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, David, Zeta Yeyati

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 34 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 13.4 x 0.4 inch

€309

Painting, Madame, Géraldine G.

Géraldine G.

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Painting, Opera - David B, Crys

Crys

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€150

Painting, Gaugalin 1, Matthieu de Malte

Matthieu de Malte

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€400

Photography, Kostas, Gor Avetisyan

Gor Avetisyan

Photography . 101 x 66 x 2 cm Photography . 39.8 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Le machino, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,600

Painting, Small Kim, Alfredo Scaroina

Alfredo Scaroina

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

€200

Painting, Gaugalin 2, Matthieu de Malte

Matthieu de Malte

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€400

Painting, Green portrait, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€574

Painting, 2021, Rafik Majzoub

Rafik Majzoub

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,924

Painting, Sans titre, Walter Barrientos

Walter Barrientos

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€550

Painting, Queen 26-0-7, Kim Soo Young

Kim Soo Young

Painting . 40.2 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.8 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€450

Painting, Keep Going, Raphaelle Emery

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€375

Painting, Donald Duck, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

Painting, I Can't Hear You!, Nadia NL

Nadia NL

Painting . 61 x 48.3 x 1.3 cm Painting . 24 x 19 x 0.5 inch

€388

Painting, L'Expedició, Miquel Wert

Miquel Wert

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,300

Painting, Lola, André Ferrand

André Ferrand

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€590

Painting, Ella, Zeta Yeyati

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€309

Painting, The beard, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

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

€450

Painting, Tête noire, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€550

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