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La femme à la licorne
Yannick Aaron
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2.7 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.1 inch
$13,422
The Bridesmaid
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 30.5 x 25.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12 x 10 x 0.2 inch
$491
Contemporary portrait "Cat Country"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 55 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 21.7 x 0.7 inch
$2,226
Celeste
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 180 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$9,202
À contre-jour
Arnaud Ele
Photography - 118.8 x 84 x 0.1 cm Photography - 46.8 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$1,432
Aus der Serie: "Antike Zukunfts-Bunt"
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Small Love in Yellow
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 12.5 x 14 x 3 cm Sculpture - 4.9 x 5.5 x 1.2 inch
$235
Love Is Connection
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 37 x 31 x 4 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$514
Love in Bright Green
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 4 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$414
Love and Other Components
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 25 x 24 x 3 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
$403
Small Love in Green II
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 13 x 8.5 x 2 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 3.3 x 0.8 inch
$246
Small Love in Green I
Gergana Ivanova
Sculpture - 10.5 x 16 x 2 cm Sculpture - 4.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$246
Untitled (11)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (10)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (9)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (8)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (7)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (6)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (3)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Untitled (1)
Kiro Urdin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.5 x 27 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,152
Introspection
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,237
La laitière revisitée
Catherine Clare
Painting - 92 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,461
Femme à l'éventail, jardin au bord du Nil
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Nous sommes une énigme feu rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 28 x 11 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 11 x 4.3 x 3 inch
$1,420
Nous sommes une énigme
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 20 x 11 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 4.3 x 3 inch
$1,420
Nous sommes une énigme Nickel
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 28 x 11 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 11 x 4.3 x 3 inch
$1,420
Nous sommes la littérature
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 39.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,420
Guitariste arlequin grand feu rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 34.5 x 21.5 x 17.5 cm Sculpture - 13.6 x 8.5 x 6.9 inch
$1,543
Self portrait with between clock and bed
Gerard Boersma
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$1,970
Rue Mouffetard
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.62 x 15.74 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
Reflexion Bleu bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 33 x 14 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13 x 5.5 x 6.7 inch
$1,051
Self-Portrait 24.83
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$291
Self-Portrait 24.82
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$291
Self-Portrait 24.80
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$291
Kiss under the rain
Cynthia Coulombe-Bégin
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$2,195
Worship 2
Shijirbaatar Jambalsuren
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,071
Worship 3
Shijirbaatar Jambalsuren
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,245
Je l'ai sur le pouce
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,244
Le rouge nous va mieux au teint
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
Marilyn Laughing in Black Dress
Bert Stern
Photography - 48 x 33 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$2,785
Angel of Sweetness - Tenderness
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$11,744
Angel of sweetness, I miss you
Alexandre Abyla
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$11,744
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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!