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…

Vanité

Pei-Ming Yan

Print . 78 x 119 x 1 cm Print . 30.7 x 46.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,400

The Great Below

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€1,500

Vanité aux papillons, bleue

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€17,990

Carcasse

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€9,975

The blue shadow

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Painting . 140 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Silios

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 2 inch

€10,500

Sur la route (message 23) … croiser Rimbaud, Kerouac sur la route du peintre…

Jean Le Gac

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Working class

Nathan Chantob

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

€9,000

Queen 1

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€7,000

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,650

Vanité d’Automne

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Print . 130 x 97 x 0.1 cm Print . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0 inch

€3,000

After A Long Day 5 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,924

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 139 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,300 €2,805

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 120 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€5,444

Mursikid

Lo Da

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,600

Il Sentiero

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 140 x 184.9 x 0.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 72.8 x 0.3 inch

€13,532

Les pieds dans l'eau

Pitu

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

Price upon request

Taken Away

Snik

Painting . 100.3 x 130.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.5 x 51.25 x 2 inch

€16,238

Blue Skull

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 195 x 159.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 76.8 x 62.8 x 0 inch

€15,000

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,600

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€8,400

Ca matte dans les douches

G. Carta

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Barbie

Cécile Plaisance

Print . 158 x 118 x 4.5 cm Print . 62.2 x 46.5 x 1.8 inch

€18,000

Trois visages

Hom Nguyen

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

€45,000

Ties That Binds Us 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Women

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€3,473

Verso la primavera

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 140 x 184.9 x 0.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 72.8 x 0.3 inch

€13,532

Giovanna

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€9,500

Brut

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€9,900

Symbiosis No 1

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Kerio

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 2 inch

€10,500

After a long day (Series 2)

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,000

Empreinte 10 concrétion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Painting . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€30,000

Resonance 15

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€5,000

Les formes combustibles

Erwann Tirilly

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

€8,000

Crimsom whisper

Axel Traverso

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

Frágil

Núria Bosch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

Sans

Florian Eymann

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

The Missing Move

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 120 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.7 inch

€2,900

Tendre printemps

Julien Cuny

Painting . 83 x 128 x 1 cm Painting . 32.7 x 50.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Code 2109

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Velvet static

Axel Traverso

Painting . 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

Thamatos

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 129 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting . 50.8 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€10,000

Martine

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€5,000

Baile

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 130 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Waiemea Angels

Kosta Kulundzic

Fine Art Drawings . 150 x 110 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 59.1 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€4,000

Electric desire

Axel Traverso

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

Neglected Stone

Busari Adewale

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

€2,706 €2,219

Wife Portrait

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 129.5 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 51 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,706

The Weeds of the Long Night

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Amber

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

You Do You

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 122 x 117 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 46.1 x 1.6 inch

€5,485

You Man

Hom Nguyen

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

€29,800

Still Growing -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Modern, Girl

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,924

Tigre

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 180 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€25,300

Monica Vitti

Cécile Plaisance

Photography . 125 x 95 cm Photography . 49.2 x 37.4 inch

€6,850

Apparentia No. 3, Series IV

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Zaltaïne

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

People and bread

Nathan Chantob

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

€12,000

The Things We Carry Home

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Red Burqa

Cécile Plaisance

Photography . 125 x 95 x 3 cm Photography . 49.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€9,600

l'oubli et la mémoire

Marta Grassi

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Soma

Erwann Tirilly

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

€12,000

Rest is Readiness -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Modern Men

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,059

Somnium No. 3, Series XII

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Big Doll, Orient Express, LV Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 150 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€18,500

Vanité au Papillon I

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Print . 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

€3,000

Bazouk

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€9,000

The Podium II

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,200 €2,720

Sweet dreams

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,200

Golgotha

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 160 x 100 x 79 cm Sculpture . 63 x 39.4 x 31.1 inch

€39,000

666

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€1,500

Shumacher

Marin Marcos

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€14,500

Capo I

Pitu

Sculpture . 140 x 140 x 2 cm Sculpture . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€6,500

Mike Jagger

Lo Da

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,600

Let the kids alone

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€3,000 €2,700

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Circle of Love -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern Women

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 147.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 58 x 1 inch

€4,826

Fais ce qu'il te plaît

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 146 x 114 x 10 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 3.9 inch

€5,300

Deathmental

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 134 x 175 cm Painting . 52.8 x 68.9 inch

€12,000

No title

Philippe Pasqua

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

€15,000

Althéïse

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€10,500

Frozen Immortality

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,100

Sentiments partagés

Jules Be Kuti

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

€7,200

Turquoise

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Mon enfance

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 180 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€28,900

Harmony

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 185 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 72.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,900

Croyance

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€20,100

Dr Season

Nathan Chantob

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

€7,500

Rainy Day

Smoka

Painting . 195 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Mon enfance

Hom Nguyen

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

€30,600

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€28,900

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