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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The sadness of Maria Magdalena
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€1,800
A portrait with wild flowers
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
A ballerina in pink III
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€500
The autumn portrait II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
Sans Titre
Meteo Meteo
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€75 €57
Portrait of a gypsy woman
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
A portrait with a glass of wine II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
The moment of the harmony
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
The Maid of Orleans
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
The faces of the world: the carpet weavers of the east
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€850
Madonna Mediterana
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,450
In the circus town
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Waiting For The Ginger Bread Man
James Earley
Painting - 90 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€9,122
Nu allongé sur fond noir et rouge
Alain Bonnefoit
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.05 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€600
Verso l'elevazione
Angioletta De Nitto
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€4,250
Silencio
Mariela Garibay
Sculpture - 38 x 25 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9.8 x 11.8 inch
Price upon request
Untitled
Aron Kroes
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Revolution Aromatica
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€8,300
Enhanced Disintegration (Pink)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
€600
Fall time artist
Aron Kroes
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Pink summer
Aron Kroes
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Veil of Mystery
Christine El Ojeil
Painting - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€12,400
The Boomer Collection - Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon - HB3170
Idan Wizen
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
€150
Le silence de l'ange - Collection Oubli de Soi
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
€1,200
The woman who defeated pain (Frida Khalo)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 30.5 cm Print - 24 x 12 inch
€890
The Gentle Weight of Love
Liana Asatryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€742
Muhammad Ali - Heavyweight Ideals
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 inch
€550
Diaquarelle n°139
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
Sold
Dans la prairie
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 114 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Rage - le cri
Flo. M
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€400
Love is all we need
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€700