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…

Au Cabaret

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 inch

€300

Quiet Strength 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Prendre l'air

Sandra Quintin

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

€500

Portrait #13 and #2, Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,185

La tristeza

James Sparshatt

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

€726

Sonia Spider Quenell

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€1,184

Untitled

Teona Yamanidze

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

€2,800

Desperate People

Ya-Wei Li

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

€2,000

Where the Light Stays 4 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Le bar des artistes

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

L'abonné dans les coulisses

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

Le magasin aux accessoires

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

la loge de Serge Lifar

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

Danseuse au canapé

Yves Brayer

Print . 38 x 28 cm Print . 15 x 11 inch

€150

Manade en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Print . 29 x 37 cm Print . 11.4 x 14.6 inch

€200

Cabane en Camargue

Yves Brayer

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

€150

Le conteur arabe, Fez

Yves Brayer

Print . 30 x 34.5 cm Print . 11.8 x 13.6 inch

€150

Athènes

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Paysage de Castille

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Rue à Soho, Londres

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 30 cm Print . 11.2 x 11.8 inch

€150

Chevaux se battant

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Maiden of Tsonga

James Sparshatt

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

€848

Lesi

Lantomo

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

€170

Romantic Evening

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€3,824

Mademoiselle 46

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

La Santiaguera

James Sparshatt

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

€848

El Revolucionario

James Sparshatt

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

€969

Viejo maestro

James Sparshatt

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

€2,134

Come A Long Way 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 3 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€683

Les Jours Heureux

David Jamin

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

€670

J'adore le rouge

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€350

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€500

Maria Cornejo and Mark Borthwick in Brooklyn

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 22.8 x 30.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€819

Swallowed Souls

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€600

Mystic

Rene Rikkelman

Sculpture . 41 x 8 x 33 cm Sculpture . 16.1 x 3.1 x 13 inch

€4,500

Woman with a Pink Cocktail

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch

€3,187

Puro... alegria

James Sparshatt

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

€1,768

New horizons

James Sparshatt

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

€726

Come A Long Way 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€683

Café de Paris

David Jamin

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 47

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Mademoiselle 48

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Mademoiselle 45

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Mademoiselle 37

Kaige Yang

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

€1,600

Préparation d'affiche "Fête des fleurs, Genève"

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 44 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€565

Mademoiselle 55

Kaige Yang

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

€1,800

Beauté 18

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Beauté 16

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Beauté 15

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Beauté 13

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Le soleil sommeille sur les rues de Paris

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€750

Marc Jacobs fall 2020

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€911

Havana café

James Sparshatt

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

€969

El Barbudo

James Sparshatt

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

€848

Mademoiselle 40

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 41

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 44

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 45

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 39

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 38

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 47

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Mademoiselle 36

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 30

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 32

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 21

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 23

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Mademoiselle 22

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Bouquetin

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 40 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch

€850

Le Temps Suspendu... 013

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Walking in a Mossy Land

Natia Sapanadze

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

€750

Away From The Lens 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Women, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€410

Dimanche soir

Maxime Frairot

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

€380

Mirror

Dominique Dève

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€270

Female portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

City Lights and Gentle Nights

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch

€4,097

The Portrait

Ya-Wei Li

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

€2,000

Soul Brothers 4

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Soul Brothers 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Soul Brothers 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Soul Brothers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

With You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Black Angel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Soliloquizing 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Black

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Soliloquizing 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Black

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 35.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 14 x 1 inch

€410

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€683

Summer 2

Ahmed Art

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

€350

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 12 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

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

€600

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 11 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

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

€600

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 10 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

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

€600

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 8 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

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

€600

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 6 (Framed)

Mario Henrique

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

€600

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