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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Photography, Listen, Richard Dunkley

Richard Dunkley

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

$423 $360

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

Sculpture, Petite Volga, Nella Buscot

Nella Buscot

Sculpture - 72 x 32 x 25 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 12.6 x 9.8 inch

$12,818

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

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 163, Tarek Butayhi

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch

$700

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 160, Tarek Butayhi

Tarek Butayhi

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 13.4 inch

$800

Painting, Untitled 4, Tarek Butayhi

Tarek Butayhi

Painting - 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 inch

$1,500

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

Painting, Sea breeze, Liubou Sas

Liubou Sas

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,770

Painting, Blue India, Eklektik

Eklektik

Painting - x cm Painting - 0 x 0 inch

$3,052 $2,747

Photography, Autoportrait, Feng Hatat

Feng Hatat

Photography - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

$732

Painting, Daydream, Nyne Factory

Nyne Factory

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

$977 $781

Painting, Friends, Hani Badawi Leo

Hani Badawi Leo

Painting - 78 x 148 x 3 cm Painting - 30.7 x 58.3 x 1.2 inch

$1,953

Print, R.O.F.L., Sephora Venites

Sephora Venites

Print - 119.4 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 47 x 33 x 0.1 inch

$2,307

Painting, Blue India, Eklektik

Eklektik

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

$1,465 $1,172

Photography, El Barbudo, James Sparshatt

James Sparshatt

Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$981

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