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…

In the Fied

Ilia Balavadze

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

€750

La lune pensive

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Oga madam

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,546

Life as a Roller-coaster

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,546

Harmonious (Mixed Feeling)

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,012

Le voyage immobile

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€700

Run DMC - Hommage au photographe Jamel Shabazz

OverSide

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€350

Mother and child

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,457

Tenacity

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,636

Girl Child and Her Companion 2

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 165.1 x 147.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 65 x 58 x 1 inch

€5,812

The Mosaic of a Taste

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€5,900

Just Postmodern...

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

"Just Persimmon..." Still life painting in hyperrealism

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€5,900

Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 70 x 55 cm Painting . 27.6 x 21.7 inch

€847

Queen lady

Samuel Cueto

Photography . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€6,000

Tenu en laisse

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 54 x 36 cm Painting . 21.3 x 14.2 inch

€1,800

Code 1932

Thierry Carrier

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

€12,000

Abierta 5

Antonio Saura

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

€1,800

Malachite

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 10 x 13 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.1 x 0 inch

€600

Coco Chanel

Bridgeman

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

€240

Deux Oiseaux

Olivier Daumas

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

€500

Pretty woman

Jean-Jacques Venturini

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

150 Years From Now 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Colours

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€5,349

Picasso (1)

Gjon Mili

Photography . 30 x 24 x 0.05 cm Photography . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€250

Portrait #13 and #2, 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

Nuages sur la côte

Charles Lapicque

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€750

Bibliothèque au fauteuil rouge

David Jamin

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€690

A Life Unraveled

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,674

There was no Sadness, Just the Summer Passed ...

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,900

Deep soul 232

Laurence Verney

Photography . 60 x 64 x 0.5 cm Photography . 23.6 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch

€2,088

Booknote 8. From The Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 24 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting . 9.45 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,694

Nazdrave

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€800

Shibuya

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 66 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 26 x 0.4 inch

€980

Cosmo No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

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

€294

L'accueil

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 22 cm Painting . 15.4 x 8.7 inch

€1,800

Morgane

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 39 x 22 cm Painting . 15.4 x 8.7 inch

€1,800

Just Bananas... (Still life in hyperrealism)

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 110 x 2.3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch

€5,900

Cherry Blossom No. 36

Elizabeth Becker

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

€339

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

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

€1,500

Hanging Leaves No. 7

Elizabeth Becker

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

€134

The Woods No. 38

Elizabeth Becker

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

€267

Winter Trees No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€223

Girl 2

Saoud Abdallah

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

€2,000

Where the Light Stays 5 - 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

Set Ian, Jeremy Abbott, Adam and Oliver Hartt. Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€7,132

Southern Gentleman

James Sparshatt

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

€3,100

Bluesman on Beale

James Sparshatt

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

€2,979

Life as a Roller-coaster 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Men Skating

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€4,546

Melody

Rene Rikkelman

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,400

Having Done All, I Stand 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil

Obeka Simon

Painting . 96.5 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 38 x 32 x 1 inch

€2,764

Eco

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 32 x 66 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.6 x 26 x 0.2 inch

€2,300

Le Bon, la brute et le truand

Guillaume Piot

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

€1,500

Ramlet Al Baida

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 89 x 82 cm Painting . 35 x 32.3 inch

€1,114

Couple

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 18 x 16.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.1 x 6.4 x 0.1 inch

€550

Hellebore No. 1

Elizabeth Becker

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

€178

Parade

Marta Grassi

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Saint Laurent

Bridgeman

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

€240

Las Memorías

James Sparshatt

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

€3,587

Mountainscape No. 10

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 1 inch

€499

Fanfare de la mer

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€4,000

Black man portrait 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€535

Hand in Hand

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting . 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting . 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

€660

O prazer

James Sparshatt

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

€845

Entre líneas

Núria Bosch

Painting . 65 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Bientôt le printemps

Marta Grassi

Painting . 29 x 24 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

€520

Volandas II

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 98 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 38.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Al mare. From the Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch

€2,229

The Landscape

Oleg Zhivetin

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

€713

Attablée au bar

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€635

Tide no. 20

Elizabeth Becker

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

€1,025

Irises No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 66 x 94 x 0.3 cm Painting . 26 x 37 x 0.1 inch

€1,203

Lovers - The portrait of love 4

Carmen Tyrrell

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

€628

Like a poem

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 66 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 26 x 0.4 inch

€980

Ce sont nos enfants

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

La larme de Demeter

Smoka

Painting . 195 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

The Skelligs by moonlight

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 75 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 inch

€1,155

Bagan by moonlight

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 75 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 inch

€1,155

Sands of the Himalaya

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 75 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 inch

€1,155

Waiting for Brasil

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 75 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 inch

€1,155

Realm of Aodh

James Sparshatt

Photography . 50 x 75 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 inch

€1,155

Son de Santiago

James Sparshatt

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

€845

La celebracion

James Sparshatt

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

€967

Ian, Jeremy Abbott and Adam, Triptych. Portraits

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€5,349

The sweet wait

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 13 cm Painting . 7.5 x 5.1 inch

€290

Girls

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 14.6 x 0 inch

€450

Le ciel, le sel, l'attente

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Sunrise

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€900

Deep soul femme Massaï 260 A

Laurence Verney

Photography . 63 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 24.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Three Ravens

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,900

Aile d'acier

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€1,000

Almost Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,900

White Roads

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€5,900

Une chair d'ombre, Don

Antonio Saura

Print . 65 x 50 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€2,600

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