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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Painting, Multiverse Theory n°3, Brat

Brat

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Someday, Steve Smythe

Steve Smythe

Painting - 70 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€650

Painting, Joséphine, Marion Dauga

Marion Dauga

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€550

Painting, Nureyev Anew, Joanna Glazer

Joanna Glazer

Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€295

Painting, Double regard, SP

SP

Painting - 55 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€665

Sculpture, Aigua IV, Teresa Riba

Teresa Riba

Sculpture - 49 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

€3,800

Photography, A fleur de peau #04, Malo

Malo

Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€5,600

Painting, Cosmic Girl, L.E.T.

L.E.T.

Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Design, Child, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Design - 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design - 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

€230

Painting, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

Adam Nidzgorski

Painting - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€700

Print, Darkness 1, Lantomo

Lantomo

Print - 42 x 29.7 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€280

Painting, Space Scout, LN Le Pape

LN Le Pape

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€900

Sculpture, 86, Bernard Pras

86

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 48 x 40 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 15.7 x 5.9 inch

€16,000

Painting, Station, Alexandre Akar

Alexandre Akar

Painting - 180 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Sculpture, La Greffe 12, VAM

VAM

Sculpture - 18 x 14 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Air Bowl, Lksir

Lksir

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800 €720

Painting, Regard 1, Evok

Evok

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, A bout de souffle, SOMA

SOMA

Painting - 92 x 62 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Sculpture, Xango, Nimrod Messeg

Nimrod Messeg

Sculpture - 117 x 51 x 28 cm Sculpture - 46.1 x 20.1 x 11 inch

€19,000

Painting, Bird, Rachel Isadora

Rachel Isadora

Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 2 inch

€667

Painting, Blue, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,500

Print, Tauromaquia, Nasser Ovissi

Nasser Ovissi

Print - 53 x 39 x 0.05 cm Print - 20.9 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€500

Print, Ksyander, Rafael Sliks

Rafael Sliks

Print - 70 x 70 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€1,000

Print, Queen, Mirko Tangherlini

Mirko Tangherlini

Print - 43 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.9 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€550

Painting, Fake Abstract, Lino Lago

Lino Lago

Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€5,333

Painting, Dialogue-2, Qais Alsindy

Qais Alsindy

Painting - 45.7 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€711

Print, Sadness, Albert Besnard

Albert Besnard

Print - 25 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€600

Painting, N°19047 Pieta 1, Capton

Capton

Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€6,200

Painting, Rebel, Nino Eliashvili

Nino Eliashvili

Painting - 100.5 x 70.5 x 3 cm Painting - 39.6 x 27.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Painting, The Minority, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting - 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Photography, I Love I 2, John Yuyi

John Yuyi

Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.35 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Photography, Boring Housework, Ifig

Ifig

Photography - 27 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10.6 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€600

Painting, Njinga, Nadine Denjean

Nadine Denjean

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

€680

Painting, Geisha, Michelino Iorizzo

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting - 31 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Cataclysme, Jérôme Rasto

Jérôme Rasto

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

€750

Painting, Reste En Rouge, Joan Raset

Joan Raset

Painting - 49 x 64 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,800

Photography, Fish and Chips, Nir Hadar

Nir Hadar

Photography - 74 x 116 x 2 cm Photography - 29.1 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,111

Painting, Isadora, Mary Noga

Mary Noga

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Prodigy, Michael Gorban

Michael Gorban

Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,460

Painting, Untitled, Oswald Aulestia

Oswald Aulestia

Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€13,400

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