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![Painting, The Portrait, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chantal boit seule, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111730_1_grid.jpg)
Chantal boit seule
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$872
![Painting, Portrait 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695655_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chien I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535544_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Essence IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060116_1_grid.jpg)
Essence IX
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$280
![Painting, Carmen, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fragmented Femininity, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789260_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented Femininity
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 100 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$700
![Painting, 171 218, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785372_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 171 218 2, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785351_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflections of a breast, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768800_1_grid.jpg)
Reflections of a breast
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 92 x 127 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 50 x 0.4 inch
$636
![Painting, Architectural scene, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758300_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural scene
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,680
![Painting, Le Mur, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smoke on the water, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1436025_1_grid.jpg)
Smoke on the water
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 87 x 87 x 4 cm Painting - 34.3 x 34.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
![Sculpture, Mira, buste, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330467_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996459_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$358
![Print, Jardin des nations-Carla, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897054_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin des nations-Carla
Antonio Saura
Print - 74.8 x 55.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.4 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Selo S, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo E, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo R, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792501_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vanité tatouée - rouge, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172646_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité tatouée - rouge
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$10,066
![Painting, Étude 5, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Étude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919040_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait of Giorgio Morandi, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578663_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi
Mino Maccari
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
![Fine Art Drawings, Pensive, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/941190_1_grid.jpg)
Pensive
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Painting, Silence-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme assise - B.N., Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'attente, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/337009_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 2, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1520706_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1520676_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Veil 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174924_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174923_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174922_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Euh, comment je peux dire ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535610_1_grid.jpg)
Euh, comment je peux dire ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$447
![Print, Portrait 2, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369936_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forest, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Brother's Room, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449201_1_grid.jpg)
My Brother's Room
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,152
![Painting, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449138_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monstera, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449105_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Mermaid, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356246_1_grid.jpg)
Mermaid
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 14 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.3 x 5.5 x 0 inch
$671
![Fine Art Drawings, Theatrical Figure, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355391_1_grid.jpg)
Theatrical Figure
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$783
![Print, Indulgencias, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109459_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le déni, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031103_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, L'Envol, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967437_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Le Combat, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/519620_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage au discours fumeux, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37130_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage au discours fumeux
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.4 inch
$1,398
![Print, Se Torno...Scampia - Naples., Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137975_1_grid.jpg)
Se Torno...Scampia - Naples.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 75 x 105 cm Print - 29.5 x 41.3 inch
$2,785
![Painting, Lovefall, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 240 4204, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420 2, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420 6, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766502_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 275 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 108.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766478_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 270 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 106.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A contemplating Soldier, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766445_1_grid.jpg)
A contemplating Soldier
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 292 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 115 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766418_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man - Dad, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766406_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man - Dad
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man - Grandpa, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766400_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man - Grandpa
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 285 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 112.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,200
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage avec cartouche, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734990_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage avec cartouche
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 inch
$1,320
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage à l'air froissé, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734987_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage à l'air froissé
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,174
![Painting, Haunted by desire, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595211_1_grid.jpg)
Haunted by desire
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
![Painting, As I lean unto your chest, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592214_1_grid.jpg)
As I lean unto your chest
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
![Painting, Whispers, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202640_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In the Spotlight, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202625_1_grid.jpg)
In the Spotlight
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Animal Nature, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202622_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shine, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202619_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996480_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$336
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996477_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$369
![Fine Art Drawings, 5 Contro 1, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996471_1_grid.jpg)
5 Contro 1
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$336
![Print, Le Bel Essor, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552472_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton I, II, III, Philippe II, Don (Complete suite), Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174978_1_grid.jpg)
Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton I, II, III, Philippe II, Don (Complete suite)
Antonio Saura
Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$13,422
![Painting, Tête G, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156379_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Expulsés 2 (Les), Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Visage Irina Gros Plan, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919121_1_grid.jpg)
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 210 x 160 x 10 cm Painting - 82.7 x 63 x 3.9 inch
$67,667
![Fine Art Drawings, Monna Lisa, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694223_1_grid.jpg)
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
$783
![Print, Les Expulsés 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marylin M., Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Khasmin, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/933141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-S.V, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684675_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Nexus papel I, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/44471_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Doomed polychrome 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462578_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462572_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…