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…

Amber

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

We Begin (color variant)

Snik

Painting . 106 x 74 x 0.2 cm Painting . 41.7 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch

€4,500

The Missing Move

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 90 x 120 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.7 inch

€2,900

The Look (Edition of 30)

Ger Doornink

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

€2,720

Mesdemoiselles

Kaige Yang

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

€2,500

Dots

Marta Grassi

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

€900

Closer

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€4,400

Untitled (with dog)

Natia Sapanadze

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

€800

Wife Portrait

Ly Hung Anh

Painting . 129.5 x 99.1 x 5.1 cm Painting . 51 x 39 x 2 inch

€2,709

Electric desire

Axel Traverso

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€6,700

Free

Sancko

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

€990

In front of Nighthawks

Jean-Jacques Venturini

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

€4,500

Monica Vitti

Cécile Plaisance

Photography . 125 x 95 cm Photography . 49.2 x 37.4 inch

€6,850

Apparentia No. 3, Series IV

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Portrait

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 200 x 150 cm Painting . 78.7 x 59.1 inch

€8,600

Mademoiselle 42

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Portrait with Bird

Guy Ghazanchyan

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

€1,100 €990

Alice

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Woman

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,942

Fly With Me!..

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

L'attente

Marta Grassi

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

€900

Shadows of memory

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 68.1 x 65 x 6.4 cm Painting . 26.8 x 25.6 x 2.5 inch

€2,574

Le soleil brûle ma peau

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,800

Deep soul 84

Laurence Verney

Photography . 100 x 100 x 0.5 cm Photography . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch

€2,100

Somnium No. 3, Series XII

Mario Henrique

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

€8,900

Can Can, #1

Michael Alford

Painting . 61 x 106.7 cm Painting . 24 x 42 inch

€4,290

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

€2,500

Mme Deborah

Zhi Rong Song

Painting . 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€647

Portrait de femme amérindienne

Edouard Morerod

Fine Art Drawings . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€2,030

Mademoiselle 47

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Rubi

Fresha D

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

€950

Sekigahara

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 62 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€550

Madalena

Mario Henrique

Painting . 115 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 45.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€5,900

Marianne

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€1,400

El origen del mar

Nova Doria

Photography . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€570

Unstoppable 2

Obeka Simon

Painting . 106.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 inch

€2,529

The Milkmaid

David Kandelaki

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

€280 €224

Mademoiselle 48

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Circle of Love -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Modern Women

Eyitayo Alagbe

Painting . 121.9 x 147.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 58 x 1 inch

€4,832

Iliana

Sébastien Allart

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

€1,900

Elégante

Yves Brayer

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

€750

Woman

Simon Goldberg

Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 4.7 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€300

Overcome (Gold) mini print

Snik

Print . 34 x 23.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.3 x 0 inch

€150

Mademoiselle 45

Kaige Yang

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

€1,400

Sensual Lips in candy red

Rene Rikkelman

Sculpture . 34 x 64 x 17 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 25.2 x 6.7 inch

€1,900

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€900

Close-up 5 (Louise)

Frédéric Léglise

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

l'oubli et la mémoire

Marta Grassi

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Beauté 6

Kaige Yang

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

€2,300

Studio #1, Portrait painting

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€3,161

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

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

€26,100

Ma mère et moi

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€24,200

Entité

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€17,600

In her (lV)

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 121.9 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 42 x 2.5 inch

€3,793

Unfurling the Past

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,393

Althéïse

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€10,500

The Asian girl

Michelino Iorizzo

Painting . 125 x 125 x 4 cm Painting . 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch

€11,500

Le reflet

Sandra Quintin

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

€1,450

Boubou - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women, Africa

Josue M Pierre

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

€1,445

Morenike Afrofuture

Ekele Francis

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

€1,761

Eternal hugs

Reinaldo Chavez

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

€950

Nothing Happened Here

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,400

Expecting

Olajire Olalekan

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,077

Studio #3, Portrait painting

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€3,161

Soliloquizing

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,793

Portrait de dame

Albert Chavaz

Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch

€777

Canto de sirena

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,935

Hurting my happiness

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 16 cm Painting . 7.5 x 6.3 inch

€300

La Sarde

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2.5 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 1 inch

€900

Mademoiselle 31

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Cloud-Gazing Club

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€2,000

Fantasy 1

Jumoke Oyetunde

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

€1,761

Woman

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 104 x 73 x 1 cm Painting . 40.9 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

€6,400

Studio #2, Portrait painting

Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku

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

€3,161

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€850

Grandma With Pearl Earring

Agboola Oladapo

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

€3,793

By the pool

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 12 x 0.75 inch

€1,987

You never left

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 19 x 16 cm Painting . 7.5 x 6.3 inch

€300

Juin

Yoann Merienne

Painting . 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€12,000

Femme 12

Manuella Ferré

Print . 102 x 73 cm Print . 40.2 x 28.7 inch

€420

The architect

Insane 51

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

€940

Ma Joconde (Mona Lisa)

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€4,400

L'épaisseur de la nuit

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Unbroken 2: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

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

€2,529

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 95 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting . 37.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,200

Hong 10 - Protection

Lantomo

Print . 59.4 x 42 cm Print . 23.4 x 16.5 inch

€530

Somnium No. 9, Series XIII

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Mademoiselle 32

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Aspetto Classico

Ger Doornink

Print . 60 x 45 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,050

Journey of Love

Busari Adewale

Painting . 142.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 56 x 48 x 1 inch

€2,890

Twin Sisters

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 180 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 1.2 inch

€19,800

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

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

€850

Medium Doll, CH Tribute

Rachel Bergeret

Painting . 98 x 68 x 1 cm Painting . 38.6 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch

€13,500

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