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…

Freedom

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 26 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch

€235

Love Colors

Sagrasse

Print . 24 x 31 x 12 cm Print . 9.4 x 12.2 x 4.7 inch

€230

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€1,000 €850

Mystica

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 30 x 17 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 6.7 x 7.9 inch

€500

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

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800

Art Book

Hom Nguyen

Print . 47.6 x 33.8 cm Print . 18.7 x 13.3 inch

€500

L'orange et l'enfant

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Beauté 8

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Artist Tracey Emin Working

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€825

Schisme #4

Erwann Tirilly

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

€2,800

El Dandy

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,522

Tribut

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 38 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Small Puffy Candy

Sagrasse

Design . 38 x 16 x 15 cm Design . 15 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch

€390

Quand les mystères sont très malins

Yves Brayer

Print . 22.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.9 x 12 x 0 inch

€500

Les citrons

David Jamin

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

€690

Bergerie en Provence, Le Destet

Yves Brayer

Painting . 20.3 x 26.8 cm Painting . 8 x 10.6 inch

€1,400

Autour d'un verre

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 33 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€300

Le Visage Volé

Jaume Plensa

Print . 40 x 32 x 0.3 cm Print . 15.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€2,300

Paesaggio 2

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€2,291

Family

Ali Buhamad

Photography . 40 x 30 x 5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,000

Porteur de rêve

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,500

Change point of view

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 30 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch

€450

Rêve d'eau #3

Marta Grassi

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

€870

Lou

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,800

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 €1,350

The Fortune Teller

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€800

Festive Spirits

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 0.75 inch

€871

Mademoiselle 31

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Au Grand Radeau

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 20.5 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.1 x 11.6 inch

€500

El Principe

James Sparshatt

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

€846

Milan Apartment

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 45.7 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,375

Salon rouge

David Jamin

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

€850

Boat for Hire

Luis Morris

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

€670

NY street

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€2,291

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

Honfleur

Jean Le Gac

Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.6 x 15 inch

€1,050

L'iris double

Olivier Daumas

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

€1,100

Sculptures Dans L'Atelier (Lust 185), rare hand signed etching

Alberto Giacometti

Print . 28.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.25 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€14,295 €12,866

Fée

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 22 cm Painting . 15.4 x 8.7 inch

€1,800

La route -1

Ivan Tzonev

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

€225

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

Fille rouge

Hanna Sidorowicz

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

€1,200

Le clin d'oeil

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€800 €600

Cavaliers en Camargue

Yves Brayer

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

€1,400

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

Untitled

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

Vanité or

Philippe Pasqua

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

€3,990

If It Had A Mouth It Would Say Hello

Zena Blackwell

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

€2,679

Tornem-hi III

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 40 x 20 x 17 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 7.9 x 6.7 inch

€3,600

XS Paper Doll #111, Dolce Gabbana Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 32 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,500 €1,350

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

€895

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

€2,291

Le Peintre et l'Echo

Jean Le Gac

Print . 49.5 x 40 cm Print . 19.5 x 15.7 inch

€300

Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2916

Alberto Giacometti

Print . 44.5 x 32.5 cm Print . 17.5 x 12.8 inch

€9,500

Children’s

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€240

Trucks (3)

Rene Rikkelman

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

€1,450

Le village hanté

Charles Lapicque

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

€125

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

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

Un jour ce qui se prépare aura lieu

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 31 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Mademoiselle 47

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Le balcon

Yves Brayer

Print . 32.8 x 24.2 cm Print . 12.9 x 9.5 inch

€600

Where the light finds us

Damilola Ilori

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.81 x 9 x 1 inch

€550

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

€1,145

Portrait de femme au foulard vert

Georges Dessouslavy

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

€1,118

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€800 €696

Colt Hill Bridge

Luis Morris

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

€791

Day dream II

Fabrice Leito

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

€1,100

Close-up 9 (Ophélie`s eye)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 26 x 18 cm Painting . 10.2 x 7.1 inch

€1,200

Lovers - Valentines Kiss 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 39.9 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€601

Bill Blass in New York

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€1,375

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

€2,291

Aurélia

David Kandelaki

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

€299 €270

Portrait de classe 18

Camille Cottier

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

€800

Scène de corrida

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 31.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.6 x 12.3 inch

€600

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

Sans Titre

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€150

Back to 1500

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 30 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€450

Quiet Time

Damilola Ilori

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 9 x 1 inch

€962

Last man standing

James Sparshatt

Photography . 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€724

Cochon pendu

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€950

Piano

David Jamin

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

€900

Blue consciousness

Sounya Whang

Painting . 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€770

Marc Jacobs pink

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 12 x 1 inch

€1,008

Self esteem

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,145

Vase of Flowers

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 49 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

€3,600

Ave II

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€725

Vanité

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch

€14,000

Trucks

Rene Rikkelman

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

€1,450

Love is Blind

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€1,300

Eiffel

Bridgeman

Photography . 27 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€240

Danse with me

Hildegarde Handsaeme

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

€450

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