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Le mystérieux feu du renard roux
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$726 $653
Dear Irving...
Mourad Cherifi
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.02 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,340
The genius of surrealism
Aleksandr Shkarbanenko
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,500
The Confidant
Ricardo Fabián Bertona
Painting - 110 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$8,000
Serie "Anna. Moscow" 2001
Stanley Greene
Photography - 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 cm Photography - 4.3 x 3.5 x 0.4 inch
$558
Le Dandy en Gris
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
Le Dandy en prune
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
Nicholose
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
Le Patron de la Nef
Erte Tirtoff
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
Self-Portrait 24.17
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Self-Portrait 24.15
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
Self-Portrait 24.16
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$223
Self-Portrait 24.09
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$223
Sreesha, Portrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 89.4 x 70.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.2 x 27.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Sneha, Portrati. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 89.4 x 70.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.2 x 27.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Debo, Portriat. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 89.4 x 70.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.2 x 27.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Julie, Portrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 89.4 x 70.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35.2 x 27.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Vijay, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 61 x 41.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Anusha, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 61 x 41.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Banu, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 61 x 41.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 16.2 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Self-Portrait 24.04
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$268
Rien - série personnages
Eric Stein
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$949
Harper draw
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$56
Homme lune
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$56
Synergie
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,121
An elegant breakfast
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 110 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,200
Jane on Jane
Philip Letsu Komla
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,707
Violine queens
Philip Letsu Komla
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,707
Dance with me
Philip Letsu Komla
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$8,707
Mr Monkeybusiness in Jamaica
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,126
Story from another culture
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,572
Klimt'ish Haistyle
Bente Halvorsen
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,344
Nude Carla Bruni a genoux, Harper Bazar
Philippe Robert
Photography - 110 x 82 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$12,279
Beach Scene (Siblings)
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 183 x 203.2 x 5.75 cm Painting - 72 x 80 x 2.3 inch
$31,256
Femme allongée en bronze
Pierre Gimenez
Sculpture - 16 x 28 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 11 x 5.9 inch
$726
La cage dans un combat électrique
Sandra Chevrier
Print - 94 x 71 cm Print - 37 x 28 inch
$2,846 $2,562
The arms of the little Cupid
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Satomi n : whispers of resilience in the veiled abyss
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 120 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$11,163
Chisato m : echoes of the lost harmony
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 120 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$11,163
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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!