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…

Roger Ballen, Des oiseaux - Édition limitée

Roger Ballen

Print . 25.5 x 20 cm Print . 10 x 7.9 inch

€700

L'accueil

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,800

Giuseppe Zanotti High Heel

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 35.6 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€637

Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)

Manuel Santelices

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

€546

Sicario

Manuel Santelices

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

€728

Peonies

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 27.9 x 38.1 cm Painting . 11 x 15 inch

€546

Saint Laurent

Bridgeman

Photography . 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€240

To live off of memories

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 27.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch

€340

Bibliothèque au fauteuil rouge

David Jamin

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€690 €587

Cherry Blossom No. 21

Elizabeth Becker

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

€182

Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,184

Séance

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€800

Without Mask

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 25 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Girl by the Window

Natia Sapanadze

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

€970

El duende

James Sparshatt

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

€1,159

Iris No. 149

Elizabeth Becker

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

€105

The collector’s house blue

Manuel Santelices

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

€637

Anna Piaggi

Manuel Santelices

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

€546

Orange Shirt

Manuel Santelices

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

€728

Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts

Manuel Santelices

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

€546

Valentino Fall

Manuel Santelices

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

€546

Mixed Age 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€683

Winds

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 8 x 32 cm Painting . 3.1 x 12.6 inch

€320

I want to remember you like this

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 31 x 24 x 0.4 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€480

Portraits

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch

€770

I'm Fine, Thanks x

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,683

Picasso (1)

Gjon Mili

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.05 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€250

Rebalance

Ali Buhamad

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

€1,000

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€500

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€500 €425

Portrair

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€500 €425

Bluesman on Beale

James Sparshatt

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

€1,091

Robert mapplethorpe

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 10.5 x 0.1 inch

€865

Oliver Hartt

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,821

Lovers - The portrait of love 3

Carmen Tyrrell

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

€642

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

Morgane

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,800

A vase full of Roses

Manuel Santelices

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

€728

Hotel in Como

Manuel Santelices

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

€637

John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY daily news cover

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€865

Le Temps Suspendu... 010

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

€800

Girls

Bridgeman

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

€240

Hiawatha Parlor Car

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€750

Future Plans

Moutaz Al-Bashar

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

€1,300

Oxford all night party 1983 (after a picture by Dafydd Jones)

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€865

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€600 €528

Aigua III

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 34 x 33 x 14 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 13 x 5.5 inch

€3,800

Once In Tbilisi

Natia Sapanadze

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

€2,200

Cindy Sherman Discovers Instagram

Manuel Santelices

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

€819

Secret L500ife

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€550

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 30 x 24 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

€580

Melancholy Looks into the Mirror

Natia Sapanadze

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

€650

Mixed Age 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€683

Bullfight Sunday

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 30 x 30 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€480

Donald Duck

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

O prazer

James Sparshatt

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

€848

Jeremy Abbott

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,821

Tea and Honey

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 20.3 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 8 x 16 x 0.75 inch

€728

Lynn Yaegger

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€865

Le Temps Suspendu... 008

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

€800

Touch No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

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

€501

Hand

Bridgeman

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

€240

Philippine

Philippe Pasqua

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

€3,350

Canto de sirena

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,935

Nature Collection Sketch No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

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

€150

William F. Buckley and Pat Buckley at home in NY. From the Interiors series

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Study for Yves Saint Laurent and Mick Jagger

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€819

Isabella Blow in Philip Tracey

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Harry Brant in Connecticut

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch

€865

Pat Buckley leaving town

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€1,184

Supermodels in Vogue

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€865

Christian Dior, Frida Kahlo and Maria Grazia Chiuri in Mexico City - Cruise 2024

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Queen Camilla

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€911

Carrie Bradshaw in the kitchen with a hat

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

Girl 8

Saoud Abdallah

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

€1,639

Michael Kors fall fashion collection

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€1,093

El tabaquero

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€726

Saturday Night with Karen Kilimnik and Elizabeth Peyton

Manuel Santelices

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

€819

Stranger No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€546

Clarity No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€546

An interior by Joseph Dirand

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,275

Branch Study No. 21

Elizabeth Becker

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

€273

Swallow

Elizabeth Becker

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

€228

Branch Study No. 13

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€273

Homer

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

Ian

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,821

Hongkong mood light

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500 €440

Le voyage immobile

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€700

Eternal Sitting

Natia Sapanadze

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

€680

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€550 €484

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€550 €484

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500 €425

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