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…

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,209

Portrait du poète russe Ivanov

Mady Epstein

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

$1,472

Dried Infructescence

Lisbeth Buonanno

Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 10 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch

$846

Lovers - Passionate 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Carmen Tyrrell

Painting . 50 x 39.9 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

$601

Confusion

Marta Grassi

Fine Art Drawings . 66 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$725

CH Skateboard

Rachel Bergeret

Sculpture . 85 x 38 x 10 cm Sculpture . 33.5 x 15 x 3.9 inch

$5,802 $4,641

A la Intemperie

Jaume Plensa

Print . 42 x 58 x 0.3 cm Print . 16.5 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$5,077

Fête

Zwy Milshtein

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

$1,934

Keiky

Michelino Iorizzo

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

$7,977

Vanité au Papillon I

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

$3,626

Hope

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

$2,112

Surreal face

Carlos Mendez

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,571

Venus #1, Series II

Mario Henrique

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

$7,131

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

$967

Ave II

Rocio Mazuecos

Sculpture . 26 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$876

Relinquished

Roger Ballen

Print . 90 x 90 x 0.2 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

$16,922

My Mother

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 139.7 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 55 x 55 x 2 inch

$5,631

Omidan 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 76.2 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 30 x 18 x 2.5 inch

$1,354

Sweet Apple

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 29 x 29 x 33 cm Sculpture . 11.4 x 11.4 x 13 inch

$641

Cloud-Gazing Club

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

$2,417

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

$3,358

Ojú ìwé (Page)

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 127 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 50 x 39 x 1 inch

$3,790

Vers l'exil

Charles Lapicque

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

$483

Studio 2

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 74.9 x 54.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.6 x 0.1 inch

$3,790

The Space Between - Titanium

Sophie Derrick

Painting . 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

$9,973

Oiseau

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

$967

Le retour

Ivan Tzonev

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

$97

Strong Mans

Ilia Balavadze

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$2,176

Child

Reinaldo Chavez

Design . 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design . 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

$387

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 139 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 54.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,989 $3,390

Brachyura (crabe)

Yoann Merienne

Sculpture . 22.5 x 11 x 9.5 cm Sculpture . 8.9 x 4.3 x 3.7 inch

$2,659

Surgery

Katalin Soós

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$967

Nature morte aux lys

Janebé Weber

Painting . 50 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 14 x 0.2 inch

$1,258

Fading into Her

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$271

Autoportrait II

Ghislaine Ferreira

Painting . 94 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,813

Eclosion

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Sculpture . 35 x 14 x 12 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 5.5 x 4.7 inch

$12,087

Followspot

Olivier Massebeuf

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

$1,088

Within the Shimmering Dark - Limited Edition

Ruslana Levandovska

Print . 50.8 x 61 x 1.9 cm Print . 20 x 24 x 0.75 inch

$1,408

Gueule d'ange N°17

Stephane Richard

Painting . 68 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

$1,076

Portrait rouge

Hom Nguyen

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

$15,955

XS Paper Doll #30, YSL Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,813

Beauté 17

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$2,780

Danse with me

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Print . 27 x 37 x 2 cm Print . 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

$544

Vanité (crâne aux paillons)

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture . 25 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture . 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch

$30,218

Nez

Antonio Saura

Sculpture . 51 x 64 x 1 cm Sculpture . 20.1 x 25.2 x 0.4 inch

$6,044

Haze

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.1 x 15 x 0 inch

$1,934

Barnús vermell

Teresa Riba

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

$725

Vanité

Pei-Ming Yan

Print . 78 x 119 x 1 cm Print . 30.7 x 46.9 x 0.4 inch

$4,110

Pulchritudo Vincit Omnia

Ger Doornink

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$9,065

La clé des songes

Laurence Chouzenoux

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

$4,593

Code 2109

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 200 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch

$14,504

Serie Mallorca . Personaje

Toni Caldentey

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

$1,450

Rumble in the Jungle

Boris Gobina

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,901

Portrait 2

Juan Sebastian Barbera

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

$1,088

Les rivières jaunes

Julien Cuny

Painting . 110 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$1,027

Proper Treats

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 95 x 75 x 4 cm Painting . 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch

$4,693

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

$1,330

Nature Collection No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,707

Lust / luxure (seven deadly sins)

Insane 51

Print . 60 x 60 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,076

Birds

Bridgeman

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

$290

L'enfant

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 86 x 144 x 3 cm Painting . 33.9 x 56.7 x 1.2 inch

$6,890

La Nit i la Ciutat

Alejandra Caballero

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

$3,868

Untitled (with dog)

Natia Sapanadze

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

$967

Égérie

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 82 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 32.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

$1,511

Jardin japonais

Yves Brayer

Print . 40.5 x 50.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 15.9 x 19.9 x 0.1 inch

$483

Le Temps Suspendu... 022

Jean-Michel Rousvoal

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

$967

Warsaw 1992

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 99 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 39 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

$3,626

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

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

$1,027

Daily Diary

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

$3,249

Maria

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,027

Portrait

Philippe Pasqua

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

$6,648

Keep Calm 2.0

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 16 x 6 x 8 cm Sculpture . 6.3 x 2.4 x 3.1 inch

$121

Bulb Vase - 21st Century, Contemporary, Still Life, Abstract, Plants, Flower

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 59.9 x 49.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.6 x 1 inch

$1,354

Nothing Happened Here

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$1,692

Night encounters

Reinaldo Chavez

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

$1,112

Human (1)

Hom Nguyen

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

$16,801

Portrait de Willy

Casimir Reymond

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

$1,553

Against the Light

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,626

Untitled

Maria Carbonero

Print . 67.5 x 52 cm Print . 26.6 x 20.5 inch

$1,571

Vieille femme au panier de pommes

Alberto Cecconi

Painting . 70.5 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,325

Memento Mori

Nawel Aubert

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

$1,088

Trucks

Rene Rikkelman

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

$1,753

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Agrume

Print . 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$242

Plates- bandes

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 74 x 54 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

$4,230

Napoléon

Nadège Dauvergne

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

$363

Glamour Riviera

Jean-Jacques Venturini

Painting . 100 x 73 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 2 inch

$5,439

Weekend To Remeber - 21st Century, Contemporary, Realist Portrait, Black Woman

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 50.8 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 17 x 1 inch

$1,354

Brave

Sancko

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

$1,197

Charity

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 60 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$302

Je n'avance pas en ligne droite

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,538

Golden Art - DJ

Sagrasse

Print . 83 x 83 x 3 cm Print . 32.7 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,632

Love Love Love

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 62 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture . 24.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$701 $631

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$6,648

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