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, Les cheveux, Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Print, Human Blue, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Print . 102 x 77 x 1 cm Print . 40.2 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Print, The Bureaucrat, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print . 56.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Print . 22.2 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch

€3,000

Print, Festival, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print . 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

€800

Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print . 75 x 55 x 3 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Print, Rachel, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print . 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print . 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Print, Sans-titre, André Masson

André Masson

Print . 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€350

Print, Escamillo, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print . 74 x 54 x 2 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Print, The Scream, Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn

Print . 55 x 40 x 1 cm Print . 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,390

Print, C4 Cybrid (Purple), Fin Dac

Fin Dac

Print . 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€2,000

Print, Mirabeau, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€2,500

Print, In my house, Seth

Seth

Print . 103 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 40.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,490

Print, Shell, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

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

€660

Print, Dragon Vert, Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Lam

Print . 76 x 57 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€800

Painting, Yoda, Aiiroh

Aiiroh

Painting . 75 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€990

Painting, Untitled, Corneille

Corneille

Painting . 65 x 49 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Print, Orfeo, Marino Marini

Marino Marini

Print . 63 x 84 cm Print . 24.8 x 33.1 inch

€3,500

Print, Le Torero, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Print, Urban Kontortion, Bom.K

Bom.K

Print . 90 x 67 cm Print . 35.4 x 26.4 inch

€930

Print, Profile, Richard Lindner

Richard Lindner

Print . 71 x 55 cm Print . 28 x 21.7 inch

€1,300