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, Caballero, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print . 101 x 81 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.8 x 31.9 x 0 inch

$9,500

Print, Éternel Retour, Levalet

Levalet

Print . 85 x 65 x 0.01 cm Print . 33.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$423

Print, Faune, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print . 44.5 x 33.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.5 x 13.2 x 0 inch

$1,450

Print, Garbage Hill, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

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

$4,835

Print, Les fiancés, Ottone Rosai

Ottone Rosai

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

$967

Print, Glimpse, Vhils

Vhils

Print . 87 x 61 cm Print . 34.3 x 24 inch

$3,022

Print, Die Heilige, Thomas Ott

Thomas Ott

Print . 41 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.1 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$302

Print, Untitled, Andreu Alfaro

Andreu Alfaro

Print . 70.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$939

Print, Trajan, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print . 90 x 63 x 0.1 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.8 x 0 inch

$15,834

Print, Twenty Flight Rock, Mr.

Mr.

Print . 65 x 65 cm Print . 25.6 x 25.6 inch

$2,417

Print, Tyra Tyre, Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos

Print . 76 x 59 cm Print . 29.9 x 23.2 inch

$7,252

Print, Paseo, Jacques Gorde

Jacques Gorde

Print . 60 x 40 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$212

Print, Pensive, Malcolm T. Liepke

Malcolm T. Liepke

Print . 50.8 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm Print . 20 x 15 x 2 inch

$3,033

Print, Two Girls, Felicita Frai

Felicita Frai

Print . 48 x 67.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.9 x 26.6 x 0 inch

$242

Print, Bazaar, Deanna Frosini

Deanna Frosini

Print . 30 x 29 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.8 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

$302

Print, Girl, Ugo Rambaldi

Ugo Rambaldi

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$363

Print, Untitled, Marcello Ercole

Marcello Ercole

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$218

Print, Le retour, Henri Guibal

Henri Guibal

Print . 44 x 30 x 0.3 cm Print . 17.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$423

Print, Portrait, Serge Plagnol

Serge Plagnol

Print . 56 x 45 x 0.01 cm Print . 22 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$423

Print, The Rescue, Ibrahim Kodra

Ibrahim Kodra

Print . 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$435

Print, Untitled, Gabriel Rigo

Gabriel Rigo

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

$268

Print, Sans titre, Pat Andrea

Pat Andrea

Print . 28.5 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.2 x 15 x 0.1 inch

$423

Print, B6, Sandro Chia

B6

Sandro Chia

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.02 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,176

Print, Kaotic, Josep Uclés

Josep Uclés

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

$363

Print, L'enlèvement, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 60.7 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,027

Print, Duo, Antoni Muntadas

Duo

Antoni Muntadas

Print . 74 x 95 x 0.02 cm Print . 29.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch

$1,209