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…


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Painting, Resonance 19, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 15, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 18, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 14, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 7, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 3, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 4, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Resonance 6, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Resonance 5, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Resonance 2, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Resonance 9, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Painting, Resonance 10, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 1, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Myst, Sandra Quintin

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€700

Photography, lusclnuS, Louis Blanc

Louis Blanc

Photography . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,000

Photography, El caballero, James Sparshatt

James Sparshatt

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

€1,330

Painting, Jazz, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

Painting . 146 x 114 x 5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€1,600 €1,120

Painting, Boldness 3, Eyitayo Alagbe

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,826

Painting, The Kiss, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Painting . 25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 10 x 10 x 1 inch

€1,369

Painting, Portrait d'homme, Henri Fehr

Henri Fehr

Painting . 36 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 14.2 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€745

Painting, Eikona, Erwann Tirilly

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 70 x 245 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 96.5 x 1.2 inch

€17,000

Painting, II, Pascal Girard

II

Pascal Girard

Painting . 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Painting, J'ai rêvé, Marta Grassi

Marta Grassi

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Painting, Ligne de vie, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 150 x 150 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 inch

€22,000

Print, Abierta 10, Antonio Saura

Antonio Saura

Print . 75 x 104 cm Print . 29.5 x 40.9 inch

€2,200

Painting, Resonance 17, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800 €4,320

Painting, Resonance 10, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 200 x 160 x 2 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch

€4,800

Photography, Karl, Bridgeman

Bridgeman

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

€240

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 36, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,400

Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Photography . 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography . 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 160 x 100 x 80 cm Sculpture . 63 x 39.4 x 31.5 inch

€39,000

Photography, El amor, James Sparshatt

James Sparshatt

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

€720

Print, FALLING IN, Insane 51

Insane 51

Print . 60 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,790

Painting, Selo 17, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

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

€250

Painting, Aime toi, Cécile Desserle

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Painting, Transmission, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€9,800

Painting, Vertical red, Carlos Mendez

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Smile, Eyitayo Alagbe

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 26 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,826

Painting, Galdosa, Yoann Merienne

Yoann Merienne

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

€1,800

Painting, Marcel Duchamp, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

Painting . 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Photography, Foggy city, Ali Buhamad

Ali Buhamad

Photography . 40 x 50 x 5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch

€1,000

Painting, The Landscape, Oleg Zhivetin

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting . 60 x 118 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 46.5 x 0.1 inch

€912

Painting, Untitled, Mario Henrique

Mario Henrique

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,500

Painting, Jedidiah, Agboola Oladapo

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 59.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,739

Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€990

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