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![Painting, Fleurs ressuscitées, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209280_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dérive, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198572_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
$1,454
![Print, Recouvrance 2006, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oncle Bui, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207778_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human (1), Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209126_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beatrice, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A l'encre bleue, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mod 24, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196066_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Skeleton Study, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192314_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
$1,342
![Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209129_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Ceremony, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202284_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_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
$16,777
![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
$15,658
![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
$13,422
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196899_1_grid.jpg)
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,658
![Print, Zahra, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182129_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$615
![Painting, Blue Skull, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203966_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Playground, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 25, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207418_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 25
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 15.2 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![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
$2,684
![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
$649
![Print, Relinquished, Roger Ballen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202260_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
$1,007
![Sculpture, Taureau 1, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008143_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thaneor, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lola, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199999_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
$1,063
![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
$559
![Painting, The Masks, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La robe verte, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barnús vermell, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305510_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Corbeau II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887202_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
$31,317
![Sculpture, Aigua IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mome Sa Bopp, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102983_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fer et bois, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515393_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Pape, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612531_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
$1,007
![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
$16,218
![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
$1,678
![Painting, Flottement, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surreal face, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180636_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
$3,355
![Painting, Superman, Ponthep Supunsaleekul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 2, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129590_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$1,678
![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
$3,244
![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, Middle white mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175850_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$3,355
![Painting, Peace, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443132_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Agora, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/184024_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sagesse, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770685_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$503
![Print, Le courage des inconscients, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981341_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
$1,007
![Painting, Visage aux grandes oreilles, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/794739_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$391
![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
$391
![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)
![Painting, Chrysès, Piet Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122867_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 7, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471767_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Confabulacion, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109450_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
$447
![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
$1,174
![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
$7,550
![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
$559
![Painting, Sky, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135563_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$1,678
![Painting, Sans titre, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Cène II, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973830_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151579_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$995
![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
$1,007
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350096_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hom, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099280_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
$1,901
![Print, Joséphine Baker, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328994_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
$14,428
![Print, The Ghost, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184181_1_grid.jpg)
![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
![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
![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
![Painting, The Fishing, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355343_1_grid.jpg)
![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…