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, Baby, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Painting, Maarzia, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 85 x 82 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 32.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,500 €1,350

Painting, Sentinelle, Renée Duval

Renée Duval

Painting . 76 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,350

Painting, Perception I, Kiara Peelman

Kiara Peelman

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

€6,800

Painting, Jump2, Dima Filatov

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Jade, Nef

Nef

Painting . 61 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Afterglow, Li Deyang

Li Deyang

Painting . 173 x 110 x 1 cm Painting . 68.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

Painting, Lights off, Tania Potapenko

Tania Potapenko

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Painting, La mère et l'enfant, Kej

Kej

Painting . 61 x 50 x 5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Regina, Eduardo Arroyo

Eduardo Arroyo

Painting . 101.5 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€34,000

Painting, Bain de nuage, Ewa Hauton

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

Painting, Chanel, Svetlana Lazareva

Svetlana Lazareva

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

€812

Painting, Transanimisme, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

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

€1,800 €1,260

Painting, Aplomb, Elisabeth Besnier

Elisabeth Besnier

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Painting, L'heure bleue, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,695 €2,561

Painting, The Dancer, Sabine Danzé

Sabine Danzé

Painting . 135 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

€12,500

Painting, The Hug, Wencke Uhl

Wencke Uhl

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,986

Painting, In Between, Afolayan Emmanuel

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,392

Painting, Whisper, Jean-Luc Almond

Jean-Luc Almond

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,449

Painting, Field poppy, Bruno Feitussi

Bruno Feitussi

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

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