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…

Reflection

Damilola Ilori

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

€3,161

S'évader

Marta Grassi

Painting . 146 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Extending the dreams of life

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting . 60 x 60 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€925

Arch to the Sky

Isabel Emrich

Painting . 139.7 x 147.3 x 3.8 cm Painting . 55 x 58 x 1.5 inch

€8,580

La demoiselle III

Kaige Yang

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

€1,600

Resilience 2

Sancko

Print . 30 x 60 cm Print . 11.8 x 23.6 inch

€189

Too Late to Scare Me

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 105 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 41.3 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Liberté _ In the mood for 2026 _

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 35 x 27 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,700

Dreams In Ochre II

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

La Pause

Nadège Dauvergne

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

€1,300

This is One not Two

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 74.9 x 55.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 21.7 x 1 inch

€1,129

As Free As a Bird

Eyitayo Alagbe

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

€2,709

Anxiety

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,077

Miradas

Núria Bosch

Painting . 166 x 153 x 3.5 cm Painting . 65.4 x 60.2 x 1.4 inch

€7,200

Woodstock 1969

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,200

What Times, Such Stars

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 85 x 105 x 1.8 cm Painting . 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.7 inch

€2,700

Worries, Troubles and Pondering 2: 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait, Woman

Obeka Simon

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,529

Être libre

Cécile Desserle

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

€3,800

L'Attente

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 55 x 44 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Un monde meilleur

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 160 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€26,900

Mademoiselle 33

Kaige Yang

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

€1,300

Débordements

Marta Grassi

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Eso (Fruit)

Olajire Olalekan

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

€1,806

Incendies

Erwann Tirilly

Painting . 100 x 140 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€8,000

Untitled 4.4

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Etude

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 190 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€27,900

Portrait

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€500

The dreamer's fatigue

Plamen Ovcharov

Painting . 50 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€580

Nymphe

Els Knockaert

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€900

Unbroken 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature

Obeka Simon

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

€3,026

Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 70.1 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,671

Queen 1

Nicolas Briere

Painting . 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€7,000

Prélude

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 120 x 145 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 57.1 x 2 inch

€8,400

Glimpse

Alexander Benz

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

€460

Go Bag

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 80 x 100 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,500

Untitled 2.2

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€1,200

Juvenis Series

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Mademoiselle 31

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Woman

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting . 102 x 64 x 8 cm Painting . 40.2 x 25.2 x 3.1 inch

€7,200

Daffodil

Olivier Massebeuf

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

€1,500

Somnium No. 1, Series XIV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Peace: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of African Woman, Blue

Obeka Simon

Painting . 114.3 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€3,026

Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€2,574

Simple Times - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Josue M Pierre

Painting . 89.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€2,303

Unfurling the Past 2

Afolayan Emmanuel

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

€2,393

Untitled

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 38 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 15 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€850

Miléna

Sébastien Allart

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

€2,800

Contentment

Busari Adewale

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

€2,637

Les eaux calmes

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€400

Irinajo Ife (Journey of Love) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

Painting . 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,026

The rear window

Alejandra Caballero

Painting . 70 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

La laideur cachée 5

Marie Rauzy

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

€3,500

Untitled

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 31 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

€500

Black Angel

Marie-Ange Daudé

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

€4,400

Fergusson

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Painting . 160 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€37,000

Ocean Daydreaming

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 50.8 x 1.5 cm Painting . 24 x 20 x 0.6 inch

€3,793

Mademoiselle 20

Kaige Yang

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

€1,200

Parallel Souls

Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

€1,400

J'ai rêvé

Marta Grassi

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

€1,300

Woman at a Parisian Terrace

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€6,141

See you in Rome

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€5,780

Pillow Talk

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch

€2,709

Untitled 1.1

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

€2,000

On Your Tomb They Won't Smell Nice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Floral, Women

Obeka Simon

Painting . 50.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 26 x 1 inch

€1,490

Don't Let Me Go

Olajire Olalekan

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

€2,258

Au théatre

Laurent Betremieux

Painting . 30 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

€600

Le peintre invisible

Jean Le Gac

Print . 79 x 63 x 0.2 cm Print . 31.1 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€700

Longing - diptych

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€8,309

Look through my eyes

Afolayan Emmanuel

Painting . 114.3 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,709

Ethereal Beauty - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Woman

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€3,477

Le Rossignol

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Femme assise

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 183 x 152 x 4 cm Painting . 72 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Mademoiselle 46

Kaige Yang

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

€1,500

Femme 26

Manuella Ferré

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

€320

To the Sound of Waves

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting . 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€3,793

The Girl with the Baguettes

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€4,696

Prendre de la hauteur

Cécile Desserle

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

€2,800

Jedidiah

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 59.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,709

The courageous woman(Feminine Epidemic series) II

Ogunniyi Oluwatosin

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

€1,806

Vision of Twilight 1

Obeka Simon

Painting . 50.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,490

PSR

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

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

€800

Somnium No. 2, Series XIV

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Untitled

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Le Seau

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 116 x 89 x 5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 2 inch

€5,500

Butterflies - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Africa

Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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

€1,174

La Borée

Nadège Dauvergne

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Vert et chair sur fond noir

Sandra Quintin

Painting . 59 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€600

Anna III

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Painting . 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€800

As I lean unto your chest - Study

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 20 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.7 x 0 inch

€226

Untitled

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 50 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€700

A Parisian Moment

Ruslana Levandovska

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

€4,425

Soft Gravity

Natia Sapanadze

Painting . 36 x 47 x 3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 18.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

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

€3,500

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