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…

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

Autumnal No. 12

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 66 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€1,761

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

Sage II

Fabrice Leito

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

€5,000

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

Vertical Red 2

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 90 x 59 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Brotherhood 3

Ekele Francis

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

€1,806

Japan #1

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€3,161

Vanité or

Philippe Pasqua

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

€3,990

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

Sabine

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,886

Vase with flowers

Rosen Markovski

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

€1,100

Hommage à Francis Bacon

Mila Veljac'a

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Operating

Katalin Soós

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

€7,600

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

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

€4,143

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

Katsumi

Michelino Iorizzo

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

€11,200

Cavaliers en Camargue

Yves Brayer

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

€1,400

Sans-titre

Victor Hasch

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

€1,250

Fighting A Losing Battle

Zena Blackwell

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

€2,681

Ozhiko

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 22 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Omidan 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,129

Minimalist N°011225

Nicolas Briere

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

€4,000

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

Symbiosis No 2

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Visage

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€6,000

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

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

€2,393

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

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

€12,100

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

Kora

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,700

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

Lady with Fur

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 105 x 76 x 0.7 cm Painting . 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.3 inch

€6,400

Longing No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€2,348

Raihana

Ahmed Art

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

€1,750

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

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

€1,220 €1,037

Last Steps to Emptiness

Natia Sapanadze

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

€870

Beauté 12

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Lille la Nuit

Nathan Chantob

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

€3,000

The castle of the soul

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 50 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€580

Oui mais bien sûr...!

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,400

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

Teal Wonder

Isabel Emrich

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

€3,884

Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa

Lantomo

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

€2,200

The Fishing

Eugene Berman

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

€850

Return of the son

Saoud Abdallah

Painting . 100 x 98 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.6 inch

€5,000

Brûler dans tes yeux

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

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

€850

Porteur de rêve

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,500

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

€2,258

Held

Dzovig Arnelian

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

€181

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

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

La paix

Hom Nguyen

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

€13,800

Mexico

Toni Caldentey

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

€2,000

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

€1,129

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

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

Sans titre

Zhengyong Liu

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

€2,000

Autoportrait

Ghislaine Ferreira

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

€2,000

Mortehoe Sun

Bill Bate

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

€3,351

Les étudiants

Nathan Chantob

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

€4,500

Colt Hill Bridge

Luis Morris

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

€792

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

€1,331

Matelot

David Jamin

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

€1,380

Portrait de femme au foulard vert

Georges Dessouslavy

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

€1,110

Selo E

Ivan Tzonev

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

€1,000

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

€1,129

La petite robe jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€950

Queen Mariana

Núria Bosch

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

€7,000

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

€2,800

The Clown

Moutaz Al-Bashar

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

€9,100

Léon en suspens

Béatrice Terra

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

€2,500

Deep Inside

Ewa Hauton

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

€3,900

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

Gone Believer

Snik

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

€8,105

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

A travers

Olivier de Sagazan

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

€3,500

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

€3,026

Trucks (3)

Rene Rikkelman

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

€1,450

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

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€9,000

Follow me

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,000

L'Observateur I

Fabrice Leito

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

€3,400

The Reader -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women (1)

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,161

Emilia

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Crépuscule

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 65 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

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

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

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

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

€58,100

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