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…

Daily Diary

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€2,709

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

€1,098

Ritual

Melinda Matyas

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

€5,000

Carcasse

Benjamin Carbonne

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

€9,975

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

€1,129

Sur la route (message 23) … croiser Rimbaud, Kerouac sur la route du peintre…

Jean Le Gac

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

€7,500

Day dream II

Fabrice Leito

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

€1,100

Temporary Shelter

Teona Yamanidze

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

€2,800

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

Working class

Nathan Chantob

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

€9,000

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

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

€5,500

Fur collar

Lantomo

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

€3,400

La Barque

Christie Nguyen

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

€6,000

I'm Alright, Just Here 2

Obeka Simon

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

€2,935

Brave

Sancko

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€990

Le paradis blanc

Julien Cuny

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

€850

Trois petits oiseaux

David Jamin

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Vanité aux papillons, bleue

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€17,990

The Cat Who Chose My Home

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

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

€3,161

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

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

€7,650

We, the Ants

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 80 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Lavandière bretonne

Marguerita Pillini

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

€1,709

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

€2,330

Silios

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 120 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 2 inch

€10,500

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €680

Gentle spirit

Roman Gulman

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

€3,251 €2,601

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

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

€1,250

Bourrasque

Nadège Dauvergne

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

€680

Somnium #3, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

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

€5,100

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

Ange 2014

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,250

My little light

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,020

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

Blue Skull

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 195 x 159.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 76.8 x 62.8 x 0 inch

€15,000

Melaning Meditation

Ekele Francis

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

€2,258

Gliding Towards Tomorrow

Kpe Innocent

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

€4,500

Mursikid

Lo Da

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

€1,600

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

€6,774

When Venice Dreamed of Love

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€11,289

Où le vent s'évapore

Marta Grassi

Painting . 94 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Taken Away

Snik

Painting . 100.3 x 130.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.5 x 51.25 x 2 inch

€13,547

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

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

€3,600

After A Long Day 5 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Mixed Media, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,929

Roi du Ciel

Fabrice Leito

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

€4,200

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

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

€5,444

Boom #2

Guillaume Piot

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

€210

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

Les pieds dans l'eau

Pitu

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

Price upon request

Between prayer

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Boat for Hire

Luis Morris

Painting . 20 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€670

Ca matte dans les douches

G. Carta

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

€2,500

Confidences et reflets

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 22 x 27 x 1.8 cm Painting . 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch

€850

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

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

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Dormeuse

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Painting . 18 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€500

Subconscious No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

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

€2,348

Untitled

Jules Be Kuti

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Ties That Binds Us 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Women

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€3,477

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

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

€8,400

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,200

Rêve d'eau #3

Marta Grassi

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

€870

Le fil d'Ariane

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

C'est presque le week-end

Maxime Frairot

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

€1,200

Faune

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Out of shape

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Bosco delle querce

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 180.8 x 275.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 71.2 x 108.6 x 0.3 inch

€20,772

La Ladakhis

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,000

Beauté 8

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Trois visages

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 180 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€45,000

Embroidered embrace

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€6,232

Baby Doll 2025, CD Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 71 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 28 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

€3,900

Giovanna

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€9,500

Rape of Europe

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Symbiosis No 1

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

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

Liturgy of light

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€3,300 €2,805

Il Sentiero

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 140 x 184.9 x 0.8 cm Painting . 55.1 x 72.8 x 0.3 inch

€13,547

After a long day (Series 2)

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,000

Contemplación y equilibrio

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 35 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,420

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

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

€850

Joconde

Sagrasse

Painting . 54 x 27 x 5 cm Painting . 21.3 x 10.6 x 2 inch

€400

Mirage

Marta Grassi

Painting . 80 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,100

Black Love Renaissance

Ekele Francis

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

€3,161

La gardienne des vents

Els Knockaert

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

€2,800

Boat Couture: Home Edition

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,000

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

€2,258

Empreinte 10 concrétion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€30,000

Flame of passion

Jumoke Oyetunde

Painting . 101.6 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 33 x 1 inch

€1,535

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