,366 $2,861
Untitled 27 (Paris), From the series La Notte, Medium
Arslan Sükan
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$4,000
On n'a pas de Pipelines mais un Chouette Club de Ball Trap
Quitter Odessa
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$449
Petit Guide Pratique du Chimiste Amateur
Quitter Odessa
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$449
Voltairine de Cleyre
Quitter Odessa
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$449
Adam et Eve love in Paris
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$280
Le temps passe, tu l'espionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 130 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,590
Marie et Jésus de Nazareth, La Fuite en Egypte
Evelyne Huet
Print - 119 x 84 x 2 cm Print - 46.9 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$6,731
Marie de Nazareth dans sa Cuisine après L'Annonciation
Evelyne Huet
Print - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Print - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,292 $6,198
1248 girl in a red t-shirt
Roger König
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$12,341
1205 abstract gold fashion
Roger König
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$18,175
1225 abstract model series
Roger König
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,585
Reflection
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 150 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,366
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!