Portrait

Sadness, melancholy and gloom have found an outlet in artists throughout history and in the depiction of figurative art. Through artists, humanity and their emotional and physical states are portrayed to be viewed and related to. The instant recognition of such a grave subject also plagues human history itself, thus carving out its own rightful spot amongst the history of art movements. In Edgar Degas' 1875 painting L'Absinthe, where viewers see a portrait of a young woman solemnly contemplating her situation, disengaged from their gaze, her surroundings, maybe even from herself.

Dark hues and colors define somber portrait painting and can highlight the cause of such sadness, whether that be the subject's emotional state or a greater rendering of the world's expanse and the human existence within it. Existential or not, the traits of somber artwork can be found in our own collection of portraits on Artsper. The portraiture work of Nicolas Fropo de Habart works the body in all its dimensions to create an absolute feeling of vastness while Antoine Stevens also depicts wandering souls in his dimmed portraiture. But given the nature of humanity, somber depictions of the figure are not entirely unexpected…

Ameria

Yoann Merienne

Print . 70 x 100 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€800

Zaltaïne

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

La boite à rythme

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,200 €1,980

Transanimisme

Julien Cuny

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

La Masque

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch

€860

Au fil du temps

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

Suite Utopia 02

Jaume Plensa

Print . 63.5 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 25 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€1,600

Human

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€9,800

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Born Behind Silence

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,290

Chimere hypnotique

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,200

Marionette

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Taureau 1

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 60 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,400

Central Park View II

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€1,602

Sculptures Dans L'Atelier (Lust 185), rare hand signed etching

Alberto Giacometti

Print . 28.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.25 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€13,882

Code 2302

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Visage

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€6,000

Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,782

Sans Titre

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 6.9 x 0 inch

€100

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€8,400

Ma benz

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500

Petreous

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings . 12.5 x 21.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.9 x 8.3 inch

€320

Masque

Charles Lapicque

Painting . 83 x 54 x 0.2 cm Painting . 32.7 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch

€9,000

Permeation

Luiza Kasprzyk

Painting . 100 x 120 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 inch

€1,000

S’allécher

Marie Rauzy

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,627

Certitude

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Die Katia

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

A outra em mim

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,650

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 31.5 inch

€1,500

Myocarde

Erwann Tirilly

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€600

Within the Shimmering Dark - Limited Edition

Ruslana Levandovska

Print . 50.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm Print . 20 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€1,157

Prima

Yves Pero

Print . 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€675

Masmekrash

Luiza Kasprzyk

Print . 62.5 x 71 cm Print . 24.6 x 28 inch

€500

Âne

Guillaume Piot

Print . 42 x 30 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.8 inch

€90

Strange situation

Jolanta Johnsson

Painting . 30 x 24 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 inch

€500

Danse with me

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Print . 27 x 37 x 2 cm Print . 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€450

Saint Sébastien

Kosta Kulundzic

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€2,000

Champ de l'herbe

Ghislaine Ferreira

Print . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€500

Image of Death

Eugene Berman

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Plane

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€240

CH Skateboard

Rachel Bergeret

Sculpture . 85 x 38 x 10 cm Sculpture . 33.5 x 15 x 3.9 inch

€4,800

Chinese Porcelain Jar

Florian Eymann

Print . 59.9 x 50 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 inch

€510

Untitled

Carlos Mendez

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€555

Protéger et servir le nouveau royaume

Julien Cuny

Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 90 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€450

Embrace

Elizabeth Becker

Fine Art Drawings . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 16 inch

€187

Sans-Titre

Titos Kontou

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

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Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Print . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€350

Portrait

Nicolas Carréga

Print . 25 x 17 x 0.2 cm Print . 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch

€400

Wank me off before you go go

Petites Luxures

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€900

No title (Flora)

Marta Wakula

Print . 25 x 15.5 cm Print . 9.8 x 6.1 inch

€200

Le chien Carcasse

Georges Bru

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

€2,300

Gliding Towards Tomorrow

Kpe Innocent

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,500

Musing

Rene Rikkelman

Painting . 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,950

Mme Deborah

Zhi Rong Song

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€647

Litho 19

Lidia Masllorens

Print . 105 x 100 x 5 cm Print . 41.3 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€5,200

Self portrait #1

Cody Choi

Photography . 75 x 50 x 1.5 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€3,604

Scream

Max Rey

Painting . 110 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,850

Jean Michel Basquiat

OverSide

Painting . 130 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

The man next door I

Gerry Nnubia

Painting . 27.9 x 21 cm Painting . 11 x 8.25 inch

€400

La danse

Alain Bonnefoit

Painting . 116 x 76.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 30.1 inch

€2,500

Couple 1

Rachel Yedid

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,400

Nude

Marta Wakula

Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€150

Femme 1

Roger Decaux

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€4,000

Ça bat son plein

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 58.5 x 58.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23 x 23 x 1.2 inch

€1,750

Partir

Marta Grassi

Painting . 48 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 18.9 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Night

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 130 x 97 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.4 inch

€7,000 €6,300

Monte le son léon

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 58.5 x 58.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23 x 23 x 1.2 inch

€1,750

Thessela

Yoann Merienne

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€800

Tu vas me froisser la gabardine

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

My little light

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 50 x 60 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 inch

€1,020

Tiberion

Yoann Merienne

Print . 70 x 100 cm Print . 27.6 x 39.4 inch

€800

Figuras Negro

Antonio Saura

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€1,890

Adso

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 28 x 11 x 9 cm Sculpture . 11 x 4.3 x 3.5 inch

€2,500

His departure

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 80 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,850

Créole

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,800

Skeleton Study

Insane 51

Print . 94 x 69 cm Print . 37 x 27.2 inch

€1,970

Man Throwing a Ball

Milburn-Foster

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€6,800

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

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

€2,300

Body

Julien Cuny

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€1,800

L'éloge de l'ennui

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 24 x 27 x 37 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 10.6 x 14.6 inch

€6,500

Yolo with Balloon Pink

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 66 x 34 x 32 cm Sculpture . 26 x 13.4 x 12.6 inch

€650

At the End of the Day

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 44 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 17.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Dark Materials I

James Sparshatt

Photography . 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,802

Human

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€9,500

Une autre lecture

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Galdosa

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Model in Margiela

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€623

Lumière Volée 7

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Lumière Volée 6

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Lumière Volée 3

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Lumière Volée 2

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300 €1,170

L'atelier des costumes

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

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