The project of landscape: Implantation of the supermarket
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 210 x 553 x 4 cm Painting - 82.7 x 217.7 x 1.6 inch
£49,849
Somber Portrait Painters
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…
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Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,449
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£2,449
Eclats de lune sur des eaux tranquilles
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 56 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 22 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
£962
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 210 x 160 x 10 cm Painting - 82.7 x 63 x 3.9 inch
£52,909
The poet with red cheek
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£1,399
My Brother's Room
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£4,810
The floater on the black seawater
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 198 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 78 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch
£16,179
Le ciel, le sel, l'attente
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
£3,498
Shinning US Bomber
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
£875
Lisbeth Buonanno
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,099
Black Pearl
Rene Rikkelman
Painting - 100 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,662 £1,246
Xon Duce Harley Davidson
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,356
Solace in winter's embrace
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£787
Le chemin des douaniers
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£787
Regardons la réalité en face
Clement Garnung
Painting - 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,924
There Must Be an Angel
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
£3,848
Hanoï-Hong Kong by night
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£3,935
Sous le soleil d'Italie
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£3,935
La rivière de larmes aborigène
Julien Cuny
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
£157
The Black Suit and The Chicken
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 75 x 75 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
£2,361
Les Fleurs Blanches
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
£3,804
