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…

Close-up 7 (Jiali`s lips)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Le Temps Suspendu... 027

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€800

Jardin des nations-Carla

Antonio Saura

Print . 74.8 x 55.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.4 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,200

Marseille : La Corniche

Yves Brayer

Print . 50 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€400

Ange 2014

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,250

Un jour ce qui se prépare aura lieu

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 31 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Croquis éternel 'Choisir la lumière'

Natacha Birds

Sculpture . 23.5 x 20 x 0.5 cm Sculpture . 9.3 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

€110

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 inch

€800

Vanité aux papillons

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch

€18,000

Un ange passe

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,800

Crépuscule

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 65 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

A Peaceful Place

Dimitri Godycki Cwirko

Painting . 50 x 83 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 32.7 x 1 inch

€3,500

In the mood for 2026 : Le Patriarcat se fait du souci / On ne peut plus rien dire

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 35 x 27 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

L'éclosion

Myriam Le Fol

Painting . 73 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Bassin de Saint Marc, la nuit

Charles Lapicque

Print . 58 x 77 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.3 inch

€1,350

The Fortune Teller

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 13.4 x 0 inch

€800

Emilia

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Salon rouge

David Jamin

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

€850 €765

Quiet Time

Damilola Ilori

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 9 x 1 inch

€943

Take My Heart

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 14 x 14 x 12.5 cm Sculpture . 5.5 x 5.5 x 4.9 inch

€120

Untitled 7-1-21

Montse Valdés

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

€5,445

Melody In Her Thoughts - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 88.9 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 27 x 1 inch

€3,187

Léon en suspens

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Fix The Sky (Blue)

Snik

Painting . 214.6 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 84.5 x 47.25 x 1 inch

€10,752

Trucks (3)

Rene Rikkelman

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

€1,450

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

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

€9,000

Le reflet

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,450

Tradition

Ger Doornink

Print . 87 x 72 x 1 cm Print . 34.3 x 28.3 x 0.4 inch

€980

Boy#5, Cigar

Dominique Dève

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

€200

The Reader -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women (1)

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,136

Regardons la réalité en face

Clement Garnung

Painting . 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Bardot

Marin Marcos

Sculpture . 56 x 17 x 30 cm Sculpture . 22 x 6.7 x 11.8 inch

€2,500

Jeunes filles

Jean Ducommun

Painting . 46.5 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 18.3 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,728

Untitled

Jules Be Kuti

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

S’allécher

Marie Rauzy

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Cardinal

Olivier de Sagazan

Sculpture . 63 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture . 24.8 x 9.8 x 11 inch

€3,000

Cavalos e pitangas and Reflection. The river Diptych

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 99.8 x 249.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.3 x 98.3 x 0.1 inch

€8,064

Girl child

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€3,136

That's Him

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting . 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Where the light finds us

Damilola Ilori

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.81 x 9 x 1 inch

€538

Marionette

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

On est encore là

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€500

L’événement V

Camille Cottier

Painting . 22 x 16 x 2 cm Painting . 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch

€950

Madame

Pitu

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€8,500

Elégante

Yves Brayer

Painting . 24 x 20.5 cm Painting . 9.4 x 8.1 inch

€750

Nu de femme

Stéphane Lejeune

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

€336

Samu

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€7,260

L'enfant aux rêves tissés

Els Knockaert

Painting . 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

€850

Malcomx

Lo Da

Painting . 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€1,600

The Flight

Guy Ghazanchyan

Sculpture . 44 x 62 x 34 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 24.4 x 13.4 inch

€4,200

Swallowed Souls

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€900

Danseuse Prière

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 142 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.9 x 2 inch

€8,400

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 250 x 190 x 3 cm Painting . 98.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch

€58,100

Les étudiants

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Figuras Negro

Antonio Saura

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

€1,890

Midas

Snik

Print . 93 x 74.9 x 1.5 cm Print . 36.6 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,244 €1,908

Flash

Lantomo

Fine Art Drawings . 73 x 54 cm Fine Art Drawings . 28.7 x 21.3 inch

€3,200

Héritage

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 80 x 50 cm Print . 31.5 x 19.7 inch

€1,030 €927

Black Love Matters I - Contemporary African Acrylic Painting

Ekele Francis

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

€2,688

Mindscapes - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mixed Media, Modern

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€3,007

Océan

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 73 x 60.5 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Selo-B

Ivan Tzonev

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

€250

Passion

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 44 x 27 x 7 cm Sculpture . 17.3 x 10.6 x 2.8 inch

€700

Femme Zoulou

Laurence Verney

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

€1,900

Golgotha

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 160 x 100 x 80 cm Sculpture . 63 x 39.4 x 31.5 inch

€39,000

Saint Sébastien

Kosta Kulundzic

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

€2,000

Hommage à Modigliani

David Jamin

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

€3,200

Scène de corrida

Yves Brayer

Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 31.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.6 x 12.3 inch

€600

La sabiduría del Minotauro

Rocio Mazuecos

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

€2,800

Raihana

Ahmed Art

Painting . 150 x 100 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 inch

€1,750

Eye see you 1/3

Stephanie Larène

Painting . 78 x 106 x 1 cm Painting . 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,100

Subconscious No. 4

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€2,330

Soma

Erwann Tirilly

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

€12,000

Portrait de jeune fille

Alain Bonnefoit

Print . 18 x 12.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 7.1 x 5 x 0 inch

€75

Portrait VIII

Antonio Saura

Print . 30 x 20 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€500

The Girlfriends

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 85 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 33.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Veranda V

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Painting . 200 x 200 x 0.5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch

€10,800

La maison aux tournesols (tourterelles et tournesols)

Agrume

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Je suis une femme connard!

G. Carta

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

€250

Untitled

Carlos Mendez

Fine Art Drawings . 45 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch

€555

Préparation d'affiche "Fête des fleurs, Genève"

Henri Fehr

Fine Art Drawings . 44 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 17.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

€554

Rape of Europe

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Dada Awuru

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 66 x 55.9 x 6.4 cm Painting . 26 x 22 x 2.5 inch

€851

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

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

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

€6,000

Morning preparations

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€9,500

The Scarecrow

Mino Maccari

Painting . 20.5 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.1 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€380

Roi du Ciel

Fabrice Leito

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

€4,200

Paper VIP

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 37 x 37 x 13 cm Sculpture . 14.6 x 14.6 x 5.1 inch

€250

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,300

Beyond the Limits

Busari Adewale

Painting . 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,374

Les reclus

Charles Lapicque

Print . 37 x 27 cm Print . 14.6 x 10.6 inch

€125

Sailor blur 2

Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)

Painting . 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

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