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…

Mysteries of the Night

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€8,093

Place du Pantheon, Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€6,115

At the Trevi Fountain

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€6,744

Silent Dreams

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€8,273

Evening at the bar

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€8,723

The Ocean Shore in Italy

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€4,316

Monet Japanese Garden, Giverny

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€6,474

Copper plates

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 13.5 x 19 cm Painting . 5.3 x 7.5 inch

€380

Quiet Strength 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€405

Brume

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500 €450

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500 €450

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Nightfall Whispers

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€11,510

Within the Shimmering Dark

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 55.9 x 71.1 x 1.9 cm Painting . 22 x 28 x 0.75 inch

€14,388

Whispers of Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€6,115

Parisian Afternoon

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€4,406

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€600

Frou-frou

Julien Cuny

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch

€2,900 €1,450

Portrait 2

Erdna André

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

€500

A Gentleman's Escape

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€13,399

Monet Japanese Garden in Giverny - diptych

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 91.4 x 152.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 60 x 0.75 inch

€26,977

Timeless Romance

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€14,388

Evening Together

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€10,791

Mystery at the Bar

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€10,791

Midnight Glamour

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€10,791

Eternal Blossoms Triptych

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 137.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 54 x 0.75 inch

€12,140

Quiet Reflections

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€10,872

Under the Tuscan Sun in Italy

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€12,589

The Whiskey Call

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.75 inch

€29,297

Pond of Peacefulness III

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.75 inch

€12,589

Perspectives

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 147 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 57.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Pond of Peacefulness

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 0.75 inch

€31,473

Late night II

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€10,791

Late Night

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€11,690

Cary Grant in North by Northwest

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€12,589

Mystery in black

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€12,589

Sunset at Sea

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€12,140

Addiction

Ya-Wei Li

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

€5,900

Quiet Strength 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€405

Summertime in motion

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€4,000

Where the Light Stays 3 - 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

€405

Les sentiers de la vie

Julien Cuny

Painting . 200 x 300 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€500

Untitled

Renjie Gao

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

€2,900

Untitled

Renjie Gao

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

€3,900

Untitled

Renjie Gao

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Le bateleur

Julien Cuny

Painting . 190 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1 inch

€3,500

Parisian Rendez Vous

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€10,791

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

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

€750

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

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

€550

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

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

€750

In the Fied

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€750

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 35 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€600

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€600

Flower girl

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€3,800

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€500

Big Blue Me

Nathan Chantob

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

€10,000

Surging

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 200 x 6 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch

€30,000

Cosmologia

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 160 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Sans titre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,800

Unflappable 3

Obeka Simon

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

€2,518

Migrant heart

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,700

You are indifferent

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,750

Sisyphus

Ya-Wei Li

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

€5,900

Seven days running over the fields (diptych)

Melinda Matyas

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,700

Code 1931

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Come A Long Way 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€405

La vieille japonaise

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 46 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€4,000 €2,400

Fusion

Bill Bate

Painting . 140 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,351

The Deflated Jelly Fish

Olivier Massebeuf

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

€1,200

Female portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

Si doux et si léger

Marta Grassi

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

A little bird told me

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 57 x 73.5 x 2 cm Painting . 22.4 x 28.9 x 0.8 inch

€580

Mend No. 19

Elizabeth Becker

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

€1,075

Melancholia No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€1,075

Melancholia

Elizabeth Becker

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

€1,075

Reste près de mon coeur

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 34 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 13.4 inch

€750

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Les iris violets

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 60 x 92 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,200 €1,600

Garance

Marta Grassi

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€980

Macba2

Katalin Soós

Painting . 190 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500

Character Combination Series-1

Renjie Gao

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

€2,500

The Flower

Renjie Gao

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

€750

Le Melancolique

Renjie Gao

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

€750

Portrait en Blue

Renjie Gao

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

€750

Solaris

Erwann Tirilly

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

€7,500

Heiress of eternal light

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 35 x 35 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 inch

€545

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