Detailed Somber Illustrations
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Pasolini Si je reviens Testaccio
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
£622
Partout résonnera ailleurs
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,346
Dans l’opacité des nuits
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,813
Métronomie des pulsations I
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Vue sur le lac Léman le bouvenet
Bernard Gantner
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£7,554
Le torrent dans la montagne
Bernard Gantner
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
£7,554
Nostri caeci inferni V
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£960
Nocturne
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Métronomie des pulsations VI
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Métronomie des pulsations V
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Métronomie des pulsations IV
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Métronomie des pulsations II
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,706
Le poids de l’état de l’âme
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£1,280
Je suis dans la nuit noir comme chez moi
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,600
Dans les petites choses
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£1,600
Dans le feu
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£853
The girl with the lost pearl earring
Nef
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0 inch
£1,244
Le Pont des Brumes
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,742
Encre II
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 44 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch
£498
Silencieusement, elle glissait sur l’air
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,209
Montagnes de Huan Shan
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 61 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch
£498
Waiting for the rain to come
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1 inch
£1,138
Smoke on the water
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
£1,209
Rimbaud, Boulevard Saint-Michel
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 80 x 60 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
£889
Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
£1,333
Sur le seuil des songes
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,346
Nous voulions appartenir à maintenant
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,346
Petites transfigurations
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,813
Les souvenirs du monde tombent des arbres
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch
£4,266
La nuit dans nos chants
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,133
J’ai planté nos poussières
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,920
J’ai l’âme nomade
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£2,026
J’ai escaladé ce que les vagues effacent
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,346
Elle écoutait grandir la lune
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 140 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0 inch
£3,413
De l’autre côté, éclore
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,813
Dans l’écho du silence
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,026
Dans les failles du monde, j’habite
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,813
C’était la dernière braise
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,346
Les volets clos
Magdalena Lamri
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£2,133
Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
£1,333
Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
£1,333
Sans titre
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 50 x 34.9 x 0.02 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.7 x 0 inch
£1,333
Les grilles
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 31.7 x 24.8 x 0.02 cm Print - 12.5 x 9.8 x 0 inch
£1,333
Carte marine (Paysage baroque)
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 52 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,600
Nous attaquerons à l'aube
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
£889
As if a waterfall
Maylis Bourdet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£2,097
Wagner
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 15.7 inch
£15,997
Head study (1585)
Guy Denning
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 inch
£578
Le livre des livres I
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Print - 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm Print - 19.5 x 14 x 2 inch
£8,887
Detailed Somber Illustrations
As opposed to somber abstract art, detailed somber illustrations can arguably be much more dark. If abstract art shifts away from realism and uses color and shape to convey a subject or aid the expression of the artist, then detailed illustrations reflect reality and all facets of it. By creating work that echoes or attempts to render a traumatic political and historical past, the artist may present work that holds up a mirror to the viewer, showing them a subject they may not wish to see. Whether it is the artist’s own experience or a visual retelling of the experience of others, the dull hues of somber illustration reveals the mindset of the artist, relying on blacks, greys and browns to do so. The struggle between chaos and inner peace, the relationships between humans and the allure of darkness evoked through work has inspired the artist throughout time. Delve into Artsper’s selection of somber illustrations including the likes of Orphné Acheron, who takes her name from Greek mythology’s Orphné, the Nymph of the Darkness. This evokes eternity, mythology and immersion into the mysterious depths explored in her work of the fantastic. Vladimir Velickovic’s work, on the other hand, reflects violent memories of his childhood, leading him to now seek to leave a scar on the viewer’s memory of his portraits.