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![Painting, Mains III, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma belle aventure, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156971_1_grid.jpg)
Ma belle aventure
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,698
![Painting, Portrait 3, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Progresio IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/795813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Prat, Zen Mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/620031_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Minus, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/581325_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Toro I screenprint 2018, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P VII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066308_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 $540
![Painting, Vert outremer, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177686_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 21, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Officine, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128153_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328805_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passage 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919956_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008164_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 2, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008155_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328802_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217865_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, FALLING IN, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clairière, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femmes aux chapeaux, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992603_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes aux chapeaux
Julien Cuny
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch
$2,796
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769256_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barnús groc, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305501_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606426_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606282_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cardinal, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514937_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MoonCake, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214067_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Man and Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108653_1_grid.jpg)
Man and Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$447
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1058700_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 10, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543631_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mithra, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/609705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/461137_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Madone au serpent - Napoli 90, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327632_1_grid.jpg)
Madone au serpent - Napoli 90
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,007
![Painting, ST8, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919968_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, El patito feo, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/288751_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162303_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 4, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008167_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916061_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704973_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de jeune fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704934_1_grid.jpg)
Etude de jeune fille
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
![Painting, A travers, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515342_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001702_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Print, Sloth / paresse (seven deadly sins), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483887_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, PRIDE / ORGUEIL (SEVEN DEADLY SINS), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1126872_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Crâne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846345_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rise up, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730358_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dream, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700802_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 51, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226202_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 17, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaman Oiseau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992597_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Radical Party, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579428_1_grid.jpg)
Radical Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch
$872
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530039_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$895
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530033_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$895
![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_1_grid.jpg)
Entrecote I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 96.5 x 75.5 x 1 cm Painting - 38 x 29.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,700 $2,430
![Print, Contemplations 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152441_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mirant el mar I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948809_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176604_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174979_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cent cinq, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1933224_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249506_1_grid.jpg)
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
$5,592
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77338_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Marcelo, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hurlement, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme en bleu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christian guerrier, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111799_1_grid.jpg)
Christian guerrier
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,085
![Painting, Lapin 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695544_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002365_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Kiss, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915258_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Print, Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706728_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 102.5 x 69 cm Print - 40.4 x 27.2 inch
$2,203
![Fine Art Drawings, Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684921_1_grid.jpg)
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
$1,063
![Print, Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973664_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$783
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1576380_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$1,107
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Desnos-Nerval 2001, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327653_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Port-au-Prince 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Masculine Electric Wires I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756785_1_grid.jpg)
Masculine Electric Wires I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$435
![Painting, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695628_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Loup 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695541_1_grid.jpg)
Loup 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Painting, Rat, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chine 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539593_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chine 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis mignon ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021790_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Painting, The Magic Hidden In The Portraits, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212279_1_grid.jpg)
The Magic Hidden In The Portraits
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Un dernier ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111679_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar", Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896775_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar"
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$783
![Fine Art Drawings, Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915330_1_grid.jpg)
Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 6.4 x 0.1 inch
$615
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…