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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La Tour Humaine - Série singulière personnages de bois
Bruno Guiard
Sculpture - 21 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$702
Let’s be really happy
Kseniya Rai
Painting - 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,691
Schnappschuss 1706
Baurjan Aralov
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,404
A Girl with Chanel Earring
Sahara
Painting - 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$643
Island Boy per 2
Han-Jin Choi
Sculpture - 60 x 57 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 22.4 x 11.8 inch
$6,500
1971 Lady A l'Opéra de PARIS Lady in Paris Opera
Jean Marzelle
Print - 16 x 12 x 0.5 cm Print - 6.3 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$643
Angel with a Sword, no. IV/VIII
Jacek Cholewa
Sculpture - 19 x 10 x 14 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 3.9 x 5.5 inch
$1,755
Raquel Welch On The Beach
Terry O'Neill
Photography - 51 x 61 x 0.001 cm Photography - 20.1 x 24 x 0 inch
$3,393
The Journey of a Lifetime
Malwina Jagora
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,802
Paradis perdu, âme dévorée
Blu_451
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
$526
Riding on a bike
Carlos Martin Jimenez
Painting - 49.8 x 49.8 x 4.1 cm Painting - 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.6 inch
$990
Woman Hiking up her Dress
Christian Frederiksen
Painting - 40 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$1,100
When the world is in your hands
MKate
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$700
yellow pylon worker
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 36 x 25.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10 x 6.3 inch
$3,744
Healing Greenland, Chunja And Animal Friends
Shin Seung-Hun
Fine Art Drawings - 72 x 77.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.3 x 30.5 x 0 inch
$1,170
Après l'expo
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$877
Série : Se faire passer pour Mao
Nathalie Daoust
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,925
Harajuku Kiss (framed hand signed lithograph)
Mr.
Print - 65 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Illuminating Hope
Roseleen Labazacchy
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,250
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
$2,457
Dante's Reflection
Aghvan Sahakyan
Sculpture - 38 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
$3,000
Les petites variations n°30 bis
Daniela Meza Sigala
Painting - 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 4.1 x 3.3 x 0.2 inch
$702
Embrace the Stillness
Alexandra Beshko
Painting - 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$750
Frau - Woman
Stephan Balkenhol
Sculpture - 32 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$11,115
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
$585
Dues noies assegudes i gran flor
Jordi Traperho
Painting - 61 x 50 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 inch
$1,111
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
$2,808
La Petite Fille
Edgar Degas
Sculpture - 100 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
$40,950
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
$1,755
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
$585
Framed Color Face II
Jens-Christian Wittig
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$4,500
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
L'ange sur collage
Mathieu 1976
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$936
Be Yourself - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Wasiu Sunday Hassan
Painting - 81.3 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,250
Selfportrait Blue
Valentine Dardel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
$2,738
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
$21,645
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
$585