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…

L'affreux Robert

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 50 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€1,400

Mazel tov

Katalin Soós

Painting . 65 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€800

Studio 2

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 74.9 x 54.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,120

Ave II

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€725

Surreal face

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Subconscious No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€2,318

Oiseau

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

€800

Metamorphose

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 146 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Ojú ìwé (Page)

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 127 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 39 x 1 inch

€3,120

Soft machine dream

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Eclosion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Sculpture . 35 x 14 x 12 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 5.5 x 4.7 inch

€10,000

Les reclus

Charles Lapicque

Print . 37 x 27 cm Print . 14.6 x 10.6 inch

€125

Child

Reinaldo Chavez

Design . 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design . 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

€320

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 83.5 x 70.5 x 8 cm Painting . 32.9 x 27.8 x 3.1 inch

€4,500

Nature morte aux lys

Janebé Weber

Painting . 50 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 14 x 0.2 inch

€1,048

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 139 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Haze

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.1 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,600

Autoportrait II

Ghislaine Ferreira

Painting . 94 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Unstoppable 2

Obeka Simon

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

€2,496

Pull Marine

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 82 x 60 x 7 cm Painting . 32.3 x 23.6 x 2.8 inch

€3,800

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 82 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 32.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€1,250

Gueule d'ange N°17

Stephane Richard

Painting . 68 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€890

Compter les faisans pour s'endormir

Agrume

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€200

Children’s

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Barnús vermell

Teresa Riba

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

€600

La demoiselle IV

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,600

Portrait 2

Juan Sebastian Barbera

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€900

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Plates- bandes

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 74 x 54 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Roseline

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton I

Antonio Saura

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€2,600

Untitled (with dog)

Natia Sapanadze

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

€800

Portrait

Philippe Pasqua

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

€5,500

The blue shadow

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Painting . 140 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

Le Temps Suspendu... 022

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€800

Vers l'exil

Charles Lapicque

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€400

Tempête émotion

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 116 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Portrait bleu

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€9,350

Bulb Vase - 21st Century, Contemporary, Still Life, Abstract, Plants, Flower

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 59.9 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.6 x 1 inch

€1,114

Love Love Love

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 62 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 24.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€580

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 95 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Portrait de Willy

Casimir Reymond

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

€1,293

The Dutch

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 65.8 cm Print . 34.3 x 25.9 inch

€980

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 67.5 x 52 cm Print . 26.6 x 20.5 inch

€1,300

Vieille femme au panier de pommes

Alberto Cecconi

Painting . 70.5 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,103

L'onde sonore envahit l'atelier du peintre

Jean Le Gac

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€550

Weekend To Remeber - 21st Century, Contemporary, Realist Portrait, Black Woman

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 50.8 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 17 x 1 inch

€1,114

El patito feo

Antonio Saura

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€800

Carcasse

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€9,975

On est encore là

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€500

Hommage an Francis Bacon - rot

Mila Veljac'a

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,800 €2,520

Yellow card

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,061

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 139 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,300 €2,805

Tambourinades

Gérard Traquandi

Fine Art Drawings . 20.2 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8 x 4.5 inch

€400

Darkness 1

Lantomo

Print . 42 x 29.7 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€270

Harmony

Hanna Sidorowicz

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€980

Nu de femme

Stéphane Lejeune

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€336

Lavandière bretonne

Marguerita Pillini

Painting . 40 x 24.5 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,716

Jeune fille espagnole au foulard

Edouard Morerod

Painting . 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,340

Untitled 4-5-19

Montse Valdés

Painting . 100 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€6,900

Dr Season

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

€7,500 €6,750

The Reader -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,120

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,650

Cloud-Gazing Club

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,000

Image of Death

Eugene Berman

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€1,000

Je n'avance pas en ligne droite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Advertisement for Tirreno

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 11.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 4.5 x 0 inch

€650

Keep Calm 2.0

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 16 x 6 x 8 cm Sculpture . 6.3 x 2.4 x 3.1 inch

€100

The Weeds of the Long Night

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,500

Fur collar

Lantomo

Painting . 73 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

€3,400

Afternoon Tea

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€6,418

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Portrait de classe 14

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Kookina (Hair bun)

Saoud Abdallah

Painting . 69 x 48 cm Painting . 27.2 x 18.9 inch

€2,300

Andy Warhol

Marin Marcos

Sculpture . 52 x 34 x 17 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 13.4 x 6.7 inch

€2,500

Digital Heteroideus

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Yolo Horns

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 27.5 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture . 10.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch

€200

Mursikid

Lo Da

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,600

Nature Collection No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,229

Morenike Afrofuture

Ekele Francis

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,738

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,600

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Close-up 6 (Fei Fei)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 55 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

When We Stay Very Quiet

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 115 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45.3 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

Boom #2

Guillaume Piot

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

€210

Chinese Porcelain Jar

Florian Eymann

Print . 59.9 x 50 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 inch

€510

A la bonne vôtre VI

Christophe Blanc

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

€3,100

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Paesaggio

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 99.8 x 79.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 39.3 x 31.4 x 0.3 inch

€6,686

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 120 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€5,444

Barbie

Cécile Plaisance

Print . 158 x 118 x 4.5 cm Print . 62.2 x 46.5 x 1.8 inch

€18,000

Human (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€13,900

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