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![Print, The Old Style, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202295_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Point of Contact, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Provincial Preacher, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202293_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Leader, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202291_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hearts and Tears, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202290_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, New School, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202289_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Work Problems, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202288_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Last Tango, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202287_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Imagination and Action, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202286_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Intruding Lady, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202283_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Diplomatic Clerks, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Keiky, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A coeur ouvert, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202160_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réecrire l'histoire, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187900_1_grid.jpg)
Réecrire l'histoire
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,260
![Painting, Mes silences, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A l'encre bleue, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182665_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow and blue, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180635_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green and Red, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180632_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden Character, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180630_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertical Red 2, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertical red, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180608_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198863_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amelinda, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, You, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204950_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201999_1_grid.jpg)
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
$673
![Print, MOD 23, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196067_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mod 24, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196066_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Advertisement for Tirreno, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954135_1_grid.jpg)
Advertisement for Tirreno
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 11.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 4.5 x 0 inch
$729
![Painting, Voix de secours, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le maquis, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1893567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182069_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182066_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Entrecote II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domestic yellows III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182033_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182032_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182031_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, The red room, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace of mind, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Almost ready, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181616_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Slicing the onion, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 23, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196716_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 21, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196065_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Calligraphie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ladies are waiting I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181524_1_grid.jpg)
The ladies are waiting I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 6.5 x 10 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Mon amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Xon Duce Harley Davidson, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207351_1_grid.jpg)
Xon Duce Harley Davidson
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,738
![Print, Dream, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419816_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lust / luxure (seven deadly sins), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Roberta, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Limor, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200001_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Pablo Neruda - Santiago 81, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999468_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mireia, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192737_1_grid.jpg)
Mireia
Michelino Iorizzo
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,314 $9,283
![Painting, An elegant breakfast, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181455_1_grid.jpg)
An elegant breakfast
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 110 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,200
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couples, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223088_1_grid.jpg)
The Couples
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$953
![Print, Eros, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700283_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Chewing-gum, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173933_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'année du Tigre, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943472_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Psyche, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700757_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Danse du soleil, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1939908_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973673_1_grid.jpg)
Rimbaud, Boulevard Saint-Michel
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 80 x 60 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$1,121
![Painting, Rade, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907329_1_grid.jpg)
Rade
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting - 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch
$134,532 $94,173
![Painting, Autoportrait, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Élégance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537388_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La forêt carnivore, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132038_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mémoire des forêts, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chouette, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539578_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tête Montagne, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008158_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514322_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Couple Reading, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954039_1_grid.jpg)
Couple Reading
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$673
![Fine Art Drawings, Coupe Walking, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954033_1_grid.jpg)
Coupe Walking
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 13.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.1 inch
$617
![Painting, Green Man Kitchen, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ladies are waiting II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182179_1_grid.jpg)
The ladies are waiting II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 9.5 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 3.7 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$480
![Painting, Marie, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704808_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blonde Brune Rousse, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111727_1_grid.jpg)
Blonde Brune Rousse
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 115 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$1,379 $1,241
![Sculpture, Bouquetin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008152_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Liberté de penser, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458726_1_grid.jpg)
Liberté de penser
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Les oiseaux I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le coq, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175158_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amour sous Notre-Dame, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183343_1_grid.jpg)
Amour sous Notre-Dame
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 22 x 27 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
$897
![Print, Abierta 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 1, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1538367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu es toujours dans mes pensées, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212165_1_grid.jpg)
Tu es toujours dans mes pensées
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Painting, Près de mon coeur, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Des étoiles pour toi, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211860_1_grid.jpg)
Des étoiles pour toi
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Painting, Moon Vénus, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210237_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 5, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La tête à l'envers, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111724_1_grid.jpg)
La tête à l'envers
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$706
![Painting, A magical Landscape, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504794_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166557_1_grid.jpg)
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…