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…

Our Series IV

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series III

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series II

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series I

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Untitled X

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€14,600

Supper

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 199 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 78.3 x 1.6 inch

€19,300

The Secular Bird

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 190 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€14,800

The project of landscape: Implantation of the supermarket

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 210 x 553 x 4 cm Painting . 82.7 x 217.7 x 1.6 inch

€57,000

The floater on the black seawater

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 198 x 190 x 4 cm Painting . 78 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€18,500

Desperate Wedding

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 200 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€17,700

White Skelton

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 150 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€11,700

Street Cred

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€1,200

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

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

€405

Tarot Intime

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€950

Nothing But Human

Obeka Simon

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

€4,765

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

€1,079

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

€1,079

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

€1,079

Future Plans

Moutaz Al-Bashar

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

€1,300

La Danse ou la Mauricienne

Olivier Daumas

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

€6,000

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

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

€2,158

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

€2,788

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

€2,788

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

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€750

In the Fied

Ilia Balavadze

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

€750

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

Lonely Swan

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€3,777

Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals

Dzovig Arnelian

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

€854 €769

Code 1932

Thierry Carrier

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

€12,000

Malachite

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€600

Deux Oiseaux

Olivier Daumas

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

€500

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

Phototype Outremer

G. Carta

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€600

Pretty woman

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€1,800

Gaviera

Alejandra Caballero

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

€4,500

Portrait #13 and #2, Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€2,158

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

€2,518

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

€2,922

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

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

€1,709

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

€405

A Life Unraveled

Obeka Simon

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

€2,698

Eco

Rocio Mazuecos

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

€2,300

Sortilèges n°3

Marta Grassi

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

€700

Ramlet Al Baida

Dzovig Arnelian

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

€1,124

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

Entre líneas

Núria Bosch

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

€1,500

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

€2,788

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

€2,248

The Landscape

Oleg Zhivetin

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

€719

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

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

€405

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

Sunrise

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Three Ravens

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,900

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

Almost Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,900

La pêche

Julien Cuny

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

€550 €275

Les genêts

Julien Cuny

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

€550 €275

Le Grand Canyon

Olivier Daumas

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

€6,000

Lust for life

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€2,500

Fly Bar

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€2,500

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

Incel un jour, incel toujours

G. Carta

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

€250

REM (Rapid Eye Movement) 3

Katalin Soós

Painting . 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€700

Vase 2

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€7,000

La peintre

Julien Cuny

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

€550 €275

Ordinature

Julien Cuny

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

€550 €275

Vanité

Julien Cuny

Painting . 105 x 75 cm Painting . 41.3 x 29.5 inch

€600 €300

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

€2,248

Roses sauvages

Olivier Daumas

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

Code 2220

Thierry Carrier

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

€5,800

Les apparences trompeuses

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,000

Inception

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€5,000

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

La liseuse

Julien Cuny

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

€450

La muse de plumes

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 71 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€950

Cadiz 3

Rene Rikkelman

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€950

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

€3,237

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