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…

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

Frou-frou

Julien Cuny

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

€2,900

Sisyphus

Ya-Wei Li

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

€5,900

Graciela

James Sparshatt

Photography . 75 x 55 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€3,105

Female portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

Unrecognized Presence

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Echoes of the Unseen Road

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait - Coffee with the President

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Contemporary portrait Contemporary portrait New Look for an Old Jacket

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa - Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

New Hat - Narrative painting with Mona Lisa

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

By the Fireplace

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Contemporary portrait "Inside the Painting"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Woman with deep thought (Feminine epidemic series) II

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,000

Street Look

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,900

A strong man - Grandpa

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 285 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 112.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,339

Gold Green Vitae

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 66 x 2 cm Print . 34.3 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€980

A Beautiful Fight

Elizabeth Becker

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

€295

Credendo Vides 020

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

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

€402

Brume

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Gaze

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Elvis’s JetStar

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 105 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 41.3 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Le bateleur

Julien Cuny

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

€3,500

Contemporary portraits - Confident Indifference

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Here Comes Texas!..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Transposition #6

Dominique Dève

Painting . 29 x 21 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 inch

€200

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Macba2

Katalin Soós

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

€9,000

Embrace

Elizabeth Becker

Fine Art Drawings . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 16 inch

€188

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 69 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€333

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

Le Bel Essor

Yoann Merienne

Print . 60 x 40 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 inch

€400

With the heart awaken

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 14.5 x 13.8 cm Painting . 5.7 x 5.4 inch

€280

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

Portrait

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 20 x 0.01 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€190

Table for Two in Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,500

Air Marin

David Jamin

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

€2,550

Myst

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€700

Dans la tête 2

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 48 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.9 x 17.7 x 0 inch

€1,600

Lotus No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€205

Grass study no. 12

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 cm Painting . 12 x 9 inch

€103

Pulchritude

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 72 cm Print . 34.3 x 28.3 inch

€980

Woman with Veil

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 102 x 71 x 8 cm Painting . 40.2 x 28 x 3.1 inch

€14,000

Iris No. 170

Elizabeth Becker

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

€205

Sisters at the Beach

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€1,429

Look at one Other

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 135 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 53.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,600

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

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

Daffodil

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€1,500

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

€402

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

€402

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 #52. 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

€1,072

Sunshine

David Jamin

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

€2,550

Ce rouge-là

David Jamin

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

€2,550

Art

David Jamin

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

€2,550

Sin Pst II

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Regard

Fresha D

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

€950

Les gardians

Yves Brayer

Print . 74 x 54 cm Print . 29.1 x 21.3 inch

€300

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

Portrait No 90

Renjie Gao

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

€4,000

Frauen-Portraits mit Hut

Antonio Saura

Print . 51 x 40 cm Print . 20.1 x 15.7 inch

€950

Study of angel 2016

Hanna Sidorowicz

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€1,000

Vendredi 20h17

Maxime Frairot

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

€380

Deep crying

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,600

Cozy Retreat

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,232

Untitled

Renjie Gao

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

€9,500

In Her III

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,098

His Worth II

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,098

Self Confidence

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,500

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

€2,500

Le retour du sumo

Zwy Milshtein

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

€2,400

F@ck the Rules

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Tendre un perchoir 10

Marie Rauzy

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

€3,500

Boldness 2

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,786

Sin título

Jaume Plensa

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

€6,400

Heroine

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,232

Maison Sauvage - Spring

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,232

Garance

Marta Grassi

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

€980

Le chemin des douaniers

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€900

The Cambridge, London

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€1,964

Wandering Thoughts

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,947

Woman of Virtue (Feminine Epidemic series)

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,857

Les Deux Magots, Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€2,143

The Pont Alexandre III, Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€1,964

Lavender fields, Provence France

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€1,964

Cafe de Flore, Evening Paris

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,232

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