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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Print, Inuit, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print . 27 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 10.6 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€250

Painting, Siddhartha, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Print, Sans Titre, Mimmo Paladino

Mimmo Paladino

Print . 29.3 x 23.3 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.5 x 9.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Couple, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€220

Print, Diana, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 92 x 95 x 0.01 cm Print . 36.2 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€8,850

Painting, Tête, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€100

Painting, Tête, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€100

Print, Le coeur, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print . 67 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€475

Painting, Plaque # 3, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€190

Photography, Reminiscence, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Photography . 59.9 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,151

Print, Danse, Jacob Diboum

Jacob Diboum

Print . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€150

Fine Art Drawings, Head, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€450

Fine Art Drawings, Duo # 3, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 51 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

€400

Print, Elektra, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print . 82 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print . 32.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,500

Print, Lavoratore, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print . 150 x 98 x 0.1 cm Print . 59.1 x 38.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Print, Mosaisk I, Ula Kalinowska

Ula Kalinowska

Print . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Print, B6, Sandro Chia

B6

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, A6, Sandro Chia

A6

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€1,000

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 32.5 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch

€580

Print, One People, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Print . 39 x 39 x 1 inch

€2,479

Print, Perception, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 86.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Print . 34 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,284

Print, Sweet Home, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 66 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Print . 26 x 34 x 1 inch

€1,284

Print, Dent #6, Hervé Di Rosa

Hervé Di Rosa

Print . 25 x 20 cm Print . 9.8 x 7.9 inch

€150

Print, Saltarí, Modest Cuixart

Modest Cuixart

Print . 69 x 46 x 0.01 cm Print . 27.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,000

Print, Heroine, Tosin Oyeniyi

Tosin Oyeniyi

Print . 86.4 x 66 x 2.5 cm Print . 34 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,505