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…


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Painting, Pause, Mario Henrique

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,900

Painting, The Poppy, Olivier Massebeuf

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€600

Painting, The cage, Olivier Massebeuf

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Highway, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Fine Art Drawings, Les trois larrons, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 63 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Fine Art Drawings, Rayée, Petites Luxures

Petites Luxures

Fine Art Drawings . 92 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€1,800

Painting, Refuge, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€972

Print, Nu, Alain Bonnefoit

Nu

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 76 x 54 x 0.5 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch

€450

Painting, Adam and Eve, Tsanko Tsankoff

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Painting, Anatomy Lesson, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Painting . 33.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.2 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Nude, Rosen Markovski

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Painting, A Gentle Summer, Luis Morris

Luis Morris

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,142

Painting, Untitled 4, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 24 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting . 9.4 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch

€700

Painting, Ton feu, Cécile Desserle

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,800

Painting, Nude No. 88, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€300

Painting, Body No. 3, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€300

Painting, Hold On, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

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

€345

Painting, L'Amour Libre, Rachel Yedid

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 147 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 57.9 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€12,000

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