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…

Victory

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 182.9 x 146.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 72 x 57.6 x 1 inch

€6,325

Code 2020

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 130 x 97 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.6 inch

€6,000

Deux oiseaux

David Jamin

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

€1,440

Sage II

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€5,000

Empty Paintings on The Wall

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 144 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 56.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,100

Je suis une femme connard!

G. Carta

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

€250

Portrait de classe 22

Camille Cottier

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

€800

Longing No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€2,345

Beauté 12

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Brotherhood 3

Ekele Francis

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

€1,807

Porteur de rêve

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,500

Happy new year

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500

Minimalist N°011225

Nicolas Briere

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

€4,000

Portrait

Philippe Pasqua

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

€8,600

L'affreux Robert

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,400

Last Steps to Emptiness

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 39 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€870

While The World Decay (Fluro)

Snik

Painting . 48.7 x 102.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.2 x 40.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,500 €2,800

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

Sentiments partagés (1)

Jules Be Kuti

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

€7,200

Vase with flowers

Rosen Markovski

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

€1,100

Operating

Katalin Soós

Painting . 130 x 163 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,600

Colour Me Happy - Mint #1

Sophie Derrick

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

€4,144

My little light

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,020

Held

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 23.5 x 16 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch

€180

Le rouge gorge et l'enfant des bois

Els Knockaert

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€850

Cavaliers en Camargue

Yves Brayer

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

€1,400

Katsumi

Michelino Iorizzo

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

€11,200

The Fishing

Eugene Berman

Painting . 17.1 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 6.7 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€850

Visage

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€6,000

Sans-titre

Victor Hasch

Painting . 117 x 66.6 x 3 cm Painting . 46.1 x 26.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,250

Omidan 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 76.2 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 30 x 18 x 2.5 inch

€1,128

Rêve d'eau #3

Marta Grassi

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€870

Teal Wonder

Isabel Emrich

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€3,879

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi

Mino Maccari

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

€2,100

Symbiosis No 2

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Une dernière lueur (bougie et écaille martre)

Agrume

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

€1,958

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

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

€1,225

Kora

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

L'anonyme 1

Jean Le Gac

Painting . 49 x 58 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

Insatiable Cravings

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 50 x 1 inch

€2,395

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

La paix

Hom Nguyen

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

€13,800

Mid 20th Century Large Paris School Watercolour of a Tablescape

Roger Decaux

Painting . 56 x 75 x 0.2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,170

Raihana

Ahmed Art

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

€1,750

Mortehoe Sun

Bill Bate

Painting . 122 x 92 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,352

Fighting A Losing Battle

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,682

Lille la Nuit

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 63 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 24.8 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa

Lantomo

Painting . 73 x 50 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 inch

€2,200

Marawa

Yoann Merienne

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

€3,200

Sailor blur 2

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

Queen Mariana

Núria Bosch

Painting . 190 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€7,000

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

€2,255

La clé des songes

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€3,800

XS Paper Doll #30, YSL Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

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

€1,500

Somnium 03 series XIV

Mario Henrique

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

€10,100

Mise à nu

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€2,750

Mexico

Toni Caldentey

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

The Clown

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting . 220 x 220 x 1 cm Painting . 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.4 inch

€9,100

Close-up 7 (Jiali`s lips)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Mason-Jar - 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

€1,130

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Tunas

Ruperto Salvatierra Lazarte

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

€810 €648

Autoportrait

Ghislaine Ferreira

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Sans titre

Zhengyong Liu

Painting . 77.5 x 54 x 1 cm Painting . 30.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,000

Les étudiants

Nathan Chantob

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

€4,500

Matelot

David Jamin

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,380

Cat Waits Apocalypse, You Think About Dinner

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Colt Hill Bridge

Luis Morris

Painting . 23 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 9.1 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€792

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Les Fils Secrets, Gants à 8 Doigts

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 100 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€8,400

Selo E

Ivan Tzonev

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

€1,000

Portrait d'enfant portant une carafe

Janebé Weber

Painting . 65.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm Painting . 25.8 x 19.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,337

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€9,000

Portrait de femme au foulard vert

Georges Dessouslavy

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,114

Léon en suspens

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Untitled 7-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

€5,445

I Found My Peace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Realist Portrait, Black Woman

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,128

Closer

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€4,400

Sometimes I Talk To My Shadow 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women

Obeka Simon

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

€2,801

Mindscapes - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mixed Media, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,022

L'Observateur I

Fabrice Leito

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

€3,400

Trucks (3)

Rene Rikkelman

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

€1,450

Gone Believer

Snik

Painting . 109.5 x 81.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 43.1 x 32.1 x 1 inch

€8,105

Deep Inside

Ewa Hauton

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

€3,900

The woman on sofa

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 90 x 70.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.8 x 1 inch

€6,200

L'iris double

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 28 x 39 cm Painting . 11 x 15.4 inch

€1,100

A travers

Olivier de Sagazan

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

€3,500

Jeunes filles

Jean Ducommun

Painting . 46.5 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 18.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,738

Follow me

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,000

Emilia

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 250 x 190 x 3 cm Painting . 98.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch

€58,100

A Peaceful Place

Dimitri Godycki Cwirko

Painting . 50 x 83 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 32.7 x 1 inch

€3,500

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