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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…


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Print, Kinbaku Y, Yves Pero

Kinbaku Y

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 90 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Luna, Yves Pero

Luna

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 90 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Tre Grazie, Yves Pero

Tre Grazie

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Kinbaku-A, Yves Pero

Kinbaku-A

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Eugene Berman

Portrait

Eugene Berman

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€450

Painting, In red, Reinaldo Chavez

In red

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 14 x 14 cm Painting . 5.5 x 5.5 inch

€280

Print, La Brise, Yves Pero

La Brise

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 90 x 0.01 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Femme assise, Ivan Tzonev

Femme assise

Ivan Tzonev

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

€80

Sculpture, Maternitat I, Teresa Riba

Maternitat I

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 22 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch

€2,300

Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Mino Maccari

Nude

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 33 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

€600

Sculpture, Maternitat II, Teresa Riba

Maternitat II

Teresa Riba

Sculpture . 22 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture . 8.7 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch

€2,300

Painting, Mend No. 20, Elizabeth Becker

Mend No. 20

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€339

Painting, Portrait, Rosen Markovski

Portrait

Rosen Markovski

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

€570

Painting, Lovée, Lisbeth Buonanno

Lovée

Lisbeth Buonanno

Painting . 12 x 18 x 1.8 cm Painting . 4.7 x 7.1 x 0.7 inch

€500