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…

Les mouettes

Charles Lapicque

Print . 65 x 48 cm Print . 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€750

Tête P

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€80

La plénitude du marin

Julien Cuny

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,500 €750

I'm Waiting for You

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Tide No. 24

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 27.9 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch

€227

Hellebore No. 39

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€383

Octave

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 54 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.3 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€1,600

Contemporary portrait - Near the Sea

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait - Autumn Walk

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "Black Leather Gloves"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Contemporary portrait - Summer Night

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Surging

Renjie Gao

Painting . 200 x 200 x 6 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch

€30,000

Contemporary portrait - Remove Before Flight

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait Guardians

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait - Poolside Party

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

In the Center of the Metropolis

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "Photo for Memory"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Cosmologia

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 160 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Contemporary portrait "The Path"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "The Inhabitants"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Sans titre

Laurent Betremieux

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

€3,800

Contemporary portrait "Holiday dress"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "Selfie with the Banksy Art"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "Barbie"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait "At Night"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

The GPS

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

By the Streets of the Old Lviv Town

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

The Teleportation

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Le Vicomte

Guillaume Piot

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

€1,500

Plant Study No. 109

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 66 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26 x 36 x 0.1 inch

€1,203

Seagulls in Flight

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 66 x 92.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26 x 36.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,203

Lisa visiting Gaultier...

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,200

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

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

€3,200

Sisyphus

Ya-Wei Li

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

€5,900

Graciela

James Sparshatt

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

€3,100

Saiorse

James Sparshatt

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

€2,128

El naufrago

James Sparshatt

Photography . 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,128

Las Memorias

James Sparshatt

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

€1,641

Seven days running over the fields (diptych)

Melinda Matyas

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,700

Code 1931

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Black chair

Saoud Abdallah

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

€12,600

Heiress of eternal light

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 35 x 35 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 inch

€545

Strength

Dominique Dève

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€250

Female portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

Portrait of Dara

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€3,878

The Path Where Nothing Is Simple

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,200

The Code of Rancho Badillo

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Relax

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

Nature Collection No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 57.2 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 22.5 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€2,674

Contemporary portrait - Checkpoint for Burned-Out Souls

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Unrecognized Presence

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,300

CyClOpS - Format L

Louis Blanc

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

€5,250

Tête Montagne

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 60 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,400

Bouquetin

Julien Cuny

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

€850

A strong man - Grandpa

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 285 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 112.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,337

Spettacolo

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 69.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch

€800

Le Bel Essor

Yoann Merienne

Print . 60 x 40 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 inch

€400

A Beautiful Fight

Elizabeth Becker

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

€294

Credendo Vides 020

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

We need sweets for rebels

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Come A Long Way 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Modern, Fashion

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 35.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 12 x 1 inch

€401

Stone oculi

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 11.6 x 21.8 cm Painting . 4.6 x 8.6 inch

€320

Carré

Nathan Chantob

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

€5,000

Black Sea

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 70 x 105 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Gaze

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Me and My Guys 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Relaxation

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Estelle

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€2,500

A little bird told me

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 57 x 73.5 x 2 cm Painting . 22.4 x 28.9 x 0.8 inch

€580

When the Beach is Your Parking Lot

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

White Lincoln

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Everything Else Is Nothing

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,500

A Terrace with a View of the Sea

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,500

Ireti (Hope)

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€3,120

Echoes of the Unseen Road

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portraits - Confident Indifference

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Here Comes Texas!..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,300

Contemporary portrait - Americano with Milk

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 65 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Contemporary portrait - Coffee with the President

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,200

Contemporary portrait Contemporary portrait New Look for an Old Jacket

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa - Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

New Hat - Narrative painting with Mona Lisa

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

By the Fireplace

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,000

Contemporary portrait "Inside the Painting"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Reste près de mon coeur

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 27 x 22 x 34 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.7 x 13.4 inch

€750

Last man standing

James Sparshatt

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

€723

Les iris violets

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 60 x 92 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

€3,200 €1,600

Street Look

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,900

In Love

Ger Doornink

Print . 65.5 x 67 cm Print . 25.8 x 26.4 inch

€890

Macba2

Katalin Soós

Painting . 190 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€9,000

Embrace

Elizabeth Becker

Fine Art Drawings . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 16 inch

€187

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 69 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€333

Character Combination Series-1

Renjie Gao

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

€2,500

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

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