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![Painting, 1-5-19, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761403_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1-1-17, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 3-7-15, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-L, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-2D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/637143_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1-1-22, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564434_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1-8-21 (Diptych), Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564416_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1-8-17, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125297_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 4-8-17, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125078_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 2-5-19, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125072_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 2-6-17, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 3-5-17-2, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brachilla, Dam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/724491_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lady In Pink, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997262_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P VIII 2018, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066311_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 22, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924548_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Porte de l'Ame, Nasti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755714_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Siam, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Esther, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 5, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 8th of March, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1394955_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Andy, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382580_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alice & June, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448758_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Medusa, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1349031_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148367_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Salade (Claudias as Jupiter), Piet Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122849_1_grid.jpg)
Salade (Claudias as Jupiter)
Piet Rodriguez
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Perséphone, Piet Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122903_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Medusa, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/678915_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle C, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553673_1_grid.jpg)
Mademoiselle C
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, To bring you my love 2, Dam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/548569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Instinct, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281282_1_grid.jpg)
Instinct
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
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![Print, Marianne, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/519755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At the sunset we are alive, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988949_1_grid.jpg)
At the sunset we are alive
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 99 x 99 x 1 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 0.4 inch
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![Print, Fripon - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314279_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Trait D'union - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314276_1_grid.jpg)
Trait D'union - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 40 x 30 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
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![Print, Le portrait de trait - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314264_1_grid.jpg)
Le portrait de trait - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 40 x 30 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
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![Print, Fripon - Reproduction digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174680_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 5 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1239006_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 4 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1237587_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gravure, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/39036_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fripon - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545591_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le portrait de trait - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545567_1_grid.jpg)
Le portrait de trait - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Print, Trait D'union - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1461903_1_grid.jpg)
Trait D'union - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Print, Brouillard de pensée - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314270_1_grid.jpg)
Brouillard de pensée - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 40 x 30 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
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![Print, Trait D'union - Reproduction digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173723_1_grid.jpg)
Trait D'union - Reproduction digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Print, Brouillard de pensée - Digital Art digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173720_1_grid.jpg)
Brouillard de pensée - Digital Art digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Print, Le portrait de trait - Reproduction digigraphie, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173717_1_grid.jpg)
Le portrait de trait - Reproduction digigraphie
Laurent Godard
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Painting, Ne m'oublie pas..., Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29866_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le temps des soupirs, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1366089_1_grid.jpg)
Le temps des soupirs
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Maria Callas solitude, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1176318_1_grid.jpg)
Maria Callas solitude
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Butterfly dream catcher's road trip, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1150398_1_grid.jpg)
Butterfly dream catcher's road trip
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Abandon, Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Silence de la Mer, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137256_1_grid.jpg)
Le Silence de la Mer
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Est homo bulla, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1563183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New-York Central road trip, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113710_1_grid.jpg)
New-York Central road trip
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le poids des secrest, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1976487_1_grid.jpg)
Le poids des secrest
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Un jour Notre Dame, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1649052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miss Sarajevo, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504689_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les murmures de l'amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1486530_1_grid.jpg)
Les murmures de l'amour
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les sanglots de la mer, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482384_1_grid.jpg)
Les sanglots de la mer
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Isaak, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le café de la Place, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1733157_1_grid.jpg)
Le café de la Place
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, In the mood for desire, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120373_1_grid.jpg)
In the mood for desire
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Notre-Dame habillée de feu, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1732149_1_grid.jpg)
Notre-Dame habillée de feu
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le bistrot Les Antiquaires, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720443_1_grid.jpg)
Le bistrot Les Antiquaires
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Le Ruban Bleu Le Normandie, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286376_1_grid.jpg)
Le Ruban Bleu Le Normandie
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 33 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Francki, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1143132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le rêve du papillon, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129473_1_grid.jpg)
Le rêve du papillon
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les voyages du Petit Prince, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1478907_1_grid.jpg)
Les voyages du Petit Prince
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 97 x 148 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 58.3 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Red Golstone mood, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388316_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turquoise, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1742361_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Topaze Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1370847_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cornaline, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365021_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prussian Velvet, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361619_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Célestine, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026779_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ambre, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017971_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aqua Marine, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1649250_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow Gold, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1643856_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ruby Fuschite mood, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1393503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moonstone Woman, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Citrine glow, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495683_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Motel 9, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le vent sur ma peau, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202206_1_grid.jpg)
Le vent sur ma peau
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, Tarda al sol II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/124579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nu au fauteuil bleu, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1067556_1_grid.jpg)
Nu au fauteuil bleu
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Sculpture, Tornem-hi, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/294724_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La madone au serpent, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/902286_1_grid.jpg)
La madone au serpent
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 62 x 46 x 3 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Print, Psyché, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972984_1_grid.jpg)
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…