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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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,450
Il a peur de son ombre
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$8,851
La Madonne du Panier
Marie-France Gely
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,624
La Cage et la trace du crayon
Sandra Chevrier
Print - 36 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.2 x 12 x 0 inch
$2,255
Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$733
Portrait féminin sans titre
C215
Sculpture - 62 x 23 x 8 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 9.1 x 3.1 inch
$5,074
Série : Portrait de couleur - tableau No 1
Wen Ming Tao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$7,600
The Wind
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$901
Something about childhood 4
Liubou Sas
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$902
Shine Bright Like A Diamond
Gaspard Mitz
Sculpture - 24 x 34 x 6.5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 13.4 x 2.6 inch
$789
S032 La Cage D'Amour
Jacques Tenenhaus
Sculpture - 96 x 45 x 34 cm Sculpture - 37.8 x 17.7 x 13.4 inch
$28,187
Série Casier portrait d'automne I
Evazesir (No Rules Corp)
Painting - 23.4 x 47 x 1 cm Painting - 9.2 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$733
Old man with beard (with gold leak 24k)
Le Closier
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,200
Plongeon de l'Homme Blanc
Jérôme Mesnager
Sculpture - 22 x 11 x 6 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 inch
$620
La gouvernante anglaise
ShuJie Wang
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$902
Black Girl in Origami Dress with Rooste II, Framed
Efren Isaza
Painting - 111.8 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 72 x 1 inch
$15,000
Virgin Plays with a Real Rubik's Cube
Quiona Ribes
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$902
Summertime Coffee Together
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,917
Dreaming in Technicolor & Melancholy Remedy
Alex Hodge
Sculpture - 21 x 41.3 x 0.6 cm Sculpture - 8.25 x 16.25 x 0.25 inch
$800
Marilyn on Bright Blue
Marian Williams
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,071 $782
Vin - Femme voilée - Série : Carnotzet
Moz - David Vuillermoz
Photography - 96 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 37.8 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,326
Madonna with roses
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 150 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,029
Sognami ancora
Francesco Calistri
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,917
Donna Summer
Michael Putland
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,973
Degas Danseur de Ballet
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 44 x 16 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 6.3 x 7.9 inch
Sold
Fleur-AL-06 (édition rehaussée)
Fin DAC
Print - 30 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$1,071
The Enigmatic Gathering
Harutyun Aghajanyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$600 $510
The Wrinkles of the city, La Havana, Antonio Cruz Gordillo
JR
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,142
Sans titre
Karha Nizharadzé
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,254 $1,917
Le Chef-d'Oeuvre ou les Mystères de l'Horizon
René Magritte
Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$879
A ballerina at the window II
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$902
