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…

Pop Lips

Sagrasse

Painting . 83 x 83 x 11 cm Painting . 32.7 x 32.7 x 4.3 inch

€1,000

Portrait of a girl with a red flower

Rosen Markovski

Painting . 74 x 56 x 2 cm Painting . 29.1 x 22 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Contemporary portrait "Joshua Tree"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Leçon de conduite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Créte 1998

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500 €2,250

Pulchritudo Vincit Omnia

Ger Doornink

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

Price upon request

Cavaliers en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Painting . 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

€1,400

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

I will give you life in my dream, I can only move forward if I invent you.

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,400

True colors

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Vanité aux papillons

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€12,500

Phorelyos

Yoann Merienne

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

€9,000

Landscape

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Racine

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€18,000

Beauté 14

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€1,000

Sympathie

Marta Grassi

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

€1,200

Obsession Is Romantic

Mario Henrique

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

€9,900

Les rivières jaunes

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€850

Subconscious No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

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

€2,362

J'ai enfin sorti la tête de l'eau

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 6 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 2.4 inch

€2,100

Porteur de rêve

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1 inch

€1,500

Paint it wild

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Painting Peace

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 110 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

If you can dream it, you can do it

Sagrasse

Painting . 58 x 37 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€450

Vue sur Genève, le Jura et le lac Léman

Mady Epstein

Painting . 28 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch

€885

London, Evening Promise

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€2,271

Cochon pendu

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Closer Than Words

Jules Be Kuti

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

€5,200

Threads of Identity

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€3,225

In città

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 32.8 x 47.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 12.9 x 18.8 x 0.3 inch

€2,271

Frozen Immortality

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,100

Singing in the rain

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,380

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,589

Dessin original à l'accrylique sur papier

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€8,500

La basse cour

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Resonance III

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Bolshoi No. 2

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,700

Working day

David Jamin

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

€2,100

Deep Inside

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Flottement

Olivier de Sagazan

Painting . 45 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Lumière Volée 3

Nathan Chantob

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

€1,300

The Captives

Teona Yamanidze

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

€5,500

Melt Gold

Renjie Gao

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

€1,600

State Your Name

Snik

Painting . 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

La Negra Tomasa

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€3,800

Morenike Afrofuture - Contemporary african firgurative art by Ekele Francis

Ekele Francis

Painting . 52.9 x 39.6 x 3 cm Painting . 20.8 x 15.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Portrait aux rayures

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Selo F

Ivan Tzonev

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

€540

Pensées

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€580

Beauté 6

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Nous voici enfin réunis

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€350

Hope

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

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

€4,400

Fleur de toussaint

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Painting . 20 x 20 x 5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 2 inch

€1,999

Human

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€18,900

Certitude

Fabrice Leito

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

€5,000

Code 2302

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

You're behind me

Saoud Abdallah

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

€8,100

Running on Empty

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 165 x 115 x 3.5 cm Painting . 65 x 45.3 x 1.4 inch

€6,438

Portrait of an Uncontained Mind 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,135

Ojú ìwé (Page)

Damilola Ilori

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

€3,180

Sakpata Dance

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting . 157 x 146 x 1 cm Painting . 61.8 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

A dandy in the garden of black roses

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€2,271

Zéphyr

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Esméralda

Paul Laurenzi

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

€1,400

Près de lui, près du feu.

Natacha Birds

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

€600

Brotherhood 3

Ekele Francis

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

€1,817

Before I Become - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€3,498

Minimalist N°030423

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€4,000

Nocturnal memories

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 28 x 20.5 cm Painting . 11 x 8.1 inch

€440

Le déni

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€5,300

Swallow No. 42

Elizabeth Becker

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

€273

The Theatre Stage

Antonio Feltrinelli

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

€14,500

Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chuli Herrera

Painting . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€7,200

Les combattants

Nicolas Monjo

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€3,600

Mademoiselle 43

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

We Are All The Same / SAMOURAÏ

Insane 51

Painting . 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch

€13,900

Somnium No. 16, Series XVI

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Sur la plage

Julien Cuny

Painting . 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

LLum de matí

Alejandra Caballero

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

€2,300

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€8,400

XS Paper Doll #110 – Dior Couture Tribute | Luxury Fashion

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€8,500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€750

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Permeation

Luiza Kasprzyk

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

€1,000

Ange rouge

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 29 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€990

Icon in echo

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Soma

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Born Behind Silence

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€1,317

Folie

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 95 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 37.4 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

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