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The Yellow Jacket
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$550
Nouveau monde
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 153 x 39 x 30 cm Sculpture - 60.2 x 15.4 x 11.8 inch
$23,749
Magic Illusionist
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 3 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$5,315
Flirt, set of 9 separate paintings
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$792
All you need is love
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,244
Enjoy your style
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,696
Let's keep them for ourselves
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,470
Summer, sea, beach, girl
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,640
Douce innocence Bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 18 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.1 x 3.9 inch
$1,108
Readers series - Ways of seeing
Nikolaus von Wolff
Print - 23 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.1 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$905
Readers series - Tube reader
Nikolaus von Wolff
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$905
Readers series - Poems
Nikolaus von Wolff
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$905
Grande Inspiration
Valérie Hadida
Sculpture - 125 x 81 x 55 cm Sculpture - 49.2 x 31.9 x 21.7 inch
$72,377
Contemporary portrait Guardians
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,470
Sisters' Embrace, Happiness
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,086
Majesty in Monochrome
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
L'amour en bleu
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,958
C.Z Guest Time cover
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$650
Isabella Blow in Philip Tracey
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Ventana. Marisol
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 81 x 65 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,036
Sirène au piano
Delphine Portier
Painting - 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Der Jahrhundertschritt
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - „Es Gibt Nur Eine Wahrheit.“
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Goldmedaille für die DDR: 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 klasse
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Handgranaten- Zielweitwurf I
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Zu Besuch Im Veb Elektrokohle
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Aus dem Gruppenbuch der Christiane P. - Für Unseren Anton
Matthias Leupold
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,018
Lost is a Lovely Place to Find Yourself
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,650
The Moonlight Coffee Together
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,375
Kara et ses oreilles
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Da Sokolan
Fatoumata Diabaté
Photography - 100 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch
$22,618
Behind the Sunglasses
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$550
Trois coups de rouge
Pierre Alechinsky
Painting - 34 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$12,440
Sleeping Beauty (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Perfect Storm (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Over The Top (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$36,000
LoveLoveLove (Triptych) (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 342.9 cm Photography - 60 x 135 inch
$36,000
LoveLoveLove (Triptych) (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 342.9 cm Photography - 60 x 135 inch
$14,500
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!