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…

Untitled (home)

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 33 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 15 x 1 inch

€680

Melancholy Trees

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€680

Cemetery Flowers

Natia Sapanadze

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

€700

Wounded Ukrainians

Renjie Gao

Painting . 160 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Three Musketeers

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Silence

Renjie Gao

Painting . 160 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series IV

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series III

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series II

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

Our Series I

Renjie Gao

Painting . 130 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€15,000

El duende

James Sparshatt

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

€1,155

Chevaux au bord de l'étang

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Corrida aux Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Le repos des cavaliers sur la plage

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

La cabane gardiane

Yves Brayer

Print . 49.5 x 64.5 cm Print . 19.5 x 25.4 inch

€300

Lonely Swan

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 80 x 100.3 x 1.9 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.5 x 0.75 inch

€3,744

Untitled X

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€14,600

Supper

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 199 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 78.3 x 1.6 inch

€19,300

The Secular Bird

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 190 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€14,800

The project of landscape: Implantation of the supermarket

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 210 x 553 x 4 cm Painting . 82.7 x 217.7 x 1.6 inch

€57,000

The floater on the black seawater

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 198 x 190 x 4 cm Painting . 78 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€18,500

Desperate Wedding

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 200 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

€17,700

White Skelton

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 150 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€11,700

Le bar des artistes

Yves Brayer

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

€150

L'abonné dans les coulisses

Yves Brayer

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

€150

la loge de Serge Lifar

Yves Brayer

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

€150

Danseuse au canapé

Yves Brayer

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

€150

Manade en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Print . 29 x 37 cm Print . 11.4 x 14.6 inch

€200

Cabane en Camargue

Yves Brayer

Print . 24 x 31 cm Print . 9.4 x 12.2 inch

€150

Le conteur arabe, Fez

Yves Brayer

Print . 30 x 34.5 cm Print . 11.8 x 13.6 inch

€150

Athènes

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Paysage de Castille

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Rue à Soho, Londres

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 30 cm Print . 11.2 x 11.8 inch

€150

Chevaux se battant

Yves Brayer

Print . 28.5 x 32 cm Print . 11.2 x 12.6 inch

€150

Street Cred

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Stranger No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€535

Clarity No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€535

Bayou dreaming

James Sparshatt

Photography . 60 x 85 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 33.5 x 0 inch

€1,641

Branch Study No. 21

Elizabeth Becker

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

€267

Swallow

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 22.9 x 30.5 cm Painting . 9 x 12 inch

€223

Branch Study No. 13

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€267

Magnolia No. 15

Elizabeth Becker

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

€267

Vanité du Pêcheur

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Print . 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

€3,000

Réunion

Pitu

Painting . 114 x 162 x 4 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch

Price upon request

La couronne

Marta Grassi

Painting . 27 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€440

Flash

Nawel Aubert

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

€500

Élya

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,400

El Viejo Maestro

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,587

La Linea

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€2,979

Fellaz on Frenchmen

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€2,979

I'm Fine, Thanks x

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting . 17.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

€2,675

Selo M

Ivan Tzonev

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

€80

Nature Collection Sketch No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€147

Village en Castille

Charles Lapicque

Print . 49 x 64 cm Print . 19.3 x 25.2 inch

€750

Cheer up and Glow (Hope) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 76.2 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,764

Having Done All, I Stand 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,764

Deep soul 80

Laurence Verney

Photography . 112 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography . 44.1 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€2,100

Guerra Junqueiro

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Sculpture . 66 x 22 x 33 cm Sculpture . 26 x 8.7 x 13 inch

€25,000

Portrait #13. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,070

Portrait #3. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,070

Portrait #1. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch

€1,070

Future Plans

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting . 35 x 27 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 inch

€1,300

Retrato 1

Juan Sebastian Barbera

Fine Art Drawings . 75.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 inch

€1,248

La Danse ou la Mauricienne

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 73 x 100 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 inch

€6,000

Aigua III

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 34 x 33 x 14 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 13 x 5.5 inch

€3,800

Just a Yellow Rose..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Artémis

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 76 x 57 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

€500

Nocturne

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 27 cm Painting . 15.4 x 10.6 inch

€1,400

Transition n°3

Marta Grassi

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

€580

Karl

Bridgeman

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

€240

La liseuse/5

Jean-Jacques Venturini

Painting . 81 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Where the Light Stays 6 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women

Damilola Ilori

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

€401

Tarot Intime

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€950

Bullfight Sunday

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 30 x 30 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€480

Absences

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€380

From my memories

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€370

Dagoberto

James Sparshatt

Photography . 55.8 x 76.2 x 1 cm Photography . 22 x 30 x 0.4 inch

€3,587

Low life

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 89 x 139 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35 x 54.7 x 0.7 inch

€4,000 €3,600

Black woman portrait 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€535

Gaviera

Alejandra Caballero

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

€4,500

Portrait #13 and #3, Diptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,139

Portrait of Adesuwa

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Soul of the City

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Finding Solace in Foreign Soil 1

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,897

Regardless I will be Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Love

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,897

La reine mère

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€2,400

Poursuite

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€2,400

Mis sueños hoy II

Carlos Mendez

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

€3,000

Travel to the Carpathians

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Magic Colors of the Dnipro

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

Enchanted Forest

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

The First Snow

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€2,900

In the Field

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€750

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