Personnage à l'air froissé
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,178
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Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,178
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$998
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,795
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$875
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$381
Print - 74.8 x 55.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.4 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,346
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$449 $404
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$280
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,609 $4,768
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,141 $2,670
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,141 $2,670
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,366
Painting - 87 x 87 x 4 cm Painting - 34.3 x 34.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,244
Painting - 100 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$700
Painting - 92 x 127 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 50 x 0.4 inch
$636
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,609
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$561
Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 31.8 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,234
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 9.1 inch
$1,234
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$1,683
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$2,244
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$1,122
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,795
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$449
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$449
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$10,097
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
Painting - 275 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 108.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
Painting - 270 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 106.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
Painting - 292 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 115 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
Painting - 280 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
Painting - 280 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
Painting - 285 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 112.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,200
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
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…