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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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Sculpture, Normal is Boring, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 27 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

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Sculpture, Tomato Splat, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 39 x 32 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 12.6 x 3.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua

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Sculpture, Soft Love, Sagrasse

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Sculpture, Mmmh..., Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 20 x 33 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$526

Painting, La Sarde, Olivier Daumas

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$1,077

Sculpture, Ave I, Rocio Mazuecos

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Sculpture . 26 x 30 x 12 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 11.8 x 4.7 inch

$867

Sculpture, Kiss Fushia, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 30 x 22 x 8 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 8.7 x 3.1 inch

$526

Sculpture, Art Attack, Sagrasse

Art Attack

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Sculpture . 33 x 12 x 9 cm Sculpture . 13 x 4.7 x 3.5 inch

$239 $215

Sculpture, Tomato Splat, Sagrasse

Tomato Splat

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Sculpture . 39 x 32 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 12.6 x 3.5 inch

$359

Painting, Crazy for You, Sagrasse

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Painting . 35 x 35 x 21 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 8.3 inch

$347

Sculpture, Art Attack, Sagrasse

Art Attack

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Sculpture . 33 x 12 x 9 cm Sculpture . 13 x 4.7 x 3.5 inch

$239

Sculpture, Mmmh, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 33 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture . 13 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

$526

Sculpture, Fucking world, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 40 x 36 x 22 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 14.2 x 8.7 inch

$526

Sculpture, Tomato Splat, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 39 x 32 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 12.6 x 3.5 inch

$359

Sculpture, Tomato splat, Sagrasse

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Sagrasse

Sculpture . 39 x 32 x 9 cm Sculpture . 15.4 x 12.6 x 3.5 inch

$359 $323

Sculpture, Mmmh, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 20 x 33 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$526

Sculpture, Mmmh..., Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 20 x 30 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$526

Sculpture, Kiss Red, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 20 x 33 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$526

Sculpture, Mmmmh, Sagrasse

Mmmmh

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Sculpture . 20 x 33 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$574 $517

Sculpture, Kiss Gold, Sagrasse

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Sculpture . 20 x 33 x 3 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch

$526

Sculpture, Aigua IV, Teresa Riba

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Sculpture . 49 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture . 19.3 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

$5,085

Painting, Pensamiento, Marta Grassi

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

$1,077

Sculpture, Normal is Boring, Sagrasse

Normal is Boring

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Sculpture . 27 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

$359

Painting, Untitled, Adam Sabhan

Untitled

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

$1,795

Painting, Mme Deborah, Zhi Rong Song

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Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

$774

Sculpture, Fucking world, Sagrasse

Fucking world

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Sculpture . 43 x 35 x 21 cm Sculpture . 16.9 x 13.8 x 8.3 inch

$526

Painting, The Minority, Ya-Wei Li

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$2,393

Fine Art Drawings, Nu de femme, Stéphane Lejeune

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Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

$402

Print, Rock Pin Art, Sagrasse

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Print . 44 x 36 x 10 cm Print . 17.3 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch

$526

Print, Fuck Pin Art, Sagrasse

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Print . 44 x 36 x 10 cm Print . 17.3 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch

$526

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Painting . 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch

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Painting, Untitled, Adam Sabhan

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Painting, Zayn, Ahmed Art

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Print, Apple, Sagrasse

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Print . 38 x 34 x 9 cm Print . 15 x 13.4 x 3.5 inch

$526

Painting, Portrait, Guy Ghazanchyan

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

$1,196 $1,077

Photography, El amor, James Sparshatt

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

$867

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Fine Art Drawings, Dark City, Simon Goldberg

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Painting, Untitled, Adam Sabhan

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$1,795

Painting, Lisa, Marie-Ange Daudé

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Painting, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

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Painting, Portrait, Guy Ghazanchyan

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Painting, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze

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