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![Painting, Souvenirs 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174958_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nazdrave, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les siamoises, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738473_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Madame de, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455819_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Derrière la vitre 8, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327611_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296510_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295370_1_grid.jpg)
Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Fine Art Drawings, Family Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295367_1_grid.jpg)
Family Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.7 x 0 inch
€1,000
![Sculpture, Aigua III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514340_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514334_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tancament XXVII. Túnica, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262535_1_grid.jpg)
Tancament XXVII. Túnica
Teresa Riba
Sculpture - 49 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€3,600
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249491_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1188078_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074360_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
€5,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074357_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
€5,000
![Print, Pasolini Scampia, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77341_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€950
![Painting, Delphine I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autoportrait 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703251_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait 4
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bébé de Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539803_1_grid.jpg)
Bébé de Kangourou
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Fille mongole, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537373_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Toro II screenprint, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379940_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Qui est tu?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2020266_1_grid.jpg)
Qui est tu?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 35 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€900
![Painting, Portrait 2, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, That's Him, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moving Spots, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Desperate People, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shade mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175844_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le jeu de cartes acrylique, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111772_1_grid.jpg)
Le jeu de cartes acrylique
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€970
![Painting, En appéritif, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111706_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe), Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965586_1_grid.jpg)
Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe)
Yoann Merienne
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€800
![Painting, Tiger Skin Jasper, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193117_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La beauté de la défaite, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Brother's Room II, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449111_1_grid.jpg)
My Brother's Room II
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,500
![Painting, Le détour, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123217_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249518_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
€9,000
![Print, Kafka 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701331_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701319_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701313_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701292_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 1, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701253_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Onion rings dog, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vert outremer (1), Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177690_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Monument, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996468_1_grid.jpg)
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€250
![Painting, Gravity 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583412_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191165_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
€5,000
![Painting, Les oiseaux II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813108_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau 20, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbeau 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Singe sérieux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811833_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fleures, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706926_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Champ de l'herbe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705969_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696066_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695565_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695556_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€550
![Painting, Corbeau 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695535_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbeau 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695193_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Corbeau 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695106_1_grid.jpg)
Corbeau 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
€750
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 22, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543472_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 22
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 21, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539818_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 21
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Kangourou II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien 11, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539791_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 11
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Renaud II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539755_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 10
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539716_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle Lapin 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539695_1_grid.jpg)
Mademoiselle Lapin 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Monsieur chien 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539692_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 5
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Madamoiselle Lapin 9, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539686_1_grid.jpg)
Madamoiselle Lapin 9
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Oiseaux 9, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539605_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Painting, Sphynx, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Loup, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539596_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sphynx II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539584_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbea I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux III, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535538_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité (crâne aux paillons), Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177263_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité (crâne aux paillons)
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
€25,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Je t’ai vu 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021796_1_grid.jpg)
Je t’ai vu 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Je t’ai vu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021793_1_grid.jpg)
Je t’ai vu
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021787_1_grid.jpg)
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Élégance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021784_1_grid.jpg)
Élégance
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis beau, non?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021778_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis beau, non?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis tout doux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021775_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis tout doux
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Un peu d’amour SVP, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021772_1_grid.jpg)
Un peu d’amour SVP
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Fine Art Drawings, Je gère, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021769_1_grid.jpg)
Je gère
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
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…