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…

Normal is Boring Sprinkles

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 27 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

$363

Carcasse

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$12,057

Hommage an Francis Bacon - rot

Mila Veljac'a

Painting . 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,384

Portrait de classe 14

Camille Cottier

Painting . 27.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm Painting . 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.8 inch

$967

Tambourinades

Gérard Traquandi

Fine Art Drawings . 20.2 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8 x 4.5 inch

$483

Normal is boring

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 27 x 23 x 10 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 9.1 x 3.9 inch

$363

Darkness 1

Lantomo

Print . 42 x 29.7 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.7 inch

$326

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

$967

Harmony

Hanna Sidorowicz

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$1,185

L'onde sonore envahit l'atelier du peintre

Jean Le Gac

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

$665

Alchimistes 3

Jaume Plensa

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$1,934

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

$406

Keep Calm 2.0

Sagrasse

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

$121

Boat Couture: Home Edition

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

$2,417

La Barque

Christie Nguyen

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

$7,252

Lavandière bretonne

Marguerita Pillini

Painting . 40 x 24.5 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inch

$2,062

Jeune fille espagnole au foulard

Edouard Morerod

Painting . 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch

$2,811

Terrain de jeux

Myriam Le Fol

Painting . 120 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$1,571

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 83.5 x 70.5 x 8 cm Painting . 32.9 x 27.8 x 3.1 inch

$5,439

Midnight skin

Axel Traverso

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,505

Image of Death

Eugene Berman

Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch

$1,209

Ma benz

Marie-Ange Daudé

Design . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Design . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$3,022

Abierta 4

Antonio Saura

Print . 75 x 104 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.5 x 40.9 x 0 inch

$3,022

Central Park View II

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch

$1,950

Dr Season

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

$9,065

Untitled (1)

Jules Be Kuti

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

$701

Entre mim

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$9,247

The Weeds of the Long Night

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,022

Gentle spirit

Roman Gulman

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

$3,899

Golden Art - The most beautiful woman ever

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 83 x 83 x 6 cm Sculpture . 32.7 x 32.7 x 2.4 inch

$1,632

Le veilleur immobile

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

$44,722

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

Agboola Oladapo

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

$3,790

Fur collar

Lantomo

Painting . 73 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

$4,110

Kookina (Hair bun)

Saoud Abdallah

Painting . 69 x 48 cm Painting . 27.2 x 18.9 inch

$2,780

Reflection. The river and Can anyone go all this way Diptych

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 99.8 x 169.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.3 x 66.8 x 0.1 inch

$8,664

Untitled 4-5-19

Montse Valdés

Painting . 100 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

$8,340

Untitled

Adam Sabhan

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

$1,813

Être libre

Cécile Desserle

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

$4,593

Deep soul 232 B

Laurence Verney

Photography . 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,417

Andy Warhol

Marin Marcos

Sculpture . 52 x 34 x 17 cm Sculpture . 20.5 x 13.4 x 6.7 inch

$3,022

Digital Heteroideus

Ya-Wei Li

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

$2,417

Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 1

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$665

Lovers - Morning Light 1, Drawing, Pastels on Paper

Carmen Tyrrell

Fine Art Drawings . 58.9 x 83.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch

$546

Sur la route (message 23) … croiser Rimbaud, Kerouac sur la route du peintre…

Jean Le Gac

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

$9,065

Taken Away

Snik

Painting . 100.3 x 130.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.5 x 51.25 x 2 inch

$16,245

Gliding Towards Tomorrow

Kpe Innocent

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

$5,439

Mursikid

Lo Da

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

$1,934

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 31.5 inch

$1,813

Breakfast forever

Melinda Matyas

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

$7,010

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

$3,989

TRipOdiS - Collection cORpuS

Louis Blanc

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$1,209

Daiyamondo

Ger Doornink

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

$1,185

Mamadou

Clement Garnung

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,351

Pensamiento

Marta Grassi

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,088

Day dream II

Fabrice Leito

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

$1,330

Morenike Afrofuture

Ekele Francis

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

$2,112

Close-up 6 (Fei Fei)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 55 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch

$3,022

Quand les mystères sont très malins IV

Yves Brayer

Print . 20.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.1 x 12 x 0 inch

$604

Autumnal No. 32

Elizabeth Becker

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

$1,755

A la bonne vôtre VI

Christophe Blanc

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

$3,747

When We Stay Very Quiet

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 115 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting . 45.3 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch

$3,264

Marianne

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 40 x 40 cm Print . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$1,692

Bourrasque

Nadège Dauvergne

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

$822

Chinese Porcelain Jar

Florian Eymann

Print . 59.9 x 50 cm Print . 23.6 x 19.7 inch

$616

Advertisement for Tirreno

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 11.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 4.5 x 0 inch

$786

Beauté 12

Kaige Yang

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

$2,780

Human

Hom Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$13,900

The Milkmaid

David Kandelaki

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

$351

Barbie

Cécile Plaisance

Print . 158 x 118 x 4.5 cm Print . 62.2 x 46.5 x 1.8 inch

$21,757 $15,230

Portrait No.9 Bullfighter

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,209

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

$967

Side By Side

Sagrasse

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

$302

Yolo Fuck

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 27.5 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture . 10.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch

$242

Ties That Binds Us 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Women

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

$4,170

Without Words

Natia Sapanadze

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

$4,835

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

$1,450

Dark Materials II

James Sparshatt

Photography . 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,566

Don't Let It Stop

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 20 x 28 x 40 cm Sculpture . 7.9 x 11 x 15.7 inch

$230

Les migrants

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 40 x 57 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,813

Paesaggio

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

Painting . 99.8 x 79.8 x 0.8 cm Painting . 39.3 x 31.4 x 0.3 inch

$8,122

Fauno

Ricardo Tena

Painting . 120 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

$6,580

Le paradis blanc

Julien Cuny

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

$1,027

Boat for Hire

Luis Morris

Painting . 20 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11 x 0.8 inch

$806

Dimanche soir

Maxime Frairot

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$459

Mountainscape No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 inch

$2,166

Dino ne supporte plus ses commères de collègues

G. Carta

Painting . 25 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$423

Untitled

Jules Be Kuti

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

$1,934

Vanité aux papillons, bleue

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

$21,745

Butter Gold

Sagrasse

Sculpture . 19 x 10 x 6 cm Sculpture . 7.5 x 3.9 x 2.4 inch

$846

Le bain

Béatrice Terra

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,659

Beauté 6

Kaige Yang

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

$2,780

Le Flirt

Yves Pero

Print . 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$816

Les citrons

David Jamin

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

$834

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