![Painting, Fleurs ressuscitées, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209280_1_grid.jpg)
Somber Portrait Painters
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Painting, Fleurs ressuscitées, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209280_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Retrato imaginario de Goya, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209523_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato imaginario de Goya
Antonio Saura
Print - 61 x 91 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Oncle Bui, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207778_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213786_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,345
![Print, Recouvrance 2006, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182221_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213490_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beatrice, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surreal face, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human (1), Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209126_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Skeleton Study, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192314_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Preparing the pan, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181563_1_grid.jpg)
Preparing the pan
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 25.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Doudre 3, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212883_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Ceremony, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202284_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205308_1_grid.jpg)
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch
$22,422
![Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etre libre, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202164_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203771_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
$15,695
![Fine Art Drawings, Sex Appeal, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202318_1_grid.jpg)
Sex Appeal
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$617
![Print, Zahra, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Playground, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199645_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Concert baroque, Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194093_1_grid.jpg)
Concert baroque, Verdi
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 inch
$13,453
![Painting, Blue Skull, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203966_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Mirada Frontal IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215509_1_grid.jpg)
Mirada Frontal IV
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 71 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 28 inch
$1,009
![Painting, Chiaruscoro of still life, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182116_1_grid.jpg)
Chiaruscoro of still life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,345
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201998_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 35 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$650
![Print, Relinquished, Roger Ballen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202260_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, L'addition, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202547_1_grid.jpg)
L'addition
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,691
![Painting, Lola, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thaneor, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barnús vermell, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les choses trop grandes, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192243_1_grid.jpg)
Les choses trop grandes
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,817
![Painting, The Masks, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108761_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 1, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008143_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77344_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,065 $959
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695637_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 4
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$561
![Sculpture, Corbeau II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La robe verte, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, We Are All The Same / SAMOURAÏ, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/571095_1_grid.jpg)
We Are All The Same / SAMOURAÏ
Insane 51
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,256
![Painting, Mome Sa Bopp, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102983_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950022_1_grid.jpg)
Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$1,009
![Sculpture, Fer et bois, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515393_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Grande vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/175399_1_grid.jpg)
Grande vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 160 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$31,391
![Print, Le Pape, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Middle white mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Superman, Ponthep Supunsaleekul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ode to Alice Neel, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202634_1_grid.jpg)
Ode to Alice Neel
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
![Painting, 111 117, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/410269_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Transmission, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1147716_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sur le fil -1, Magali Berdaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089687_1_grid.jpg)
Sur le fil -1
Magali Berdaguer
Sculpture - 110 x 75 x 3 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,682
![Painting, Flottement, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 2, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601230_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,363
![Print, Agora, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/184024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, You lose control, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455879_1_grid.jpg)
You lose control
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
![Sculpture, Marilyn au corsage, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/103408_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn au corsage
Marin Marcos
Sculpture - 59 x 39 x 2 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
![Painting, Le chemin, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26300_1_grid.jpg)
Le chemin
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 146 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
![Fine Art Drawings, Sagesse, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770685_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le courage des inconscients, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981341_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Nez, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/135658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Minority, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212273_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Empress Louiza, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521822_1_grid.jpg)
Empress Louiza
YZ (Yzeult)
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
![Painting, Visage aux grandes oreilles, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/794739_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Run DMC- Back to the source, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949046_1_grid.jpg)
Run DMC- Back to the source
OverSide
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$392
![Print, Fille 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695190_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chine mon amour, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553667_1_grid.jpg)
Chine mon amour
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$392
![Fine Art Drawings, Le chaman taureau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782072_1_grid.jpg)
Le chaman taureau
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$504
![Painting, Ontologs 7, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471767_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chrysès, Piet Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122867_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Essence VIII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060122_1_grid.jpg)
Essence VIII
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$448
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992550_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$561
![Photography, La Jeune Femme au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748851_1_grid.jpg)
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
$1,682
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage à la houppe, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37132_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage à la houppe
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 inch
$1,177
![Fine Art Drawings, Écran noir, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769802_1_grid.jpg)
Écran noir
Marie-Ange Daudé
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,567
![Print, Confabulacion, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109450_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135563_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red (Hommage to Rembrandt), Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017842_1_grid.jpg)
Red (Hommage to Rembrandt)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 2 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
![Painting, Sans titre, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Ghost, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184181_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Cène II, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973830_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Installation 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583430_1_grid.jpg)
Installation 1
Sarkis Sislian
Sculpture - 60.5 x 60.5 x 17 cm Sculpture - 23.8 x 23.8 x 6.7 inch
$3,480
![Painting, Gueule d'ange N°17, Stephane Richard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376634_1_grid.jpg)
Gueule d'ange N°17
Stephane Richard
Painting - 68 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 26.8 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$998
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Simon Goldberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/892524_1_grid.jpg)
Woman
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Print, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151579_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Invité au repas 15, Roger Decaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1407777_1_grid.jpg)
Invité au repas 15
Roger Decaux
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$1,009
![Painting, The Fishing, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355343_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Retrato 1, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151513_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato 1
Juan Sebastian Barbera
Fine Art Drawings - 75.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 inch
$1,400
![Print, Joséphine Baker, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328994_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hom, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099280_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Simone Veil, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152908_1_grid.jpg)
Simone Veil
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$14,462
![Print, Portrait 5, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495917_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…