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…

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G. Carta

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

€2,500

Anima Ribelle MWG

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 36 x 22 x 15 cm Sculpture . 14.2 x 8.7 x 5.9 inch

€430

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €704

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Portrait de jeune fille

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 18 x 12.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.1 x 5 x 0 inch

€75

Alice

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

My little light

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,020 €867

Self esteem

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€1,131

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

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

€6,000

Guerra Junqueiro

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Sculpture . 66 x 22 x 33 cm Sculpture . 26 x 8.7 x 13 inch

€25,000

Beyond the Limits

Busari Adewale

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,393 €1,962

The poet with red cheek

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €720

Hope

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,761 €1,444

Green and Red

Carlos Mendez

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

€900

Pull Marine

Laurence Chouzenoux

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

€3,800

Liberté _ In the mood for 2026 _

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 35 x 27 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Martine

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€5,000

Keiky

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€6,600

The rain

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 64.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 25.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,810

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

Portrait

Philippe Pasqua

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

€5,500

The Look (Edition of 30)

Ger Doornink

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

€2,720

Danse with me

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Print . 27 x 37 x 2 cm Print . 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€450

Lovers - Morning Light 1, Drawing, Pastels on Paper

Carmen Tyrrell

Fine Art Drawings . 58.9 x 83.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch

€457

We Outside 1 (Escape Route)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,928 €3,221

L'enfant

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 86 x 144 x 3 cm Painting . 33.9 x 56.7 x 1.2 inch

€5,700

Hopare Skate Limited Edition (réhaussée main)

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 83 x 23 cm Print . 32.7 x 9.1 inch

€2,950

Roseline

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Woman

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,941 €1,592

Shadows of memory

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 68.1 x 65 x 6.4 cm Painting . 26.8 x 25.6 x 2.5 inch

€2,580

Oceanus III

Mario Henrique

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

€9,900

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Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

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

€350

Autoportrait II

Ghislaine Ferreira

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

€1,500

Frágil

Núria Bosch

Painting . 130 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,000

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 €2,430

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

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

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

Jeunes filles

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,743

You Do You

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 122 x 117 x 4 cm Painting . 48 x 46.1 x 1.6 inch

€5,469

Untitled (1)

Jules Be Kuti

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Child

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€320

Barnús vermell

Teresa Riba

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

€600

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 0.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€200

Matelot

David Jamin

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

€1,380

Wife Portrait

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 129.5 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 51 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,715

Vers l'exil

Charles Lapicque

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

€400

Working class

Nathan Chantob

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

€9,000

Un ange passe

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,800

Tai O

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 76 x 84 x 1 cm Print . 29.9 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Between prayer

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Napoléon

Nadège Dauvergne

Print . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€300

Zikik

Ahmed Art

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

€590

He Says he was Martirano's Lover and Wants to go to Carnelutti

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€580

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

€1,131 €905

The blue shadow

Hildegarde Handsaeme

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

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,500

Portrait de jeune fille

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch

€614

Dots

Marta Grassi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Portrait de Willy

Casimir Reymond

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

€1,296

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 57 x 76 cm Print . 22.4 x 29.9 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

€1,106

Resonance 15

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Fur collar

Lantomo

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

€3,400

First

Nathan Chantob

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

€4,000

Out of shape

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Nazdrave

Ivan Tzonev

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

€800

Porteur de rêve

Hanna Sidorowicz

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

€1,500

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

€3,168 €2,851

Queen 1

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€7,000

Evening at the Bar

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€8,658

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 €2,407

Brave

Sancko

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

€990

Lisa

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

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

€7,650

Liturgy of light

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

Darkness 1

Lantomo

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

€270

Lavandière bretonne

Marguerita Pillini

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

€1,720

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

€2,346

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

Melaning Meditation

Ekele Francis

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

€2,258 €1,851

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

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

Gentle spirit

Roman Gulman

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

€3,258

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

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

€1,250 €1,125

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

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

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

€5,444

Ma benz

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€2,500

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

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