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…

Le boucher surpris

Dominique Dève

Painting . 34 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€220

El revolucionario

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€848

The Knight and the Lady

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€850

Rock Pin Art

Sagrasse

Print . 44 x 36 x 10 cm Print . 17.3 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch

€440

Fuck Pin Art

Sagrasse

Print . 44 x 36 x 10 cm Print . 17.3 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch

€440

Beauté 6

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Apple

Sagrasse

Print . 38 x 34 x 9 cm Print . 15 x 13.4 x 3.5 inch

€440

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €704

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€700

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€850

Chiaruscoro of still life

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,200

Aigua IV

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 49 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture . 19.3 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

€4,250

Fleurs III

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€3,800

Hypnosis #2

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 40 x 30 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 inch

€3,500

I want to break free

Sagrasse

Print . 35 x 35 x 6 cm Print . 13.8 x 13.8 x 2.4 inch

€440

Beauté 8

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,300

Lifelong Sleep

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 32 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€840

Mme Deborah

Zhi Rong Song

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

€647

Quand les mystères sont très malins II

Yves Brayer

Print . 18 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.1 x 12 x 0 inch

€500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €680

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €680

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €696

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €704

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €720

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €704

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €720

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €720

Portrait de classe 19

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

The Flowers of Death

Natia Sapanadze

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

€1,080

Ange rouge

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 29 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€990

Fighting A Losing Battle

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,683

Portrait de classe 17

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Les eaux calmes

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

El Paso

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40 x 50 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 inch

€848

Summer 3

Ahmed Art

Painting . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€350

Butterflies - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,184

Sale peintre ! On aura ta peau

Jean Le Gac

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€250

Soft Gravity

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Dark City

Simon Goldberg

Fine Art Drawings . 27 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€350

Nu de femme

Stéphane Lejeune

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€336

L'affreux Robert

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 50 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€1,400

Portrait de classe 16

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Mesdemoiselles

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Le Toucan

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

Sans titre

Adam Nidzgorski

Painting . 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€720

Galdosa

Yoann Merienne

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

€1,800

Lumière Volée 7

Nathan Chantob

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

€1,300

Hommage A Motherwell

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,100

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

Portrait de classe 5

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 1 inch

€800

Sandra Nunnerley at home

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 22.8 x 30.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€819

Ozhiko

Yoann Merienne

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

€1,800

Rêve d'eau #3

Marta Grassi

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€870

Lumière Volée 3

Nathan Chantob

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

€1,300

Vertical yellow

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€800

Portrait d'homme

Henri Fehr

Painting . 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€746

Sirocco

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 38 x 21 x 23 cm Sculpture . 15 x 8.3 x 9.1 inch

€7,000

At the Bottom

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 46.5 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Portrait de classe 2

Camille Cottier

Painting . 35 x 27 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1 inch

€950

Mira

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 50 x 25 x 17 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 9.8 x 6.7 inch

€7,000

Sirocco

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 38 x 21 x 23 cm Sculpture . 15 x 8.3 x 9.1 inch

€7,000

L'Envol

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 50 x 28 x 26 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 11 x 10.2 inch

€10,000

La petite robe jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€950

The Shipwreck of Actualism

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 32 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

Fulfilled

Rene Rikkelman

Sculpture . 21 x 34 x 15 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 13.4 x 5.9 inch

€3,900

Mira, buste

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 36 x 24 x 26 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 9.4 x 10.2 inch

€6,000

Tondo II

Yoann Merienne

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

€3,000

Tondo I

Yoann Merienne

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

€3,000

Mains IV

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€3,000

Le Temps Suspendu... 014

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Jungle premier

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€3,200

INVISIBLE 2026

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 38 x 29 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Dans la grosse paume

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

Interior brick

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Selo 17

Ivan Tzonev

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

€250

Foggy city

Ali Buhamad

Photography . 40 x 50 x 5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,000

Central Park View II

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€1,639

El caballero

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,341

Karl

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€240

Portrait #52. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Lovers - The portrait of love 4

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€642

Where the Light Stays 10 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Eole

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 48 x 49 x 37 cm Sculpture . 18.9 x 19.3 x 14.6 inch

€14,000

Spot the Difference

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,683

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500 €440

Figures

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€990

Moving Spots

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,000

Une autre lecture

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,600

Portrait #51. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Yellow and blue

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€900

Mademoiselle 31

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

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