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…

Booknote 8. From The Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 24 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting . 9.45 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,714

Tendre un perchoir 9

Marie Rauzy

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

€3,500

Everything changed in absolute silence

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,255

Untitled

Teona Yamanidze

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

€5,500

Eternal Sitting

Natia Sapanadze

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

€680

Code 2101

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 130 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Malachite

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 10 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€600

La liseuse/5

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€4,000

Le Cygne

Rachel Yedid

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

€12,000

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

Le bateleur

Julien Cuny

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

€3,500

No Day, no Night

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Future Plans

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting . 35 x 27 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 inch

€1,300

La lune pensive

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Le voyage immobile

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€700

Comedy Man

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 86 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 33.9 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Confused people series 06

Renjie Gao

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

€902

Where the Light Stays 6 - 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

Deux Oiseaux

Olivier Daumas

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

€500

I'm Fine, Thanks x

Zena Blackwell

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

€2,682

Entre líneas

Núria Bosch

Painting . 65 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Travel to the Carpathians

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Magic Colors of the Dnipro

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Enchanted Forest

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

The First Snow

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Al mare. From the Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch

€2,255

Le Bal

Ilia Balavadze

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

€10,000

Don't go to the Garden of Flowers

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1 inch

€2,600

Window

Teona Yamanidze

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

€5,500

Moth

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,500

Last Performance

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,700

Daily Monologue

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 55 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Home style cooking

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Ramlet Al Baida

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 89 x 82 cm Painting . 35 x 32.3 inch

€1,128

Secret L500ife

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€550

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 30 x 24 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

€580

Melancholy Looks into the Mirror

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€650

To live off of memories

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 27.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch

€340

L'Envol de Violette

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 190 x 140 x 5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 2 inch

€12,200

Fanfare de la mer

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,000

Nothing But Human

Obeka Simon

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

€4,780 €3,921

Ce sont nos enfants

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

The Black Suit and The Chicken

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 75 x 75 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,700

Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€857 €772

Code 1932

Thierry Carrier

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

€12,000

Where the Light Stays 5 - 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

Winds

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 8 x 32 cm Painting . 3.1 x 12.6 inch

€320

I want to remember you like this

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€480

Pretty woman

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€1,800

Le petit prince au japon

Julien Cuny

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

€450

Le ciel, le sel, l'attente

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,000

Bientôt le printemps

Marta Grassi

Painting . 29 x 24 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€520

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

€2,797 €2,293

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

€2,797 €2,293

Aile d'acier

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€1,000

There was no Sadness, Just the Summer Passed ...

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

La Danse ou la Mauricienne

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 73 x 100 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 inch

€6,000

Eco

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 32 x 66 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.6 x 26 x 0.2 inch

€2,300

Lust for life

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€2,500

Confused people series 05

Renjie Gao

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

€902

Sunrise

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

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

€2,526 €2,071

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

€2,932 €2,404

Sortilèges n°3

Marta Grassi

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

€700

Deep Sleep

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,900

Fly Bar

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Unusual Taste

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 30.5 x 35.5 x 3 cm Painting . 12 x 14 x 1.2 inch

€790

A Life Unraveled

Obeka Simon

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

€2,706 €2,219

Fanfare de la mer

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€3,000

Confused people series 04

Renjie Gao

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

€902

Plant Study No. 38

Elizabeth Becker

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

€244

Where the Light Stays 4 - 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

Carré

Nathan Chantob

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

€5,000

Portraits #52, #50 and #51, Triptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,248

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

€2,797 €2,293

Three Ravens

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Almost Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Vase 2

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Design . 40 x 40 x 40 cm Design . 15.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€7,000

The Landscape

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 60 x 118 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch

€722

Le Grand Canyon

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 81 x 101 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.8 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Hanoï-Hong Kong by night

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Sous le soleil d'Italie

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Les apparences trompeuses

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Green Table-Top

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,900

Inception

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€5,000

Dress Code for the Afterlife

Natia Sapanadze

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

€600

E la Nave Va sans toi

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Sortilèges n°4

Marta Grassi

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

€700

La robe (2)

Marta Grassi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€680

La robe

Marta Grassi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€680

Vague à l'âme

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Graphite mood

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€300

Arbres en fleurs

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,200

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