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, RBA 209516, Yigit Yazici

Yigit Yazici

Print . 74 x 58 x 2 cm Print . 29.1 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Print, Untitled, Dmitry Vrubel

Dmitry Vrubel

Print . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Print, White Lotus 8, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Print, White Lotus 2, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Print, White Lotus 3, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€8,997

Print, White Lotus 5, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Print, White Lotus 6, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Print, White Lotus 7, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Print, White Lotus 9, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Print . 81.3 x 121.9 cm Print . 32 x 48 inch

€9,000

Photography, lusclnuS, Louis Blanc

Louis Blanc

Photography . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Print, Barbie 4, Sandy Candy

Sandy Candy

Print . 18.36 x 13 cm Print . 7.2 x 5.1 inch

€125

Photography, The Double, Guy Sargent

Guy Sargent

Photography . 90 x 130 x 0.2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,213

Print, Tradition, Ger Doornink

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 72 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

€980

Photography, Witches Parc, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,380

Print, V. Putin, Dmitry Vrubel

Dmitry Vrubel

Print . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Photography, NIA(Volonté), Laurence Verney

Laurence Verney

Photography . 177.9 x 150 x 4 cm Photography . 70 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,500

Photography, Discord, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€13,000

Print, Over and out, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 65.5 x 55.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.8 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€10,500

Photography, Dichotomy 5/5, Isaac Morell

Isaac Morell

Photography . 125 x 125 x 2 cm Photography . 49.2 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Print, Enzo Ferrari, Lucio Monaco

Lucio Monaco

Print . 60 x 43 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€169

Photography, Turtle island, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,480 €1,332

Print, Pioneer, Dmitry Vrubel

Dmitry Vrubel

Print . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Photography, Beyrouth, José Nicolas

José Nicolas

Photography . 40 x 40 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€850

Photography, Rapunzel, Dina Goldstein

Dina Goldstein

Photography . 41 x 51 x 1 cm Photography . 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,700

Photography, Beetle II, Feng Wang

Feng Wang

Photography . 50 x 55 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Print, Dolce vita, Lucio Monaco

Lucio Monaco

Print . 60 x 43 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€169

Photography, Motherhood, Maïlys Derville

Maïlys Derville

Photography . 75 x 50 x 0.27 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€650

Photography, Flow., Eva Christina Nielsen

Eva Christina Nielsen

Photography . 53 x 40 x 3 cm Photography . 20.9 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Photography, Movida Massala, Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron

Photography . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,500

Print, Chanel n°5, Lucio Monaco

Lucio Monaco

Print . 60 x 43 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€169

Photography, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Katz

Jimmy Katz

Photography . 43 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography . 16.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,500