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…

Phorelyos

Yoann Merienne

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

€9,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €704

Obsession Is Romantic

Mario Henrique

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

€9,900

Lights of the Riviera

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€9,219

Somnium 03 series XIV

Mario Henrique

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

€10,100

Transition

Marta Grassi

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

€1,800

Au bord

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,576 €2,112

NY street

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 32.8 x 47.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 12.9 x 18.8 x 0.3 inch

€2,260

A Gun and a Single Bullet

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Le chaman

Julien Cuny

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

€550 €358

L'orange et l'enfant

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€950

Lou

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

London, Evening Promise

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€2,260

Portrait Triplet 2

Renjie Gao

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,572

Bolshoi No. 2

Mario Henrique

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

€7,700

Damsel

Busari Adewale

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,639 €2,165

Hypnosis #2

Erwann Tirilly

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

€3,500

De jour comme de nuit

Marta Grassi

Painting . 145 x 145 x 0.2 cm Painting . 57.1 x 57.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,400

On your tomb, They won't smell nice

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,531 €2,075

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,700

Sea View at Tresaith

Bill Bate

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

€3,040

Près de lui, près du feu.

Natacha Birds

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€600

Sky

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chuli Herrera

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,200

Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€3,182

Composition abstraite

Mady Epstein

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,446

Shema

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€8,900

Sailor

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 73 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch

€3,800

Voices in the Wind

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

In città

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 32.8 x 47.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 12.9 x 18.8 x 0.3 inch

€2,260

The Captives

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Ozhiko

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 73 x 54 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 inch

€8,500

A(e)ntre

Sandra Quintin

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

€1,100

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€800 €704

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

€2,100

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,675

Ojú ìwé (Page)

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 127 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,163 €2,594

The Gaze between courses

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€868

LLum de matí

Alejandra Caballero

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

€2,300

Pink Lady

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,700

Brûler dans tes yeux

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€850

Baby

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Confession

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€900

In Between

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,395 €1,964

Kief

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Portrait Triplet 3

Renjie Gao

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,572

Locked in my heart

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,537 €1,229

Salamandra ou le rêve d'Icare

Julien Cuny

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

€2,800

Flottement

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 45 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Somnium 03 Series XV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,700

Danse pour moi

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,500

Close-up 9 (Ophélie`s eye)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 26 x 18 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.1 inch

€1,200

Beyond the door

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,712

Beached Boat

Dimitri Godycki Cwirko

Painting . 58 x 68 x 0.5 cm Painting . 22.8 x 26.8 x 0.2 inch

€2,400

Schisme #4

Erwann Tirilly

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

€2,800

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

Rade

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting . 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch

€120,000

Le veilleur immobile

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€37,000

La liseuse/6

Jean-Jacques Venturini

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Alegoría de la fortuna

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 185 x 246 x 4 cm Painting . 72.8 x 96.9 x 1.6 inch

€18,000

Untitled 8-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 74 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 29.1 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€5,445

Hommage à Francis Bacon

Mila Veljac'a

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

€2,700

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

Crépuscule

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 65 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Portreit

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 116 x 120 cm Painting . 45.7 x 47.2 inch

€2,900

Memories

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 30 x 60 x 0.6 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,100

Apo'da (Painter) - Contemporary Figurative Art by Nigerian artist

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 99 x 101.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 40 x 1 inch

€3,510

Lady with Fur

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 105 x 76 x 0.7 cm Painting . 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.3 inch

€6,400

La Negra Tomasa

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€3,800

Anthony

Ricardo Tena

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

€7,260

Sabine

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,891

J’écrirais ton nom sur l’azur

Cécile Desserle

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

€4,200

Code 2020

Thierry Carrier

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

€6,000

Empty Paintings on The Wall

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 144 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 56.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,100

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Last Steps to Emptiness

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 39 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€870

Operating

Katalin Soós

Painting . 130 x 163 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

Meta

Erwann Tirilly

Fine Art Drawings . 130 x 142 cm Fine Art Drawings . 51.2 x 55.9 inch

€9,500

Le rouge gorge et l'enfant des bois

Els Knockaert

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€850

Rêve d'eau #3

Marta Grassi

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

€870

Teal Wonder

Isabel Emrich

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€3,874

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,224

Symbiosis No 2

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Insatiable Cravings

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 50 x 1 inch

€2,395 €1,964

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

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

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi

Mino Maccari

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Fighting A Losing Battle

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,675

While I Hope

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 134.6 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,892 €2,372

Silios

Yoann Merienne

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

€10,500

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