Portrait

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…

Vivement Noël

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€350

The last dance

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,150

Un souffle bleu

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 14 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.5 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€450

Mon amour

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€300

Gym bag 1

Katalin Soós

Painting . 40 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€450

Les mains du temps

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 14.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€300

Deus ex machina

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 146 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Labradorite Glow

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€300

Tu es toujours dans mes pensées

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€300

The Poppy

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€600

Discipline 1

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Chaos

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting . 220 x 320 x 1 cm Painting . 86.6 x 126 x 0.4 inch

€16,000

Craving You

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

La Mangrove

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Éditions Petit #2

Manuella Ferré

Print . 27 x 20 cm Print . 10.6 x 7.9 inch

€288

Éditions Petit #1

Manuella Ferré

Print . 27 x 20 cm Print . 10.6 x 7.9 inch

€288

Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting . 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch

€180

On the outskirts of manhood

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 26 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch

€180

Concerned

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 26 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch

€180

Ripped Apart

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 16 x 15.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 6.3 x 6.1 x 0.2 inch

€226

The jail of femininity

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 24 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.3 x 0.2 inch

€226

Survivor - Almost

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€226

Dressed for a wedding

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€180

Universe 23 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

Universe 20 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226 €203

Universe 19 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

Universe 17 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€227 €204

Universe 15 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

Universe 12 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€227 €204

Universe 11 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226 €203

Universe 10 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

Universe 8 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

Universe 6 - Nipple Print

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 3 x 3 cm Painting . 1.2 x 1.2 inch

€226

De précipices en belvédères 8

Manuella Ferré

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€150

De précipices en belvédères 7

Manuella Ferré

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€150

De précipices en belvédères 5

Manuella Ferré

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€150

De précipices en belvédères 4

Manuella Ferré

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€150

De précipices en belvédères 2

Manuella Ferré

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

€150

Portrait 8

Manuella Ferré

Print . 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print . 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€150

Portrait 7

Manuella Ferré

Print . 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print . 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€150

Portrait 4

Manuella Ferré

Print . 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print . 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€150

Subway summer

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Charlotte I

Dominique Dève

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€300

Mohamed

Erdna André

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€400

Models - Modelle

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 104 x 155 x 3 cm Painting . 40.9 x 61 x 1.2 inch

€12,500

Femmes

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 39 x 29 x 8.5 cm Print . 15.4 x 11.4 x 3.3 inch

€1,500

La basse cour

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Untitled 9

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 52 x 44 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€1,000

Cuento collazos

Antonio Saura

Print . 60 x 39.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,100

Girls

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

The bridge

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 46 x 38 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 inch

€1,200

Nu Assis (Lust 53), rare hand signed lithograph

Alberto Giacometti

Print . 64.8 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Print . 25.5 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch

€15,515

Nu couché aux cheveux blonds

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 50 x 53 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch

€240 €216

Reading Freud

Jennifer DeGroot

Painting . 61 x 122 x 4 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

On the Beach

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€770

Adam and Eve

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Croquis éternel 'choisir sa prière'

Natacha Birds

Sculpture . 27 x 20 x 0.5 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€110

Nu allongé

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 55 x 78 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.7 x 30.7 x 0 inch

€150

Untitled 12

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€900

Untitled 11

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch

€900

Untitled 8

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 49 x 34 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€800

Untitled 3

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Untitled 2

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Untitled 1

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

€1,000

Anatomy Lesson

Mino Maccari

Painting . 33.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.2 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Nostalgia

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 100 x 150 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 inch

€3,200

Bolshoi No. 3

Mario Henrique

Painting . 180 x 290 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 114.2 x 1.6 inch

€14,900

Girl

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Nu aux bras croisés

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 65 x 49.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.5 x 0.1 inch

€240

Deserving of a Story

Jennifer DeGroot

Painting . 102 x 76 x 4 cm Painting . 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,630

Lola

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€950

Nude

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Nu

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 76 x 54 x 0.5 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch

€450

Dinner Time 3

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 160 x 180 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

€17,000

Le vent l’emportera

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,800

Study of the body n.2

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 30 x 17 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 6.7 x 0.4 inch

€3,190

SEE YOU

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Girl

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€200 €180

Fils et ficelles

Marta Grassi

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€900

Sans titre

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 59 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 23.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€4,000

Highway

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

La grande vague

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 146 x 115 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Untitled 6

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 25 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€700

Untitled 4

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 24 x 37 x 0.4 cm Painting . 9.4 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch

€700

Corpus Lingua 020123

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

L'étreinte contre l'effondrement

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Grenade 5 : Sauve-moi

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 31 x 29 x 2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Grenade 3 : Je te Porte

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 31 x 29 x 2 cm Painting . 12.2 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Éffondrement

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 92 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Study of the human body

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 33 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 13 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,190

Refuge

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€965

Matière Brute

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€950

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