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…

Code 2019

Thierry Carrier

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

€9,000

A moment in memory and dreams

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 67.6 x 57.5 x 2 cm Painting . 26.6 x 22.6 x 0.8 inch

€580

Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 70.1 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,687

Sans titre

Adam Nidzgorski

Painting . 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€720

Rapsodie in Blue

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Incendies

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 100 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€8,000

Elle bouscule ma libellule

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 197 x 97 x 7 cm Painting . 77.6 x 38.2 x 2.8 inch

€5,300

Les Chaises

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 73 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Peace: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of African Woman, Blue

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€3,055 €2,444

Aren't We All Hungry?

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,052

Resonance 17

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Resonance 10

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Hommage A Motherwell

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,100

Al mare and Tramonto. Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 32.8 x 95.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 12.9 x 37.7 x 1 inch

€4,560

L'éloge de l'ennui

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 24 x 27 x 37 cm Sculpture . 9.4 x 10.6 x 14.6 inch

€6,500

Outstanding

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,824

Brixton 1995

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 112 x 115 x 1 cm Painting . 44.1 x 45.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

La gardienne

Julien Cuny

Painting . 126 x 173 x 5 cm Painting . 49.6 x 68.1 x 2 inch

€3,600

Selenaraia

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 150 x 200 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 inch

€16,000

Simple Times - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 89.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€2,326

Gentleman

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€2,918

Taro

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,260

Silentium Fortis

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€9,900

Bring all those novels with you, Dad! They're ledgers, silly!

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 51 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Boldness 3

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,824

Le courage des inconscients

Yoann Merienne

Print . 100 x 70 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 inch

€800

The Kiss

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 inch

€1,368

Portrait d'homme

Henri Fehr

Painting . 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€745

II

Pascal Girard

Painting . 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Coeur de géant

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 76 x 44 x 45 cm Sculpture . 29.9 x 17.3 x 17.7 inch

€18,000

La beauté de la défaite

Yoann Merienne

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€800

Aláàárù Ajé (Carrier of Wealth)

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,642

First Love Yourself

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,052

Mira

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 50 x 25 x 17 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 9.8 x 6.7 inch

€7,000

La petite robe jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€950

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 190 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€27,900

The Shipwreck of Actualism

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 32 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€800

J'ai rêvé

Marta Grassi

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Fulfilled

Rene Rikkelman

Sculpture . 21 x 34 x 15 cm Sculpture . 8.3 x 13.4 x 5.9 inch

€3,900

Unfurling the Past 2

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,417

Golgotha

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 160 x 100 x 80 cm Sculpture . 63 x 39.4 x 31.5 inch

€39,000

Ligne de vie

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 150 x 150 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 inch

€22,000

Mains IV

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€3,000

Camdem 1979

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,900

INVISIBLE 2026

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 38 x 29 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Interior brick

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Jazz

Julien Cuny

Painting . 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€1,600

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400

Nocthea

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 200 x 200 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 inch

€20,000

Nima

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 160 x 300 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch

€25,000

Incandescence

David Jamin

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€5,100

No title

Philippe Pasqua

Photography . 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Smile

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,824

Écorce, portrait I

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€14,000

Portrait #52. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,094

Transmission

Hom Nguyen

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

€9,800

Just soar, Don't hesitate

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,052

Le dernier rituel 7

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 180 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€13,000

Where the Light Stays 10 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Somnium No. 2, Series XIV

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

The Blue Child

Mario Henrique

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€9,900

L'art de la Guerre

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€1,500

Le printemps dans l’air

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€2,900

Radiance of Dreams - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,055

Eole

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 48 x 49 x 37 cm Sculpture . 18.9 x 19.3 x 14.6 inch

€14,000

Don't Let Me Go

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,280

Look through my eyes

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 114.3 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,736

Spot the Difference

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,688

Le Seau

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 116 x 89 x 5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 2 inch

€5,500

Jedidiah

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 59.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,736

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Little One

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,824

Nocturne bleue

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

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

Une autre lecture

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Marcel Duchamp

Julien Cuny

Painting . 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Untitled

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Portrait #51. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,094

On Your Tomb They Won't Smell Nice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Floral, Women

Obeka Simon

Painting . 50.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,505

Ryushen

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Kotobagaki

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 250 x 200 x 3 cm Painting . 98.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€25,000

Tradition

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 72 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

€980

4-5-17

Montse Valdés

Painting . 160 x 195 cm Painting . 63 x 76.8 inch

€31,220

Where the Light Stays 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Si tu étais la

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 160 x 90 x 6 cm Painting . 63 x 35.4 x 2.4 inch

€2,000

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

La liberación de Afrodita

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 240 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 94.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,000

Reine

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,000

It's Okay To Not Be Okay - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,964

Prendre de la hauteur

Cécile Desserle

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

€2,800

Portrait #50. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,094

Face Your Fears 2

Obeka Simon

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

€2,052

There's a certain amount of risk involved

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€4,560

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