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, Larmes de Verre, Man Ray

Man Ray

Print . 29.8 x 36.8 cm Print . 11.7 x 14.5 inch

$2,500

Print, Rough Cuts 2, Hush

Hush

Print . 60 x 41 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.1 inch

$1,002

Print, Harley Quinn, IPR Graph

IPR Graph

Print . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$242

Print, Belle Inconnue #1, Tian

Tian

Print . 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$302

Print, Upraising, Gongas

Gongas

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$459

Print, Connection, Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood

Print . 71.1 x 88.9 cm Print . 28 x 35 inch

$4,869

Print, Evening 2, Maxwell Stevens

Maxwell Stevens

Print . 44 x 58.5 x 0.05 cm Print . 17.3 x 23 x 0 inch

$1,087

Print, Dracula, Tristan Eaton

Tristan Eaton

Print . 38.1 x 66 cm Print . 15 x 26 inch

$954

Print, Teatime III, James Jean

James Jean

Print . 69 x 56 cm Print . 27.2 x 22 inch

$1,510

Print, So Eager, Gongas

Gongas

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$471

Print, Evening, Maxwell Stevens

Maxwell Stevens

Print . 44 x 58.5 x 0.05 cm Print . 17.3 x 23 x 0 inch

$1,087

Print, Sensuality, Pino Daeni

Pino Daeni

Print . 88.9 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Print . 35 x 42 x 2 inch

$4,112

Print, Spot Remover, Kunstrasen

Kunstrasen

Print . 59.9 x 59.9 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$2,500

Print, Marylin Monroe, IPR Graph

IPR Graph

Print . 80 x 60 x 5 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$242

Print, Tanzania, Léa Roche

Léa Roche

Print . 70 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch

$338

Print, In Havana, Richard Merkin

Richard Merkin

Print . 63.5 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Print . 25 x 30 x 2 inch

$1,298

Print, Crying Pin'up, Tushi Kuni

Tushi Kuni

Print . 61 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$326

Print, Tango, Fabian Perez

Fabian Perez

Print . 63.5 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Print . 25 x 20 x 2 inch

$1,569

Print, Untitled, Hussein Madi

Hussein Madi

Print . 56 x 59 cm Print . 22 x 23.2 inch

$5,435

Print, Laurel Dreams, Peter Nixon

Peter Nixon

Print . 62.2 x 85.1 x 5.1 cm Print . 24.5 x 33.5 x 2 inch

$1,732

Print, Orgasme, Tømføx

Tømføx

Print . 61 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 24 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$338

Print, Marylin Monroe, Santicri

Santicri

Print . 60 x 42 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

$664

Print, Darkness 1, Lantomo

Lantomo

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

$326

Print, Metis, Valerian Lenud

Valerian Lenud

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$272

Print, Miaou!, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$60

Print, Rough Cuts 1, Hush

Hush

Print . 60 x 41 cm Print . 23.6 x 16.1 inch

$1,002