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…

Arribada

Alejandra Caballero

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

€3,250

Lisbeth Buonanno

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€2,400

Chevaux au bord de l'étang

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Corrida aux Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Le repos des cavaliers sur la plage

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

La cabane gardiane

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Manade en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Print . 29 x 37 cm Print . 11.4 x 14.6 inch

€200

Cabane en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Print . 24 x 31 cm Print . 9.4 x 12.2 inch

€150

Le conteur arabe, Fez

Yves Brayer

Print . 30 x 34.5 cm Print . 11.8 x 13.6 inch

€150

Athènes

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Paysage de Castille

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Rue à Soho, Londres

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 30 cm Print . 11.2 x 11.8 inch

€150

Chevaux se battant

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

La Banlieues Invisibles

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 300 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 2 inch

€35,000

Toro study

Marc Prat

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€780

La Caverna Magnetica

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 146 x 228 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 89.8 x 1.2 inch

€22,000

Abierta 9

Antonio Saura

Print . 75 x 104 cm Print . 29.5 x 40.9 inch

€1,800

Réunion

Pitu

Painting . 114 x 162 x 4 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch

Price upon request

L'Art de L'équilibre

Hildegarde Handsaeme

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

€4,800

The House On The Marsh

James Sparshatt

Photography . 60 x 85 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,401

Frosted reeds

James Sparshatt

Photography . 60 x 85 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,401

Contemporary portrait - After the Rain...

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 120 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Contemporary portraits - Old Newspaper

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 115 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 45.3 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Our Series 3

Renjie Gao

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

€15,000

Our Series 2

Renjie Gao

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

€15,000

Our Series 1

Renjie Gao

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

€15,000

Three Musketers

Renjie Gao

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

€15,000

Game of Thrones

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch

€40,000

The Incurable Madhouse

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch

€40,000

White Plaster Statue

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch

€40,000

A Whole Ship of Sensitive Lies

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch

€40,000

Soaring Series 4

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€14,000

Le vert est dans la pomme

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 inch

€1,500

Tea and Honey

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€719

Untitled (home)

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 33 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 15 x 1 inch

€680

Melancholy Trees

Natia Sapanadze

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

€680

Three Musketeers

Renjie Gao

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

€15,000

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

Just a Yellow Rose..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

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

White Skelton

Ya-Wei Li

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

€11,700

La mirada

James Sparshatt

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

€725

El viaje a casa

James Sparshatt

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

€725

El patrimonio

James Sparshatt

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

€725

Vanité du Pêcheur

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Print . 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

€3,000

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

Village en Castille

Charles Lapicque

Print . 49 x 64 cm Print . 19.3 x 25.2 inch

€750

Bluesman on Beale

James Sparshatt

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

€1,091

La Danse ou la Mauricienne

Olivier Daumas

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

€6,000

The Mosaic of a Taste

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

"Just Persimmon..." Still life painting in hyperrealism

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

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

Spring amidst the beech

James Sparshatt

Photography . 60 x 85 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,401

Poursuite

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€2,400

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

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

Fog No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch

€180

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

Queen lady

Samuel Cueto

Photography . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Bayou dreaming

James Sparshatt

Photography . 60 x 85 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,645

Abierta 5

Antonio Saura

Print . 75 x 104 cm Print . 29.5 x 40.9 inch

€1,800

Malachite

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€600

Winds

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€320

Dagoberto

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,595

Ian, Jeremy Abbott and Adam, Triptych. Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€5,395

Pretty woman

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€1,800

El Viejo Maestro

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,595

La Linea

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€2,986

Fellaz on Frenchmen

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€2,986

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

Deep soul 232

Laurence Verney

Photography . 60 x 64 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch

€2,088

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

Just Bananas... (Still life in hyperrealism)

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 110 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,500

Eco

Rocio Mazuecos

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

€2,300

Le Bon, la brute et le truand

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 25.6 inch

€1,500

Saint Laurent

Bridgeman

Photography . 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€240

Volandas II

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 98 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

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

Las Memorías

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,595

Set Ian, Jeremy Abbott, Adam and Oliver Hartt. Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€7,194

Southern Gentleman

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,108

Bluesman on Beale

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€2,986

Girls

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€450

O prazer

James Sparshatt

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

€847

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

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