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Poisson à l'honneur
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
The girl in feather canyons
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 78 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 30.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$9,395
Somebody To Love
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$8,388
La demoiselle au chapeau
Patricia Grangier
Sculpture - 54 x 24 x 18 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$3,087
Blooming Grace
Kayimahe Ishmael Zed
Painting - 89.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,750
All about Eve. From the Art, culture & society series
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
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
Maison 1
Lisbeth Delisle
Fine Art Drawings - 65.5 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.8 x 15.7 inch
$2,013
Cover Girl
Monika Nowak
Fine Art Drawings - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,171
Bateau d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$660 $627
Carrosse d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$643 $612
Self-Portrait 24.122
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$436
Te esperaré a la orilla del mar
Corral y Líbano
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Magic Illusionist
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 3 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$5,257
Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
Domestic yellows III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$600
Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
L'oiseau qui rêve de Mer - Miniature 3
Pauline Couble
Sculpture - 11 x 6 x 10 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 2.4 x 3.9 inch
$391
Baby Doll n145, H Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 70 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,859
You Will See (Part 1)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
You Will See (Part 2)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
You Will See (Part 3)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
Douceur printanière
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
The relief of the sky
Elisa Bonotti
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$749
L'Innocente intacte - Format L
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,388
Demeter - Size XL
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,711
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
$1,007
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
$1,007
Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 80 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
Moi je joue
Monika Nowak
Fine Art Drawings - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,171
Summer, sea, beach, girl
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,622
The Lullaby Of The New Moon
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Who Are These Angels CXLIII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1.5 inch
$850
Woman with a Dog
Ladislav Majoroši
Painting - 69.5 x 61.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.4 x 24.2 x 0.2 inch
$4,116
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (10)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (7)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (6)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
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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!