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, Faith, Stickymonger

Stickymonger

Print . 110 x 78.5 x 1 cm Print . 43.3 x 30.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,109

Print, Ritual, Francisco Zuniga

Francisco Zuniga

Print . 47 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm Print . 18.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,084

Print, Pine Tree, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print . 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,500

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

Painting, Bowie, Talion

Talion

Painting . 75 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€900

Print, Magi Mann, Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer

Print . 62 x 44 cm Print . 24.4 x 17.3 inch

€1,490

Print, L'udito, Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys

Print . 30 x 23.5 cm Print . 11.8 x 9.3 inch

€350

Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Print . 100 x 234 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 92.1 x 0.4 inch

€11,000

Print, The Embrace, Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Print . 50 x 35 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,250

Print, Le blacon, Edouard Manet

Edouard Manet

Print . 48 x 36 x 0.5 cm Print . 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch

€800

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, Infection, Marlene Dumas

Marlene Dumas

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

€2,450

Print, Mir, C215

Mir

C215

Print . 78 x 78 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.7 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€800

Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero

Maria Carbonero

Print . 67.5 x 52 cm Print . 26.6 x 20.5 inch

€1,300

Print, Lulu, Tom Wesselmann

Tom Wesselmann

Print . 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Print . 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€11,294

Fine Art Drawings, Pucci Pants, Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 7.5 inch

€4,066

Print, Masque, Mikhail Chemiakine

Mikhail Chemiakine

Print . 64 x 46.5 x 1 cm Print . 25.2 x 18.3 x 0.4 inch

€900

Painting, Oiseau Vert, Corneille

Corneille

Painting . 53 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Print, Manifeste, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

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

€800

Print, Viene, Enzo Cucchi

Enzo Cucchi

Print . 30 x 30 cm Print . 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€300

Print, Untitled, Mariette Lydis

Mariette Lydis

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

€900

Print, Sans titre 2, Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

Print . 75 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print . 29.5 x 22 x 0 inch

€2,000

Print, Mushroom Cloud, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

Print . 120 x 80 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€4,000

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

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

€1,000

Print, Earth, François Boisrond

François Boisrond

Print . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

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, Sans Titre, Djamel Tatah

Djamel Tatah

Print . 49 x 49 cm Print . 19.3 x 19.3 inch

€800