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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Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series
Yang Du
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$2,312
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Mrs Ka. [?] v1.3
LosOtros Mj Tom
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 100 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,005
Essence de jeunesse
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$1,318
Marilyn Laughing in Black Dress
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$2,878
Sans titre (porteuse)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch
$1,387
Le beau rêveur
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,965
El viajero & Compradito (Bronze)
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
$5,779
Portrait
Nicolas Fropo de Habart
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,081
Bacan, Tito & Boby, Tilingo and Julian
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 50 x 100 x 70 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$4,623
Street art le lundi au soleil
SmaK-titi
Painting - 95 x 87 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,734
Don de soi III
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,161
Chaque ride à mon coeur...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$867
Buste de Long John Silver
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 30 x 21 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.3 x 6.7 inch
$9,247
Aquarelle graphique 6
Agathe Wagner
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$925
El viajero & Compradito (Silver)
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
$6,357
Close to nothing (Blue)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,647
Close to nothing (Yellow)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,647
Steve McQueen.War Lover. Pensif
George Barris
Photography - 36 x 28 x 1 cm Photography - 14.2 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$798
Tribute to Dante Quinterno
Antonio Segui
Sculpture - 135 x 74 x 12 cm Sculpture - 53.1 x 29.1 x 4.7 inch
$9,247
Le décor n'a pas changé...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
Vous, vous aussi...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
La route qui mène au fond de soi...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
Mon bilan est sans mélancolie...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
Le bonheur simplement...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
Le monde est une question...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,098
Voilà les mots, les gestes...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,098
Conversation avec un ange
Mathilde de Bellecombe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,005
Mihail (Chemiakin)
Konstantin Bokov
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$9,500
Buveur de songes
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$4,046
Terre-plein central
Harald Wolff
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,046
Maxime Medard
Clément Poitrenaud
Photography - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,503
