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…

Le rose c'est que pour les pédés

G. Carta

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch

€250

Arbre de Vie

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,400

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€500 €450

La plénitude du marin

Julien Cuny

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

La pêche miraculeuse

Julien Cuny

Painting . 162 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€2,300

Solaris

Erwann Tirilly

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

€7,500

Confused people series 10

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch

€902

Paper for Answers

Natia Sapanadze

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

€5,000

Female portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

Unflappable 3

Obeka Simon

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

€2,530

Oasis

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Where Are You From

Ilia Balavadze

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

€2,000

You are indifferent

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,750

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

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

€407

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

€1,083

Models

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 120 x 185 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 72.8 x 1.6 inch

€5,700

La forêt carnivore

Julien Cuny

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

€1,950

Les iris violets

Olivier Daumas

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

€3,200

Confused people series 09

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch

€902

Walking in a Mossy Land

Natia Sapanadze

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

€750

Where the Light Stays 9 - 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

€406

Rêverie

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€500

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

Eins mit sich sein

Mila Veljac'a

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

€3,500

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

Baselitz

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€78,000

Arribada

Alejandra Caballero

Painting . 65 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,250

The Distance

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,000

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

Coming Home

Teona Yamanidze

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

€5,000

Without Mask

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 25 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Girl by the Window

Natia Sapanadze

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

€970

Le Chewing-gum

Julien Cuny

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

€1,800

Come A Long Way 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

€407

Stone oculi

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 11.6 x 21.8 cm Painting . 4.6 x 8.6 inch

€320

Heiress of eternal light

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€545

Unstoppable

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,530

Tea and Honey

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 20.3 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 8 x 16 x 0.75 inch

€722

Les coquelicots

Olivier Daumas

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

€3,000

Le chemin des douaniers

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€900

Cercle n°1

Marta Grassi

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

€1,300

Poule ou coq ?

Julien Cuny

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€900

Where the Light Stays 8 - 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

€406

Berceuse, Tu es ce Murmure

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 80 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

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

€1,083

les mots qu'elle voulait entendre entre les lignes

Marta Grassi

Painting . 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Researchers

Katalin Soós

Painting . 100 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€7,200

Once In Tbilisi

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,200

Untitled SM 17

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Untitled SM 26

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Lonely Swan

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 80 x 100.3 x 1.9 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.5 x 0.75 inch

€3,789

Fictions

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 200 x 340 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 133.9 x 1.2 inch

€42,000

Confused people series 08

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53 x 75.5 x 3 cm Painting . 20.9 x 29.7 x 1.2 inch

€902

Away From The Lens 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Women, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€407

Beyond the Sun

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 12 x 19 cm Painting . 4.7 x 7.5 inch

€290

Maya

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 11 x 16 cm Painting . 4.3 x 6.3 inch

€240

Forever

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 17 x 14 cm Painting . 6.7 x 5.5 inch

€290

Your memory accompanies me

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19.3 x 14 cm Painting . 7.6 x 5.5 inch

€300

Shinning US Bomber

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€1,000

Open Mind

Julien Cuny

Painting . 190 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 74.8 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,400

Fleurs ressuscitées

Julien Cuny

Painting . 188 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting . 74 x 37.4 x 1 inch

€3,100

Xon Duce Harley Davidson

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Portrait #13. 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

€1,083

Portrait #3. 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

€1,083

Portrait #1. 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

€1,083

Tendre un perchoir 10

Marie Rauzy

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

€3,500

A Life Unraveled 2

Obeka Simon

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

€2,711

Nothing But Human

Obeka Simon

Painting . 137.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 54 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,788

Cheer up and Glow (Hope) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 76.2 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,801

Having Done All, I Stand 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

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

€2,801

Away From The Noise - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Orange, Oil

Obeka Simon

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

€2,530

Regardless I will be Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love

Obeka Simon

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

€2,937

A Life Unraveled

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,711

Having Done All, I Stand 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,801

Strength of a Black Man: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait

Obeka Simon

Painting . 121.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 54 x 1 inch

€3,479

Lisbeth Buonanno

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Forest

Teona Yamanidze

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

€4,200

La couronne

Marta Grassi

Painting . 27 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€440

Flash

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€500

Mon Enfant, ma Sœur

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 160 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€12,000

Low life

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 89 x 139 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35 x 54.7 x 0.7 inch

€4,000

Portrait #13 and #3, Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,165

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€850 €723

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€850

The Podium

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 140 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€4,700 €3,995

Hard Way

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 190 x 210 x 5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 82.7 x 2 inch

€5,600

La japonaise

Olivier Daumas

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

€4,000

Frou-frou

Julien Cuny

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

€2,900

Street Cred

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

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