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!
Mattia Novello
Painting . 226.1 x 147.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 89 x 58 x 2 inch
$15,000
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 44 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,323
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 30 x 29 x 15 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 11.4 x 5.9 inch
$1,555
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 44 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,323
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 44 x 16 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 6.3 x 7.9 inch
$1,370
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 46 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture . 18.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,323
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 31.5 x 33 x 17 cm Sculpture . 12.4 x 13 x 6.7 inch
$1,613
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 36.5 x 49.5 x 29 cm Sculpture . 14.4 x 19.5 x 11.4 inch
$1,729
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 31.5 x 37 x 27.5 cm Sculpture . 12.4 x 14.6 x 10.8 inch
$1,729
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Martín Duque
Sculpture . 38 x 43 x 18 cm Sculpture . 15 x 16.9 x 7.1 inch
$1,950
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Noël Granger
Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$1,103
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Ebuka Michael
Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$934
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Ebuka Michael
Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,842
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Ebuka Michael
Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$812
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Valérie Hadida
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 36 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,857
Valérie Hadida
Sculpture . 30 x 17 x 10 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch
$3,946
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Valérie Hadida
Sculpture . 49 x 23 x 15 cm Sculpture . 19.3 x 9.1 x 5.9 inch
$8,705
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Marco Araldi
Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,318
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Marco Araldi
Painting . 102 x 61 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$4,856
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Marco Araldi
Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,318
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Marco Araldi
Painting . 61 x 82 x 6 cm Painting . 24 x 32.3 x 2.4 inch
$3,607
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Olivier Messas
Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,062
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Olivier Messas
Sculpture . 22 x 15 x 16 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 5.9 x 6.3 inch
$2,554
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Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,321
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Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings . 67.5 x 53 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.6 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$2,902
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Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,830
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings . 44 x 85.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.3 x 33.7 x 0.4 inch
$8,937
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 77 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
$4,759
