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!

Read more
Print, Love Hurts, Dface

Dface

Print - 65 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$2,101

Painting, Two women, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Painting - 68.6 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27 x 39 x 0.1 inch

$1,900

Painting, Mr.hope xxl, MrHope

MrHope

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,441

Fine Art Drawings, SCC, Stefano Mazzolini

SCC

Stefano Mazzolini

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$720 $648

Fine Art Drawings, CTSS, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$720 $648

Painting, Hanoi, Cannibal Malabar

Cannibal Malabar

Painting - 30 x 30 x 10 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch

$720 $612

Sculpture, Une Larme, Philippe Buil

Philippe Buil

Sculpture - 21 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

$1,561

Painting, Mi-Grand, Raf Urban

Raf Urban

Painting - 90 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

$708 $637

Painting, Le drap, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$624 $562

Painting, Katare XXL, Asko

Asko

Painting - 132 x 112 x 0.1 cm Painting - 52 x 44.1 x 0 inch

$1,237

Painting, Mad, Cumbone

Mad

Cumbone

Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

$3,001

Painting, Star Wars, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Painting - 99.1 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39 x 27 x 0.1 inch

$1,500

Painting, Friends, Hani Badawi Leo

Hani Badawi Leo

Painting - 78 x 148 x 3 cm Painting - 30.7 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch

$1,921 $1,345

Painting, Portrait #08, Koba

Koba

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$360 $299

Print, R.O.F.L., Sephora Venites

Sephora Venites

Print - 119.4 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 47 x 33 x 0.1 inch

$2,269 $2,042

Painting, Snob, Sabine Louriac

Sabine Louriac

Painting - 61 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 15 x 0.8 inch

Sold

Painting, Friends Zone, Aba Linus

Aba Linus

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch

$2,000 $1,500

Painting, Aphrodite, Damien Berrard

Damien Berrard

Painting - 116 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1 inch

$720

Painting, Boss Madam, Babatunde Adeogun

Babatunde Adeogun

Painting - 120.7 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.5 x 35.5 x 1 inch

$2,850 $2,138

Painting, In Red I Lay, Aba Linus

Aba Linus

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch

$1,100 $825

Painting, Eva, Albena Vatcheva

Eva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

$1,261

Painting, Arcaica, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.4 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.2 inch

$180

Painting, Perfect Look, Joshua Salami

Joshua Salami

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch

$1,500 $1,125

13/100