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, Pale Kiss, Axel Traverso

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Painting, City dweller, Paulis Postazs

Paulis Postazs

Painting - 40 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,860

Painting, The Queen, Normunds Braslins

Normunds Braslins

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

€3,900

Painting, Hair, Girts Muiznieks

Girts Muiznieks

Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€15,000

Painting, Double Portrait, Dace Liela

Dace Liela

Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Painting, Ex voto, Kouka

Kouka

Painting - 47 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.5 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€2,000

Photography, Moonlight, Guy Sargent

Guy Sargent

Photography - 88 x 68 x 0.2 cm Photography - 34.6 x 26.8 x 0.1 inch

€915

Photography, J'adore III, Guy Sargent

Guy Sargent

Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€925

Fine Art Drawings, Family Happiness, Hilda Vika

Hilda Vika

Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 11 x 0 inch

€5,720

Painting, Paint it wild, Axel Traverso

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Print, To hold back, Mila Margini

Mila Margini

Print - 120 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 47.2 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,600

Painting, Crying Girl, Dillon Boy

Dillon Boy

Painting - 91.44 x 91.44 x 0.2 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€2,490

Print, No racism, SISC

SISC

Print - 60 x 50 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 inch

€150

Print, Rest, Joe Lasker

Joe Lasker

Print - 71.1 x 62.2 x 5.1 cm Print - 28 x 24.5 x 2 inch

€815

Painting, Basquiat epoxy, KB

KB

Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€1,600

Painting, Le Juste, Françoise Jallot

Françoise Jallot

Painting - 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€2,000

Print, Rock and roll, Mana Key

Mana Key

Print - 70.5 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 27.8 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

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

Sculpture, Salto, Hans Mendler

Hans Mendler

Sculpture - 51 x 80 x 52 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 31.5 x 20.5 inch

€6,400

Sculpture, Azur, Sabrina Gruss

Sabrina Gruss

Sculpture - 20 x 35 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 13.8 x 4.3 inch

€1,700

Fine Art Drawings, Brothers, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.3 inch

€240

Design, Tapisserie, Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Design - 190 x 140 x 4 cm Design - 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Print, Festival, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

€800

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