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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Sculpture, Dear Wonder, Giorgiko

Giorgiko

Sculpture - 30.5 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm Sculpture - 12 x 6 x 5 inch

$3,450

Painting, Family, Ya Su

Ya Su

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$2,878

Painting, Red Carpet, Nina Urushadze

Nina Urushadze

Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,441

Painting, Couple, Ezequiel Solano

Ezequiel Solano

Painting - 120 x 120 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 inch

$1,200

Sculpture, Blissfull, Gil Bruvel

Gil Bruvel

Sculpture - 63.5 x 48.3 x 58.4 cm Sculpture - 25 x 19 x 23 inch

$26,450

Painting, Portrait, Virgilio Guidi

Virgilio Guidi

Painting - 31 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 11.4 x 0 inch

$948

Sculpture, Jazz (Bronze), Onemizer

Onemizer

Sculpture - 39 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch

$5,900

Painting, Longue vue, Alain Rothstein

Alain Rothstein

Painting - 40 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch

$1,801

Painting, Bunmi, Meshach Charity

Meshach Charity

Painting - 86.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 30 x 1 inch

$1,750

Painting, The Matador I, Donovan Rose

Donovan Rose

Painting - 51 x 41 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.6 inch

$780

Print, Le soliste, Gen Paul

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

$360

Sculpture, Mona Bruxella, David Cumps

David Cumps

Sculpture - 51 x 61 x 4 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 24 x 1.6 inch

$1,080 $1,016

Painting, Secret desires, Julia Ruf

Julia Ruf

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$960

Painting, El olivo, Sara Manglano

Sara Manglano

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

$960

Sculpture, New, Xu Zhen

New

Xu Zhen

Sculpture - 46 x 14 x 10.5 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 inch

$6,459

Painting, Secret, Gillian Brin

Gillian Brin

Painting - 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

$780

Painting, Félicité, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$972 $875

Painting, Dance, Andriy Klishyn

Andriy Klishyn

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

$600

Fine Art Drawings, Portrait 09, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Fine Art Drawings - 54.9 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch

$680

Painting, Aires, Troy Henriksen

Troy Henriksen

Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$4,802

Painting, Me 1, Oluwafemi Akanmu

Oluwafemi Akanmu

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$2,400 $1,680

Painting, La mère et l'enfant, Kej

Kej

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

$1,200

Photography, Untitled, Ebuka Michael

Ebuka Michael

Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$966

Sculpture, Centurion II, Igor Mitoraj

Igor Mitoraj

Sculpture - 18 x 14 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.5 x 2.4 inch

$12,005

Painting, Roboïde rouge L, PRAB'Z

PRAB'Z

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

$1,381

Sculpture, Black Dress; Yi, Alex Katz

Alex Katz

Sculpture - 58.4 x 20.3 x 7.9 cm Sculpture - 23 x 8 x 3.1 inch

$26,850

Photography, Warrior Bride, AJ Barnes

AJ Barnes

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

$1,050

Painting, Sara, Xavi Figueras

Xavi Figueras

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

$960

Photography, Black Leopard #2, Brad Wilson

Brad Wilson

Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch

$2,401

Painting, Underground-3, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$3,121

Painting, Emancipation, Joshua Salami

Joshua Salami

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

$2,190

Painting, Yayoi, Yu Deng

Yu Deng

Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$3,001

Photography, Portrait #1, D-A Woisard

D-A Woisard

Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$960

Painting, Looking, David Paul Kay

David Paul Kay

Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

$2,881

Sculpture, No 198, Mario Dilitz

Mario Dilitz

Sculpture - 94 x 32 x 20 cm Sculpture - 37 x 12.6 x 7.9 inch

$25,210

Painting, Giada e Agata, Luigi Iona

Luigi Iona

Painting - 145 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 27.6 x 1 inch

$720

Painting, Hershey Pa, Dan Witz

Dan Witz

Painting - 122 x 152.4 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.6 inch

$28,812

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