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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Fine Art Drawings, Mallow, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

CHF 169

Print, La loge, Auguste Renoir

Auguste Renoir

Print - 31 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.2 x 9.8 x 0 inch

CHF 2,715

Painting, Trinity, Lynette Cooney

Lynette Cooney

Painting - 18.5 x 18 cm Painting - 7.3 x 7.1 inch

CHF 194

Photography, Pas de Photo!, Bruno Lecoq

Bruno Lecoq

Photography - 29.7 x 42 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 inch

CHF 271

Print, Bonfire, Lisa Yuskavage

Lisa Yuskavage

Print - 38.42 x 32 cm Print - 15.1 x 12.6 inch

CHF 3,878

Print, L’abbé, Robert Combas

Robert Combas

Print - 50 x 38 x 1.5 cm Print - 19.7 x 15 x 0.6 inch

CHF 1,551

Print, Untitled, Robert Combas

Robert Combas

Print - 38 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 0 inch

CHF 1,939

Painting, Marionnette, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,212

Print, Old Age, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print - 60.8 x 43 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.9 x 16.9 x 0 inch

CHF 1,745

Print, G LE BG, Robert Combas

Robert Combas

Print - 55 x 50 cm Print - 21.7 x 19.7 inch

CHF 3,684

Print, Untitled, Hans Bellmer

Hans Bellmer

Print - 66 x 50.8 cm Print - 26 x 20 inch

CHF 1,391

Painting, La dame brune, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

CHF 1,260

Painting, Plaque # 3, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

CHF 184

Print, Le Philosophe, Karel Appel

Karel Appel

Print - 65.6 x 49.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.5 x 0 inch

CHF 3,393

Painting, Tête, Pascal Marlin

Pascal Marlin

Painting - 15 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch

CHF 97

Print, Le Vitrail, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Print - 38.1 x 26.42 x 2.54 cm Print - 15 x 10.4 x 1 inch

CHF 4,971