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…

Human Blue

Hom Nguyen

Print . 102 x 77 x 1 cm Print . 40.2 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€1,900

Icon in echo

Axel Traverso

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

€5,500

What?..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,400

Yris

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,900

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

State Your Name

Snik

Painting . 45 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 17.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Beauté 14

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Lights of the Riviera

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€9,212

Au bord

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

The Garden Within

Insane 51

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

€890

Là où vont les larmes

Natacha Birds

Print . 58 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€240

Love Never End

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,574

The Architect

Insane 51

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Solid Air (Hand-finished)

Snik

Print . 101.6 x 68.6 cm Print . 40 x 27 inch

€1,250

The Day After FP-5

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 145 x 115 x 1.8 cm Painting . 57.1 x 45.3 x 0.7 inch

€3,900

Hypnosis #2

Erwann Tirilly

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

€3,500

Voices in the Wind

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Damsel

Busari Adewale

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 1 inch

€2,637

On your tomb, They won't smell nice

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,529

Yellow card

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,075

Pensées

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€580

Mother and Child

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 48 x 2 inch

€4,696

I will give you life in my dream, I can only move forward if I invent you.

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€1,400 €1,190

Une poignée de prières.

Natacha Birds

Design . 16 x 17 x 11.5 cm Design . 6.3 x 6.7 x 4.5 inch

€69

Hopare Skate Limited Edition (réhaussée main)

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 83 x 23 cm Print . 32.7 x 9.1 inch

€2,950

Luna

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€2,900

Series of paintings Summer vibes Second Feelin

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 100.1 x 39.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€3,179

La cicatrice

Natacha Birds

Sculpture . 30 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch

€300

In Her Pride - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Modern, Women

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€2,709

Perou

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€990

Myriam

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Certitude

Fabrice Leito

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

€5,000

Omidan 2

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,129

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Snik Escape Turquoise Edition

Snik

Print . 70.5 x 94 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.8 x 37 x 0 inch

€2,400

In Between

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,393

Beauté 17

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

XS Paper Doll #111, Dolce Gabbana Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 32 x 24 x 4 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

L’Ouverture d’Espirit

Ger Doornink

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

€8,500

A girl(in her)deep thoughts (V)

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 6.4 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 2.5 inch

€2,574

Ibiza 1971

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 120 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

While I Hope

Damilola Ilori

Painting . 134.6 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 53 x 33 x 1 inch

€2,890

Kief

Jean-Baptiste Dumont

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

€1,800

Maya

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 95 x 71.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 28.3 x 1 inch

€1,987

Locked in my heart

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,535

Dream

Insane 51

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

€1,490

Pink Lady

Victor Sheleg

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,700

Midnight skin

Axel Traverso

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

€2,900

Faux semblant n°2

Marta Grassi

Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch

€900

What Your Soul Sings Canvas

Snik

Painting . 40.65 x 40.65 x 3 cm Painting . 16 x 16 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Tribut

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 38 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Flash

Lantomo

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

€3,200

Couche de Souvenirs (1)

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€18,400

Danse pour moi

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,500

De jour comme de nuit

Marta Grassi

Painting . 145 x 145 x 0.2 cm Painting . 57.1 x 57.1 x 0.1 inch

€3,400

The blue shadow

Hildegarde Handsaeme

Painting . 140 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,800

La Negra Tomasa

Tsanko Tsankoff

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€3,800

Portreit

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting . 116 x 120 cm Painting . 45.7 x 47.2 inch

€2,900

Reine de la Nuit

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 104 x 103 x 4 cm Painting . 40.9 x 40.6 x 1.6 inch

€4,400

Weight They Cannot See 5 (Shadows of Memory) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€2,122

J’écrirais ton nom sur l’azur

Cécile Desserle

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€4,200

Alegoría de la fortuna

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 185 x 246 x 4 cm Painting . 72.8 x 96.9 x 1.6 inch

€18,000

La Fortune

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Prayer of Woman's Heart -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Modern

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€2,890

La liseuse/6

Jean-Jacques Venturini

Painting . 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Invitations aux voyages

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 61 x 46.5 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

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

CH Skateboard

Rachel Bergeret

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

€4,800

Daiyamondo

Ger Doornink

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

€980

While The World Decay (Fluro)

Snik

Painting . 48.7 x 102.7 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.2 x 40.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,500

Sabine

Jean Ducommun

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

€1,886

Katsumi

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€11,200

Omidan 1

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,129

The Garden Within

Insane 51

Print . 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€750

L'anonyme 1

Jean Le Gac

Painting . 49 x 58 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 22.8 x 0 inch

€1,000

Insatiable Cravings

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 50 x 1 inch

€2,393

Bain de nuage

Ewa Hauton

Painting . 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€12,100

Kora

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,700

Longing No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

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

€2,348

Last Steps to Emptiness

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 39 x 34 x 3 cm Painting . 15.4 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch

€870

Beauté 12

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

The castle of the soul

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 50 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€580

Human

Hom Nguyen

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

€11,900

Teal Wonder

Isabel Emrich

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€3,884

Return of the son

Saoud Abdallah

Painting . 100 x 98 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.6 inch

€5,000

Brûler dans tes yeux

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€850

Dakhla

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print . 20 x 20 cm Print . 7.9 x 7.9 inch

€800

Autoportrait

Ghislaine Ferreira

Painting . 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Portrait de femme au foulard vert

Georges Dessouslavy

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,110

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

€542

I Found My Peace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Realist Portrait, Black Woman

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€1,129

Queen Mariana

Núria Bosch

Painting . 190 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting . 74.8 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

€7,000

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

€1,174

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