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…

You Man

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€34,500

Kief

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Obsession Is Romantic

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€9,900

Le baptême

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 250 x 200 x 5 cm Painting . 98.4 x 78.7 x 2 inch

€25,000

Untitled 3-5-19

Montse Valdés

Painting . 100 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€6,900

Confession

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€900

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400 €1,190

Somnium 03 series XIV

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€10,100

L'attente

Marta Grassi

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

€900

A(e)ntre

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Zaltaïne

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Oceanus III

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 190 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€9,900

Schisme #4

Erwann Tirilly

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

€2,800

Rade

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting . 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch

€120,000

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

L'étoile

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 23 x 18 x 1 cm Painting . 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

€980

Les rivières jaunes

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

In Between

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,423

De jour comme de nuit

Marta Grassi

Painting . 145 x 145 x 0.2 cm Painting . 57.1 x 57.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,400 €2,958

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,242

Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chuli Herrera

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,200

The Gentlemen of Venice

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 50.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 20 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€7,771

Resonance 20

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,606

Somnium #8, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€10,100

Au bord

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 73 x 54 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 inch

€8,500

Baby

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Cochon pendu

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Flottement

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 45 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Code 2302

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Frozen Immortality

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

While I Hope

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 134.6 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,926

Le veilleur immobile

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Painting . 160 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€37,000

Mazel tov

Katalin Soós

Painting . 65 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

Unstoppable 2

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,560

Danse pour moi

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Portreit

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 116 x 120 cm Painting . 45.7 x 47.2 inch

€2,900

Le garçon à la lune

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

Samu

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,260

Beached Boat

Dimitri Godycki Cwirko

Painting . 58 x 68 x 0.5 cm Painting . 22.8 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch

€2,400

Untitled 6-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,900

Locked in my heart

Jumoke Oyetunde

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,554

The Reader -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€3,200

Endless Summer Sunset

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.6 inch

€5,029

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 73 x 54 x 10 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 3.9 inch

€6,500

Sky

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Mortehoe Sun

Bill Bate

Painting . 122 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,319

Woman Walking II

Milburn-Foster

Painting . 92 x 65 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 inch

€4,800

Petit rat de l'Opéra

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 29 x 23 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Saint Georges

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 180 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€13,000

Apparentia No. 3, Series IV

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

J’écrirais ton nom sur l’azur

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€4,200

The Captives

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

L'orange et l'enfant

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Dr Season

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Myocarde

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 96 x 96 cm Painting . 37.8 x 37.8 inch

€5,500

Portrait #2. 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

€1,097

Marionette

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

La sabiduría del Minotauro

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,800

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

€1,600

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,754

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 54 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €1,080

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

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

€2,655

Sailor

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 73 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch

€3,800

Meta

Erwann Tirilly

Fine Art Drawings . 130 x 142 cm Fine Art Drawings . 51.2 x 55.9 inch

€9,500

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Empreinte 10 concrétion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Painting . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€30,000

Unfurling the Past

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,423

Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€3,218

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€9,000

Boat for Hire

Luis Morris

Painting . 20 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€664

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€8,400

Vase 1

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Design . 40 x 40 cm Design . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€7,000

Pink Lady

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,700

I'm Alright, Just Here 2

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,971

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

Hide

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

LLum de matí

Alejandra Caballero

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi

Mino Maccari

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

€2,100

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 0.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€200 €180

Bolshoi No. 2

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,700

Where the Light Stays 3 - 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

€411

Tunas

Ruperto Salvatierra Lazarte

Painting . 61 x 46 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 inch

€810

Vue sur Genève, le Jura et le lac Léman

Mady Epstein

Painting . 28 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch

€903

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 83.5 x 70.5 x 8 cm Painting . 32.9 x 27.8 x 3.1 inch

€4,500

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 120 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€5,444

Night encounters

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 60 x 80 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 inch

€920

Aurélia

David Kandelaki

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

€299 €270

Delhia dansant au Jardin

Milburn-Foster

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

€6,800

La fille à la lune

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

Deep Inside

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

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