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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Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 61 x 51 cm Photography . 24 x 20.1 inch
€2,100
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 51 x 40 cm Photography . 20.1 x 15.7 inch
€1,770
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 61 x 51 cm Photography . 24 x 20.1 inch
€2,100
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 40 x 51 cm Photography . 15.7 x 20.1 inch
€1,770
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 51 x 61 cm Photography . 20.1 x 24 inch
€2,100
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography . 30 x 40 inch
€3,980
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 101 x 76 cm Photography . 39.8 x 29.9 inch
€3,980
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 61 x 76.2 cm Photography . 24 x 30 inch
€2,875
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 76 x 60 cm Photography . 29.9 x 23.6 inch
€2,875
Kevin Westenberg
Photography . 152 x 101 cm Photography . 59.8 x 39.8 inch
€13,260
Clet Abraham
Painting . 75 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€5,900
Clet Abraham
Painting . 100 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€15,000
Clet Abraham
Painting . 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€12,500
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 4.1 inch
€800
Camille Hilaire
Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 12.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.5 x 5 inch
€800
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 27.9 x 27.9 x 1.3 cm Sculpture . 11 x 11 x 0.5 inch
€413
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 25.4 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 10 x 20 x 1 inch
€919
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 40.6 x 30.5 x 1.3 cm Sculpture . 16 x 12 x 0.5 inch
€568
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 27.9 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 11 x 6.25 x 1 inch
€650
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 26.7 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm Sculpture . 10.5 x 10.5 x 1 inch
€464
Alex Hodge
Sculpture . 22.9 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm Sculpture . 9 x 8.5 x 0.25 inch
€371
Jules Pascin
Fine Art Drawings . 58.5 x 45.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 17.9 x 0.2 inch
€3,000
Patrick Rubinstein
Painting . 110 x 150 cm Painting . 43.3 x 59.1 inch
€18,000