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, Taxi driver, Le Closier

Le Closier

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,128

Painting, Portrait I, Rémi Planche

Rémi Planche

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

€8,000

Painting, Blue Coat, Fay Goyarts

Fay Goyarts

Painting - 100 x 75 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,150

Painting, Deeper, Eleonora Taranova

Eleonora Taranova

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

€2,500

Painting, Zango, Shake

Shake

Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Watching, Olesia Miftahova

Olesia Miftahova

Painting - 170 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 66.9 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,950

Painting, Mona Lisa, Romain Dorez

Romain Dorez

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Beach day, Ivo Petrov

Ivo Petrov

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

€950

Photography, Down in Mexico, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography - 53 x 35.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€1,999

Painting, Africa. Pintado, Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

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

€2,425

Painting, Visages, Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry

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

€1,039

Painting, Totem boy, Iryna Gragera

Iryna Gragera

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

€1,000 €900

Painting, Bunmi, Meshach Charity

Meshach Charity

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

€1,580

Print, Fragile #4, cObo

cObo

Print - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€249

Painting, Breathe, Pompilio Gianluca

Pompilio Gianluca

Painting - 37 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€850

Sculpture, Astroline, Astroman

Astroman

Sculpture - 21 x 9 x 6 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.5 x 2.4 inch

€1,400

Painting, Le liseur, Pierre Loeb

Pierre Loeb

Painting - 55 x 33 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 1 inch

€2,000

Painting, Remain_5, Seonghwa Hong

Seonghwa Hong

Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Tête, Hans Bouman

Hans Bouman

Painting - 69 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 19.9 x 0 inch

€950

Print, Infection, Marlene Dumas

Marlene Dumas

Print - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,450

Painting, Aires, Troy Henriksen

Troy Henriksen

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

€4,000

Sculpture, Eureka, Lieven D'Haese

Lieven D'Haese

Sculpture - 52 x 23 x 27 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 9.1 x 10.6 inch

€7,500

Painting, Brothers, M. Hovol

M. Hovol

Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Design, Ma benz, Marie-Ange Daudé

Marie-Ange Daudé

Design - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Design - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Sculpture, Le Manchot Jaune, Michadu

Michadu

Sculpture - 38 x 20 x 13 cm Sculpture - 15 x 7.9 x 5.1 inch

€1,400

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