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, The Great Beyond, tizlu

tizlu

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

£345 £294

Painting, Kief, Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

£1,636

Print, Human blue, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Print - 62 x 51 x 2 cm Print - 24.4 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

£1,636

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre 8, Valérie Hadida

Valérie Hadida

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

£1,181

Print, Erato, Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry

Print - 80 x 53.4 x 0.5 cm Print - 31.5 x 21 x 0.2 inch

£1,727

Print, NFlux-SO-05, Fin Dac

Fin Dac

Print - 64 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch

£863

Painting, Homme et enfant, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£1,818 £1,545

Painting, Alternative, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

£4,999 £4,499

Painting, Révéler, David Jamin

David Jamin

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

£909

Sculpture, Donne V, Nando Kallweit

Nando Kallweit

Sculpture - 26 x 19 x 7 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.5 x 2.8 inch

£1,850

Painting, Andrea Doria, 1956, AKET

AKET

Painting - 100 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

£6,816

Painting, Roboïde, PRAB'Z

PRAB'Z

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

£818 £613

Painting, Girl, Nathalie Cubéro

Nathalie Cubéro

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

£813

Painting, Le bain, Béatrice Terra

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

£1,999

Painting, Blu Hair, Simone De Rosa

Simone De Rosa

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

£773

Painting, Dancing, Ekaterina Prisich

Ekaterina Prisich

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

£810 £729

Painting, Yoko, Fabien Novarino

Fabien Novarino

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

£1,727

Sculpture, Mockery - Blue, Gregos

Gregos

Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 7 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13.8 x 2.8 inch

£773

Print, Rachel, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print - 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

£1,272

Painting, Amalia, Raf Urban

Raf Urban

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

£1,091

Sculpture, Contrast, Karen Akhikyan

Karen Akhikyan

Sculpture - 25 x 32 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 12.6 x 4.3 inch

£1,158

Sculpture, Murmure, Réjane LeChat

Réjane LeChat

Sculpture - 40 x 15 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.9 x 7.9 inch

£1,636

Painting, Exploded, Virut Panchabuse

Virut Panchabuse

Painting - 170 x 120 cm Painting - 66.9 x 47.2 inch

£11,360

Print, Cubism with a hat, Gongas

Gongas

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

£454

Painting, Control, Flow

Flow

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

£2,272

Painting, Who is this, Aurélie Renout

Aurélie Renout

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

£1,818 £1,636

Painting, Silence, Galya Popova

Galya Popova

Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£1,772

Sculpture, Daydream, Linde Ergo

Linde Ergo

Sculpture - 16 x 16 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 6.3 x 3.1 inch

£1,045

Sculpture, Robinson Crusoé, AKET

AKET

Sculpture - 73 x 15 x 2 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

£1,363 £1,159

Print, Price crash, Dran

Dran

Print - 63 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 24.8 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

£1,454

Painting, Maeva, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

£1,727

Painting, Hope 1, Joshua Oyeleye

Joshua Oyeleye

Painting - 59.7 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 23.5 x 16 x 1.5 inch

£617

Painting, Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

£965

Sculpture, Apache de coeur, Miss.Tic

Miss.Tic

Sculpture - 14 x 14 x 5 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 inch

£2,272

Painting, Frida, Wawapod

Wawapod

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

£1,272 £1,145

Sculpture, Violaine, Arman

Arman

Sculpture - 31 x 16 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 6.3 x 3.9 inch

£5,453

Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

Print - 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm Print - 20.9 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

£1,081 £756

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Levalet

Painting - 64 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

£2,181

Print, La géante, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 71 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 28 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

£2,272

Print, Untitled, John Matos Crash

John Matos Crash

Print - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Print - 40 x 40 x 2 inch

£1,891

Print, Für Karl, Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara

Print - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,627

Painting, Hippocampe, Lili Tao

Lili Tao

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

£982

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