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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Deseo Insular XIV
José Sierra
Photography - 91.4 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Spring scent
Rumiana Rusinova
Sculpture - 34.5 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 13.6 x 5.7 x 3.7 inch
$2,427
Dante's Reflection
Aghvan Sahakyan
Sculpture - 38 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
$3,000
Sculpture Ethnie - Femme africaine orange rouge caramel avec bébé devant
Atelier Piquifou
Sculpture - 44 x 10 x 5 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 3.9 x 2 inch
$578
Exoplanet #39 (Portrait of a Pupil) (Abduction)
Barbara Fragogna
Painting - 50 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,774
La Petite Fille
Edgar Degas
Sculpture - 100 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
$40,456
Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme
Karine Azoulay (1kazou)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,734
Woman
Charles Guerin
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$913 $685
Verdolini il Celebre Masseur
Nicola Simbari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch
$867
Biface Jeune fille les yeux au ciel / Jeune homme sur fond bleu
Jean Dessirier
Sculpture - 24 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$578
Kind of Blue
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
$3,100
Dancer
Miroslava Vrbova-Stefkova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,774 $2,219
Big Doll, Orient Express, LV Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 150 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
$21,384
Sans titre
Serge Plagnol
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$578
Portrait of a personality
Alexander Lazarkov
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
$1,873
Sans titre
Adam Nidzgorski
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$751
French Cancan / Moulin Rouge
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$4,855
Frank Sinatra - The Voice (large hand signed serigraph)
LeRoy Neiman
Print - 89.5 x 71.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.25 x 28.125 x 0.1 inch
$4,950
Sisters in Harmony -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Sola Ojo
Painting - 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,950
From the back of my eyes
Cristina Fontsare
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,312
Beyond This Earth (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Gbelekale Azeez
Painting - 73.7 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,450
The Entertainer
Terrece Beesley
Painting - 40.6 x 55.9 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 22 x 0.5 inch
$1,850
Enjoying the sea breeze
Jose Luis De la Barra Bellido
Painting - 91.4 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 38 x 1 inch
$2,200
Frank Sinatra And Lyrics To My Way
Tony Rubino
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,945
El baile
Gabriel Rigo
Fine Art Drawings - 51 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch
$925
My Skin Colour... Gift or Curse?
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,650
Massavo the Makokean 2
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
Sisters - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Modern
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,250 $1,688
Buddha and Blues
Koorosh Nejad
Painting - 140 x 105.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 41.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,272
Rencontre dans le jardin
Anthea Missy
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 48 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$578
Un homme et sa femme découvrent un drôle d’oiseau
Bjørn Nørgaard
Print - 50.5 x 37.5 cm Print - 19.9 x 14.8 inch
$678
USA. New York. Black is Beautiful. 1968
Eve Arnold
Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
$2,350
Readers series - Philosophy of money
Nikolaus von Wolff
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$925
Coffret de luxe - Soul in the horn Edition
Dan Witz
Print - 25 x 25 x 5.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 2.2 inch
$208
Untitled (PEN 04)
Atom Hovhanesyan
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 40.6 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16 x 0 inch
$80,000
Heads - Ian (Cutout Sculpture)
Julian Opie
Sculpture - 35.8 x 33.9 x 10 cm Sculpture - 14.1 x 13.3 x 3.9 inch
$12,715
Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 49 x 33 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13 inch
$1,734
Jennifer Lopez aka JLO Portrait tridimensional wall sculpture
Hunter & Gatti
Sculpture - 99.1 x 73.7 x 12.7 cm Sculpture - 39 x 29 x 5 inch
$5,000
Neon Diva from the Castelloland series.
Paloma Castello
Photography - 69.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,250
