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…

Clarity No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€357

Clarity No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting . 10 x 8 inch

€294

Clarity No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting . 10 x 8 inch

€312

Aura No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting . 10 x 8 inch

€312

The Woods No. 144

Elizabeth Becker

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

€205

Hellebore No. 18

Elizabeth Becker

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

€223

Parade

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 49.5 x 69.1 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.5 x 27.2 x 0.2 inch

€650

Immersed No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 55.9 cm Painting . 30 x 22 inch

€847

Plane

Bridgeman

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

€240

Soleil

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€3,000

Allegory of the carachi

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 27.5 x 22 x 0.6 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch

€340

Fair day

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 22 x 27.5 x 0.6 cm Painting . 8.7 x 10.8 x 0.2 inch

€320

-N-

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 74 x 105 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.1 x 41.3 inch

€4,500

MBS

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€4,000

Ave VI

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 27 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€725

Les Tigres Anatolien

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 120 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€4,000

Rebalance

Ali Buhamad

Photography . 40 x 30 x 5 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,000

DEEP SOUL 249

Laurence Verney

Photography . 76 x 70 x 3 cm Photography . 29.9 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

REM (Rapid Eye Movement) 3

Katalin Soós

Painting . 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€700

Pulchrum foruM - Format M

Louis Blanc

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

€900

Vase 2

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Design . 40 x 40 x 40 cm Design . 15.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch

€7,000

Warmis

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€720

Everything changed in absolute silence

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€2,229

Roses sauvages

Olivier Daumas

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

€6,000

Hanoï-Hong Kong by night

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Sous le soleil d'Italie

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Subconscious No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€847

Mend No. 17

Elizabeth Becker

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

€847

Mend No. 16

Elizabeth Becker

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

€847

Infinity

Ger Doornink

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

€980

La pasion

James Sparshatt

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

€723

Code 2220

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€5,800

Un dimanche à Cabourg

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€500

Les apparences trompeuses

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Inception

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€5,000

Untitled 2

Saoud Abdallah

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

€847

Fanfare de la mer

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€3,000

Mujer de Santiago

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€723

El tabaquero

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€723

La sonrisa

James Sparshatt

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

€723

Hall Joving (in collaboration with Norman)

Lucile Callegari

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

€2,500

Reverie

Elizabeth Becker

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

€339

Reminiscent

Elizabeth Becker

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

€339

Jean trouve que le white spirit ça pue

G. Carta

Painting . 21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.8 x 0 inch

€250

Cadiz 3

Rene Rikkelman

Painting . 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€950

Portraits #52, #50 and #51, Triptych

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 30 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€3,209

REM (Rapid Eye Movement) 2

Katalin Soós

Painting . 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€700

L'éponge

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 91 x 64 x 1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 25.2 x 0.4 inch

€4,500

Sortilèges n°4

Marta Grassi

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

€700

Thinking muse - Portrait

Carmen Tyrrell

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

€628

Monet's pond - Limited edition print

Ruslana Levandovska

Print . 83.8 x 63.5 x 0.8 cm Print . 33 x 25 x 0.3 inch

€579

La robe (2)

Marta Grassi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€680

La robe

Marta Grassi

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

€680

La furia del manton

James Sparshatt

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

€723

Femme 24

Manuella Ferré

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

€320

La rose de Sharon

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 52 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€2,500

Graphite mood

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€300

El ultimo tango

James Sparshatt

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

€723

La romera

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€723

El beso

James Sparshatt

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

€723

El campesino

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€723

Girl 13

Saoud Abdallah

Painting . 50 x 35 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,605

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

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

€2,500

La vieja guajira

James Sparshatt

Photography . 35 x 35 x 1 cm Photography . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€723

Serenity on the bayou

James Sparshatt

Photography . 45 x 60 cm Photography . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

€723

Hand

Bridgeman

Photography . 27 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€240

D'or et de Platine

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 150 x 105 cm Fine Art Drawings . 59.1 x 41.3 inch

€10,000

Parténope

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 35 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,850

Hommage an Francis Bacon - schwarz

Mila Veljac'a

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Irradiance

Nawel Aubert

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

€900

Deep soul 251

Laurence Verney

Photography . 78.6 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 30.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Dibujos de estudio 10

Toni Caldentey

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

€600

Om mani padme hum

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€1,500

Oisellement 2

Marie Rauzy

Painting . 200 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€13,000

Oliver Hartt

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€1,783

Messenger of love and life

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€525

Lovers - The portrait of love 3

Carmen Tyrrell

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

€628

La rascasse

Olivier Daumas

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

€6,000

Caerulea

Ger Doornink

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

€980

Jewel

Ger Doornink

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

€980

Commonitorium

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 72 cm Print . 34.3 x 28.3 inch

€980

Vague à l'âme

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Arbres en fleurs

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

La nuit mystérieuse jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

La nuit jaune

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Code 2107

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 110 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€10,000

Dragon

Samuel Cueto

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

€6,000

Pensive

Erdna André

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€500

Palette #23

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€250

Vigilante - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€401

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 3 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€669

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€669

Obirin Rere (Good Woman) 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative, African Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€669

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