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, Figua, Félix Labisse

Félix Labisse

Print - 76 x 53 cm Print - 29.9 x 20.9 inch

$538

Print, Figures, Marcello Ercole

Marcello Ercole

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

$299

Print, Nu voilé, Gérard Daran

Gérard Daran

Print - 38 x 27.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 15 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch

$299

Fine Art Drawings, Jaws-B, Pierre Jacob

Pierre Jacob

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15 inch

$359

Print, Torero, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 75 x 54 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.3 x 0 inch

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Print, The Dance, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

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Print, Woman, Man Ray

Man Ray

Print - 34 x 23.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 13.4 x 9.3 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Orson Welles, Erró

Erró

Print - 60 x 81 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.9 inch

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Print, Baigneuse, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print - 49 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 19.3 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

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Print, The Dance, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

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Print, Toreador, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 71 x 53 x 1 cm Print - 28 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

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Print, Danton, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 76 x 53 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Feu N2, Robert Combas

Robert Combas

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

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Print, Portrait I, Corneille

Corneille

Print - 73.7 x 52.1 cm Print - 29 x 20.5 inch

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Print, Le Mexicain, Louis Toffoli

Louis Toffoli

Print - 75.5 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch

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Print, La Poule, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0 inch

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Print, Double Face, Man Ray

Man Ray

Print - 70 x 51 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Earth, François Boisrond

François Boisrond

Print - 49 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch

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Print, Maternité, Lee Pho

Lee Pho

Print - 75.2 x 56.5 x 2 cm Print - 29.6 x 22.2 x 0.8 inch

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Print, Zodiac, Alphons Mucha

Alphons Mucha

Print - 60 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.3 x 0 inch

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Print, La Habana, Erró

Erró

Print - 57 x 45 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.7 inch

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Print, Orientale, Corneille

Corneille

Print - 66.5 x 51 x 0.2 cm Print - 26.2 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Toreador, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 74 x 54 x 1 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

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