Bright path - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$148
Somber Portrait Painters
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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Black Iris - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$119
La Délicate - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$119
Queen of Flowers - Format S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$237
Queen of Flowers - Format XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$119
Black Pearl
Rene Rikkelman
Painting - 100 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,254 $1,691
Xon Duce Harley Davidson
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,839
Solace in winter's embrace
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,068
Le chemin des douaniers
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,068
Regardons la réalité en face
Clement Garnung
Painting - 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,610
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$712
There Must Be an Angel
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
$5,220
Bright path - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
Black Iris - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
La Délicate - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$178
Hanoï-Hong Kong by night
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,339
Sous le soleil d'Italie
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,339
La rivière de larmes aborigène
Julien Cuny
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$214
The Black Suit and The Chicken
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 75 x 75 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,203
Les Fleurs Blanches
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,161
Image of Death
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$1,186
Sensual Lips in candy red
Rene Rikkelman
Sculpture - 34 x 64 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 25.2 x 6.7 inch
$2,254
Route Secondaire
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$7,711
The Reader
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$403
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,780
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,780
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,780
La Jeune Femme au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,780
La Paix
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$14,117
Someone that I used to know
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 13 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.1 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$356
E la Nave Va sans toi
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,694
Les apparences trompeuses
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,745
Ce sont nos enfants
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,152
Underground life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,559
Vanité du Pêcheur
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,559
Vanité au Papillon I
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,559
Le Ver est dans le Fruit...
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,559
