Monna Lisa
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$834
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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Écorce, portrait I
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,690
Le dernier rituel 7
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 180 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$15,498
Madame de
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,146 $1,931
Bright path - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,431
River - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,431
La Délicate - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,431
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,431
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$298
Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,133
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$1,180
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,961
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
$3,576
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,961
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$5,961
Lieux Communs
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,172
Plaid Shirt
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$3,815
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
$1,907
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$10,729
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch
$17,882
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$14,306
Smoke eyes
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 140 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,722 $5,150
La Certitude
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,649 $4,184
Lisbeth Buonanno
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,861
Lifebuoy Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$1,097
Bright path - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$149
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
$238
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
Regardons la réalité en face
Clement Garnung
Painting - 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,623
Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$179
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
$715
