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Marilyn Monroe - Wake up Bitch !
OverSide
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$393
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,472
Portrait of Woman
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,472
Mama, I'm coming home
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,270
Le voyage immobile
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$787
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 11
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 2 inch
$4,000
Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 55 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 inch
$2,460
Le temps passe, tu l'espionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 130 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,596
Demain tu verras ! #2
Clement Garnung
Painting - 150 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$4,270
Hongkong mood light
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$843
Le rouge et le noir
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 96 x 96 x 5 cm Painting - 37.8 x 37.8 x 2 inch
$3,933
This is the end
Marie-Ange Daudé
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,585
Under the blue sky alone I celebrate
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,753
Live on the dock
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,203
Run DMC - Hommage au photographe Jamel Shabazz
OverSide
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$393
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 3
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,200
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 1
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,200
NEW YORK - Fashion show
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Sans faire semblant
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,270
Rapsodie in Blue
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,697
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Resolute, I see
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$6,000
Flowers in my hair
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 111.8 x 83.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 inch
$6,000
La voix des pinceaux
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 140 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$12,922
Michael Jordan - We do it !
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Yves Saint Laurent - L'histoire d'une vie
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Micheal Jordan - Yes I am
OverSide
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
RUN DMC - Le concert
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$393
Ninja & Skate [Die Antwoord] (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$281
L'étang des cieux 3
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,652
L'étang des cieux 1
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,090
La Sainte Chapelle
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,090
Women
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 18.3 x 12.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.2 x 4.8 x 0 inch
$449
Masked Head
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$449
Retour gare Lille Flandres
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 130 x 195 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.2 inch
$15,731
Still Life - Kitchen
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$420
Somber Portrait Painters
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…