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…

Credendo Vides 020

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

€800

Matricule

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 29 x 29 x 1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€330

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€200

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Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€200

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Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€200

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Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€200

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Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€200

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Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€200

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€200

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 24 x 29 x 3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 11.4 x 1.2 inch

€400

Selo - S

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€80

Lily No. 18

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€219

Lilies No. 14

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€219

Lilies No. 13

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€219

Lilies No. 12

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 40.6 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16 x 8 x 0.1 inch

€219

Lilies No. 8

Elizabeth Becker

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

€219

Lilies No. 7

Elizabeth Becker

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

€219

Lilies No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

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

€219

Rembétika II

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 130 x 88 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 34.6 x 1 inch

€3,630

Yakari

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

Achille Talon

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€180

Abstract Floral No. 30

Elizabeth Becker

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

€191

Dibujos de estudio 5

Toni Caldentey

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

€600

Muse. From the Portraits series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 140 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch

€10,930

Jeune femme allongée

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 64 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch

€668

La danseuse à l'omelette

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 195 x 114 x 1 cm Painting . 76.8 x 44.9 x 0.4 inch

€12,000

Les oiseaux sans Hitchcock

Zwy Milshtein

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

€18,000

Look at one Other

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 135 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 53.1 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,600

Lunar Roadtrip

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€980

The Flower

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Le Melancolique

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Portrait en Blue

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Jane Wrightsman

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€455

Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 15.2 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch

€364

Patrick Proctor at Le Nid Du Duc

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch

€364

Encuentros 3

Juan Sebastian Barbera

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€500

The Poppy

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€600

Rembétika I

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 130 x 88 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 34.6 x 1 inch

€3,630

Le pull rayé

Julien Cuny

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

€390

Untitled

Renjie Gao

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

€9,500

Untitled

Renjie Gao

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€9,500

The Face of Abstraction Expressionism-3

Renjie Gao

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€9,500

I would like a look from you tonight

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€400

Collectivism

Mino Maccari

Print . 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€600

Hamlet (Hamlet)

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€640

Apocalypse

Mino Maccari

Print . 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€600

La Breloque

Mino Maccari

Print . 44 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.3 x 13 x 0 inch

€600

Moses Saved from the Waters

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€680

The Old Style

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€600

The Point of Contact

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€600

Hearts and Tears

Mino Maccari

Print . 44 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.3 x 13 x 0 inch

€650

New School

Mino Maccari

Print . 33 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print . 13 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€650

Work Problems

Mino Maccari

Print . 44 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.3 x 13 x 0 inch

€500

The Last Tango

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€540

Imagination and Action

Mino Maccari

Print . 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€580

The Long Wait

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€600

The Ceremony

Mino Maccari

Print . 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€580

The terror of the ghetto

Mino Maccari

Print . 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€640

Acting out

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€280

Deliriums

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€260

Mouflon

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 20 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

€420

Mirant el mar I

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 44 x 10 x 9 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 3.9 x 3.5 inch

€4,100

Étude d'homme au chapeau

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€623

Femme 20

Manuella Ferré

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

€420

Illusion

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 65 x 91 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,250 €1,913

Iris No. 65

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€164

Awakening No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€546

Credendo Vides 019

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

€800

Encuentros 1

Juan Sebastian Barbera

Print . 57 x 38 cm Print . 22.4 x 15 inch

€500

Le conjureur

Charles Lapicque

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

€200

Portrait

Bridgeman

Photography . 30 x 20 x 0.01 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€190

Selo H

Ivan Tzonev

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

€160

Tête 2

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€80

Selo - M

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch

€160

Boom #3

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 14.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.8 inch

€210

Horizon

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€80

Light

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 14.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 5.8 inch

€210

Malgré le fascisme

Julien Cuny

Fine Art Drawings . 105 x 90 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€450

Yu-hi

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting . 26 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

€220

Velvet

Lisbeth Buonanno

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

€600

Abstract Floral No. 31

Elizabeth Becker

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

€128

Sunflower No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€128

Abstract Floral No. 7

Elizabeth Becker

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

€128

West

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€232

The Old and the Young

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 34 x 48 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.4 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch

€600

Dibujos de estudio 4

Toni Caldentey

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

€600

#303. From The Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€455

#302. From The Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€455

#301. From The Beaches series

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting . 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch

€455

Among my swan

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 100.1 x 70.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Sunday in recife

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 99.8 x 67.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.3 x 26.7 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Reflection. The river

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 99.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€3,643

Rendez vous à Cherbourg

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€350

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