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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Sculpture, Bouquetin, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

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

€850

Painting, Beauté 18, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Painting, Beauté 16, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Painting, Beauté 15, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Painting, Beauté 13, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Painting, Portrait, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 70.5 x 51 x 1 cm Painting . 27.8 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

€8,000

Photography, El Dandy, James Sparshatt

James Sparshatt

Photography . 75 x 55 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,958

Painting, Portrait No.4, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

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

€1,000

Painting, Maya, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 11 x 16 cm Painting . 4.3 x 6.3 inch

€240

Painting, Forever, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 17 x 14 cm Painting . 6.7 x 5.5 inch

€290

Painting, Dinner Time 1, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

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

€11,500

Fine Art Drawings, Mirror, Dominique Dève

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

Painting, Loss, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

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

€393

Painting, Hellebores, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 61 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 22 x 0.1 inch

€576

Painting, Je cherche encore, Marta Grassi

Marta Grassi

Painting . 130 x 206 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 81.1 x 0.4 inch

€4,000 €3,400

Painting, Mademoiselle 40, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Painting, Mademoiselle 41, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Painting, Mademoiselle 44, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Painting, Mademoiselle 45, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Painting, Mademoiselle 39, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

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