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, Mr.hope xxl, MrHope

MrHope

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,465

Painting, Tumulte, Sylvie Cappe

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,831 $1,556

Painting, Pinocchio, Patrick Moya

Patrick Moya

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,052 $2,747

Painting, Space girl, Nathalie Cubéro

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,093 $984

Painting, Le drap, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$635

Painting, Eicona, Sylvie Cappe

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 81 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$1,123 $955

Painting, Sophia Loren, Maria De Campos

Maria De Campos

Painting - 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$4,761 $4,285

Painting, Woman, Vladimir Kolosov

Vladimir Kolosov

Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 0.6 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.25 inch

$2,100

Painting, Wolfgang Amadeus, Kokian

Kokian

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

$4,883 $3,906

Painting, Pause, Virginie Clement

Virginie Clement

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

$977 $879

Photography, Listen, Richard Dunkley

Richard Dunkley

Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch

$429 $364

Print, Lescamillo, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$4,712 $4,005

Print, Carmen, Bernard Buffet

Bernard Buffet

Print - 76 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0 inch

$4,712 $4,005

Painting, Mi-Grand, Raf Urban

Raf Urban

Painting - 90 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

$720

Painting, Hanoi, Cannibal Malabar

Cannibal Malabar

Painting - 30 x 30 x 10 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch

$732

Painting, Madonna Love, Maria De Campos

Maria De Campos

Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$6,739 $6,065

Painting, La Joconde, Maria De Campos

Maria De Campos

Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

$7,323 $6,592

Painting, Pendulum, Anahit Mirijanyan

Anahit Mirijanyan

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

$650

Painting, Aiiroh Hepburn LV, Aiiroh

Aiiroh

Painting - 75 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$2,319 $2,087

Painting, Portrait #08, Koba

Koba

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$366

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