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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Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,647
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,656
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,598
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,730
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 151.9 x 105.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.8 x 41.7 x 1 inch
$4,250 $3,188
Francis Bellanger
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,059
Léopold Survage
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$3,634
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,622
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$969
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$606
Gilbert Pastor
Fine Art Drawings - 31.75 x 24.13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 9.5 x 0 inch
$303
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.6 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$91
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.6 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$91
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.6 x 0.1 inch
$91
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.6 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$91
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 5.6 x 0.1 inch
$91
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$5,450
Wang Kai Chen
Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,391
Wang Kai Chen
Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,391
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$533
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$533
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$303
Maryse-Anne Couteau
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,634
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 71.1 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20 x 0.3 inch
$225
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$593
Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$363
Isabelle Floch
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 90 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,512
Georges-Henri Tribout
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$363