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, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Print . 48 x 37 x 0.2 cm Print . 18.9 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,100 €990

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

Painting, Bowie, Talion

Talion

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

€900

Print, Orfeo, Marino Marini

Marino Marini

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

€3,500

Print, Faith, Stickymonger

Stickymonger

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

€1,099

Print, Queen Bee, Mark Ryden

Mark Ryden

Print . 83.8 x 59.7 cm Print . 33 x 23.5 inch

€3,600

Print, Magi Mann, Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer

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

€1,490

Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero

Maria Carbonero

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

€1,300

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, Multiple, Martin Bigum

Martin Bigum

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€135

Print, Mir, C215

Mir

C215

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

€800

Print, Amour, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print . 57.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print . 22.6 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€7,200

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, 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, Masque, Mikhail Chemiakine

Mikhail Chemiakine

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

€900

Print, Lulu, Tom Wesselmann

Tom Wesselmann

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

€11,443

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

€4,107

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, 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, 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, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print . 76 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.7 x 0 inch

€3,860

Print, Brown Haircut, Jim Dine

Jim Dine

Print . 82 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print . 32.3 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€3,000

Print, Sans Titre, Djamel Tatah

Djamel Tatah

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

€800

Print, A2, Sandro Chia

A2

Sandro Chia

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

€1,000

Print, Blue Madonna, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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

€18,000

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