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…

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 0.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€200

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€2,500

What Times, Such Stars

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 105 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

INVISIBLE 2026

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 38 x 29 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Si tu étais la

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 160 x 90 x 6 cm Painting . 63 x 35.4 x 2.4 inch

€2,000

Requiem

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Parallel Souls

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

L'art de la Guerre

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€1,500

Home is Where I'm Needed

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Marché : Les Choux

Olivier Daumas

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

€1,500

Roses can hurt

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Coming Home

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Femme 25

Manuella Ferré

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

€320

Comedy Man

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 86 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 33.9 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Portrait No.4

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

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

Il tocco delle ninfe

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 59 x 39.3 x 0.3 inch

€9,020

la membrane

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,800

Taro

Ricardo Tena

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

€7,260

Go Bag

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Absences

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 19 cm Painting . 7.5 x 7.5 inch

€380

Autumnal No. 32

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,461

Berceuse, Tu es ce Murmure

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 80 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Selo 17

Ivan Tzonev

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

€250

Bring all those novels with you, Dad! They're ledgers, silly!

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 51 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Hommage an Francis Bacon - rot

Mila Veljac'a

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Inclinaison

Nadège Dauvergne

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

€2,500

Vision of Twilight 1

Obeka Simon

Painting . 50.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,488

Sweet dreams

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€1,200

Sloth / paresse (seven deadly sins)

Insane 51

Print . 60 x 60 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€1,250

La direction

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 70 x 27 x 24 cm Sculpture . 27.6 x 10.6 x 9.4 inch

€10,000

Out of the blue

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€450

Too Late to Scare Me

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 105 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 41.3 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Now Make Me Cry

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting . 60.6 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.9 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€720

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€200

Mountainscape No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 inch

€1,804

La petite robe jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€950

On ne sait plus où on habite

Béatrice Terra

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

€5,700

Contemporary portrait - Do You Know?..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Transparency - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Red

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1 inch

€5,412

Jacquelina

James Sparshatt

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

€1,350

Contemporary portrait - Red Auto

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Femme assise

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 183 x 152 x 4 cm Painting . 72 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Sin retorno

Toni Caldentey

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Mademoiselle 42

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Red card

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,073

Toro I screenprint 2018

Marc Prat

Print . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€280

Au théatre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 30 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

€600

Lovers - Passionate 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€501

Resonance

Guy Ghazanchyan

Print . 100 x 80 x 0.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€200

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€2,500

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€2,500

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€2,500

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

€11,500

The gang

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,800

Hide and Seek

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 110 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

Dinner Time 2

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€13,000

Dinner Time 1

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€11,500

Egret in Flight

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,461

Mountainscape No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,912

Frozen Noise

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 79 x 99 x 3 cm Painting . 31.1 x 39 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Realism

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,308

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Fête

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,600

La grâce d'un cygne

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 18 x 13 x 1 cm Painting . 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Endless Summer

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.6 inch

€4,961

Oncle Bui

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 200 x 200 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 inch

€38,000

Hard Way

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 170 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Hard Way

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 150 x 205 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 80.7 x 1.6 inch

€4,600

Hard Way

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 205 x 205 x 4 cm Painting . 80.7 x 80.7 x 1.6 inch

€5,500

L'hymne à la vie

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 200 x 250 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 98.4 x 1.2 inch

€64,000

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 250 x 190 x 3 cm Painting . 98.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch

€58,100

The desire to take refuge in oblivion and frivolity arises

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 119.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€3,608

Lovefall

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 63 x 57 x 0.5 cm Painting . 24.8 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch

€902

Oasis

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Where Are You From

Ilia Balavadze

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

€2,000

Forest

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

The Black Suit and The Chicken

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 75 x 75 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,700

Portrait No.3

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Code 1923

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 27 x 19 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

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

I Was Your Age Once

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 110 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,897

Où le vent s'évapore

Marta Grassi

Painting . 94 x 52 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Rubi

Fresha D

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€950

Mon Enfant, ma Sœur

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 160 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€12,000

The Knight and the Lady

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€850

True Self - 21st Century, Contemporary, Realist Portrait, Woman Sitting on Chair

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,571

The Podium II

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

The Eclectic

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 130 x 85 x 2.3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€1,900

Gothic Girl

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 150 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

€12,400

MoonCake

Insane 51

Print . 43 x 73 x 0.3 cm Print . 16.9 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,690

Le conjureur

Charles Lapicque

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

€200

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