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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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Painting, Dedans, dehors, Eric Doisy

Dedans, dehors

Eric Doisy

Painting . 70 x 39 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 15.4 x 1.2 inch

€880

Painting, Absences, Reinaldo Chavez

Absences

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 19 cm Painting . 7.5 x 7.5 inch

€380

Painting, Dragonfly, Catherine Clare

Dragonfly

Catherine Clare

Painting . 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Painting, In Her Space, Joshua Salami

In Her Space

Joshua Salami

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,743

Painting, Masque, Pascal Marlin

Masque

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€450

Painting, Him, Elie Chammaa

Him

Elie Chammaa

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€565

Sculpture, Bus Stop, Kazuhiko Tanaka

Bus Stop

Kazuhiko Tanaka

Sculpture . 8 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture . 3.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch

€280

Painting, Reina Roja, Zeta Yeyati

Reina Roja

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 72 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 28.3 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€309

Painting, Ethnic # 1, Pascal Marlin

Ethnic # 1

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 40 x 31 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch

€380

Painting, Justine, Pascal Marlin

Justine

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch

€400

Painting, Memory II, Shilpa Joglekar

Memory II

Shilpa Joglekar

Painting . 59 x 41 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.2 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch

€700

Painting, Character, Pascal Marlin

Character

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

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