Somber Portrait Painters
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Tu existes pour moi
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,242
Five second and eighty one milliseconds
Krikor Avessian
Sculpture - 60 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
$7,260
Cuento collazos
Antonio Saura
Print - 60 x 39.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,228 $1,105
Eclat d'innocence
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$837
In Good Company
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$960
Nu au fauteuil bleu
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$12,279
Lying Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch
$837
Telephone
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 34.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$837
The Phone
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$949
The Phone Rings
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$993
Reclined Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,340
Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,005
Caveau parisien
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$1,340
Anne
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 240 x 150 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 94.5 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
$18,977
Etude pour les arbrorigènes
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$15,070
Etude pour les Arbrorigènes
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.4 inch
$15,070
Etude pour une allégorie de la justice
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 101 x 64 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.8 x 25.2 inch
$33,488
Nude On The Train
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$647
Domination
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$915
Mother and Child
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10 x 0 inch
$1,027
Female Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17.8 x 12.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 4.8 x 0 inch
$625
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 4.1 x 0.1 inch
$781
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$670
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
$826
Parcours Desnos, Louise Lame, étude 2
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.2 inch
$22,325
Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 48 x 39 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,380
Lingerie 1 - The womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$960
Anvers
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 15 inch
$22,325
Two hearts
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 16 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch
$759
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
$647
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
$759
Possibility
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.3 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$670
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$781
L'Éphémère
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
L'Envol
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Extase
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 inch
$14,512
Nu au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Nu Papillon 1
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
Nu Assis
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Nu Assis au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Nu Assis 2
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Héspérides Le Souffle
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Hespérides Eglé
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Hespérides Eglé Mangeant la Pomme
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Hespérides Avant le Drame
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$1,674
Les Ailes
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Le Rêve
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674
Le Baiser
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
La Danse Macabre
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,674 $1,423
L'Invocation
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$1,674
Somber Portrait Painters
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…