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![Print, Portrait 5, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled III, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924533_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Butinage, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Victoria, Antoine Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128903_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Resilience 2, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1009371_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 4-5-17, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761391_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 6, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eros, Marco Stefanucci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1092972_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Belmondo, Florian Nicolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jean Michel Basquiat, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382586_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Bull, Krikor Avessian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275156_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait, Nicolas Carréga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1294818_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sepulchre, Alfred Pichon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1379289_1_grid.jpg)
Sepulchre
Alfred Pichon
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$538
![Painting, Portrait, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/243220_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A la bonne vôtre VI, Christophe Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/871821_1_grid.jpg)
A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
![Fine Art Drawings, La Lampe à Pétrole, Nicolas Carréga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309590_1_grid.jpg)
La Lampe à Pétrole
Nicolas Carréga
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
$448
![Painting, Moine 1, Nicolas Favre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je peux jouer avec toi ?, Dam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636492_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Rendez-vous, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085477_1_grid.jpg)
Rendez-vous
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$359
![Painting, Grace Kelly, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/100117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fingerprint, Krikor Avessian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1143675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The man next door I, Gerry Nnubia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1989258_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, AIR-Goldorak SILVER, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1276785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Figures, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214975_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'alchimie, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210197_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le poète au keffieh, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207485_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213787_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$561
![Print, Untitled, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Australopithèque, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191981_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197606_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chaman, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183405_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A bout de souffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ordinature, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191985_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet inabstrait, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191984_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Virgo energy, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158447_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cleo, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213509_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176614_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IV, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Racine, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213777_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$112
![Painting, L'angelo, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213508_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Giulia, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venus, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les genêts, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183415_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elpis Hope (Hand Finished), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192313_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213788_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$168
![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait X, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176612_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IX, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176611_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176610_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176609_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait V, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176607_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205314_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 $20,180
![Print, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Character, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'aube de tes jours, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202170_1_grid.jpg)
L'aube de tes jours
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,260
![Painting, L'amour chemine, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202168_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'effet papillon, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertical yellow, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le printemps dans l'air, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202171_1_grid.jpg)
Le printemps dans l'air
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,700
![Painting, Sans titre, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201553_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Katsumi, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192362_1_grid.jpg)
Katsumi
Michelino Iorizzo
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,314 $9,283
![Painting, Geisha, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211649_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Proustiano, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202303_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The terror of the ghetto, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 28, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207596_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 27, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 26, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207465_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 26
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.8 x 12.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 4.8 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 25, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207418_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Medieval Concert, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202319_1_grid.jpg)
Medieval Concert
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$650
![Print, The One and the Many, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Romance, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202307_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cherchez la Femme, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202306_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Children of De Amicis, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202305_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Collectivism, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202302_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hamlet (Hamlet), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202301_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Apocalypse, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202300_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Breloque, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202299_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Authorization of the Officers, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202298_1_grid.jpg)
Authorization of the Officers
Mino Maccari
Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$650
![Print, Moses Saved from the Waters, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202296_1_grid.jpg)
Moses Saved from the Waters
Mino Maccari
Print - 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch
$762
![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)
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…