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, Over and out, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

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

$12,735

Print, L'artisan, Louis Toffoli

Louis Toffoli

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$485

Print, L'artisan, Louis Toffoli

Louis Toffoli

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$485

Print, Mushroom Cloud, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

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

$4,851

Print, Fighting, Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun

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

$5,700

Print, La Topaze, Alphons Mucha

Alphons Mucha

Print - 56 x 23 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 9.1 x 0 inch

$728

Print, Athletes, Sandro Chia

Sandro Chia

Print - 86.4 x 66 cm Print - 34 x 26 inch

$1,500

Print, Diàleg, Joan Brossa

Joan Brossa

Print - 50 x 38 cm Print - 19.7 x 15 inch

$667

Print, Capricorn, Aya Takano

Aya Takano

Print - 66.5 x 52 cm Print - 26.2 x 20.5 inch

$1,395

Print, Nuque, Martin Bigum

Martin Bigum

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

$164

Print, La Cloche, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 58 x 77 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.3 x 0 inch

$788

Print, Untitled, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

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

$840

Print, Robe longue, Roland Topor

Roland Topor

Print - 72 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch

$825

Print, Marat, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$340

Painting, The Faure, Peter Max

Peter Max

Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

$2,963

Print, S.T. 95065, Hans Van Horck

Hans Van Horck

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

$274

Print, La colère, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, L'orgueil, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, L'envie, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, L'avarice, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, La paresse, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, La luxure, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print - 41 x 33 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.1 x 13 x 0 inch

$424

Print, Duo, Antoni Muntadas

Duo

Antoni Muntadas

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

$1,213

Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

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

$13,341

Print, Homère, Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch

$546

Print, Multiple, Martin Bigum

Martin Bigum

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

$164