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![Photography, Flower 11, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 10, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519947_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 9, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519935_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 8, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519923_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 7, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519857_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 5, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516908_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 4, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516902_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 3, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516887_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fly Bar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1131981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape, Gerry Nnubia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157018_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frida Khalo Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122129_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Khalo Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Colette Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122072_1_grid.jpg)
Colette Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Beyonce Knowles Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121898_1_grid.jpg)
Beyonce Knowles Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Surreal Horse, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765782_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amour sous Notre-Dame, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183343_1_grid.jpg)
Amour sous Notre-Dame
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 22 x 27 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
$913
![Painting, Eclats de lune sur des eaux tranquilles, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175406_1_grid.jpg)
Eclats de lune sur des eaux tranquilles
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 56 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 22 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,255
![Painting, La lune pensive, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162472_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solace in winter's embrace, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160494_1_grid.jpg)
Solace in winter's embrace
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,027
![Painting, Le chemin des douaniers, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757694_1_grid.jpg)
Le chemin des douaniers
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,027
![Painting, Un homme mystérieux, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193118_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un regard énigmatique sous un voile écarlate, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149664_1_grid.jpg)
Un regard énigmatique sous un voile écarlate
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 11 x 7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.3 inch
$855
![Painting, Whispers in the night: A tale of two in a wagon bar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136771_1_grid.jpg)
Whispers in the night: A tale of two in a wagon bar
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch
$855
![Painting, Le soleil sommeille sur les rues de Paris, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686387_1_grid.jpg)
Le soleil sommeille sur les rues de Paris
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$855
![Painting, Lost on you, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Matin Tranquille, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lunar Roadtrip, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110900_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reste près de mon coeur, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130112_1_grid.jpg)
Reste près de mon coeur
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 34 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 13.4 inch
$855
![Painting, Street Cred, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1113882_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un parfum d'été, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286388_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hanoï-Hong Kong by night, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094024_1_grid.jpg)
Hanoï-Hong Kong by night
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,133
![Painting, Lisbeth Buonanno, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724616_1_grid.jpg)
Lisbeth Buonanno
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
![Painting, Vague à l'âme, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600350_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les apparences trompeuses, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580184_1_grid.jpg)
Les apparences trompeuses
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,563
![Painting, Ce sont nos enfants, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388595_1_grid.jpg)
Ce sont nos enfants
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,992
![Painting, Underground life, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110813_1_grid.jpg)
Underground life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Sous le soleil d'Italie, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047806_1_grid.jpg)
Sous le soleil d'Italie
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,133
![Painting, Arbres en fleurs, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1359804_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fanfare de la mer, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1120626_1_grid.jpg)
Fanfare de la mer
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Home style cooking, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110933_1_grid.jpg)
Home style cooking
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,650
![Painting, Emerald Glow, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1394736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pierre de lune, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096049_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lapis Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095047_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy birthday Mr. President, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086881_1_grid.jpg)
Happy birthday Mr. President
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 18 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$342
![Painting, Zircoin, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086830_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moldavite, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028582_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chrysicolla, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peridot softness, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1659408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sapphire Beam, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1621095_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Labradorite Glow, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amazonite, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377978_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les mains du temps, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143312_1_grid.jpg)
Les mains du temps
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 14.5 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$342
![Painting, Oscar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'eau claire, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202208_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fight, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229649_1_grid.jpg)
Fight
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$684
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229622_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0.1 inch
$593
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228270_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,369
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228269_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$570
![Painting, Les temps modernes, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227624_1_grid.jpg)
Les temps modernes
Nicolas Monjo
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,070
![Painting, Revelation, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Swimmers, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energy, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Atmospheric, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon Perspective, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Back, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229406_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Eye of Painting, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202297_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Extases, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Que pour toi, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202224_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma peau porte tes mots, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202216_1_grid.jpg)
Ma peau porte tes mots
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,791
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213797_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$570
![Painting, Ocean Light, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214980_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228262_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$114
![Painting, Peau neuve, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202221_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Graphic Leaves - Size S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228268_1_grid.jpg)
Graphic Leaves - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$171
![Painting, S'attarder un instant, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202225_1_grid.jpg)
S'attarder un instant
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,334
![Painting, Le trésor, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202181_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213798_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,369
![Painting, Referential, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inner Voice, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214979_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Figures, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214975_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219356_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,369
![Photography, Naked in the woods - Size M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219355_1_grid.jpg)
Naked in the woods - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$570
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213763_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,369
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format M, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213762_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$570
![Painting, La pudeur, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202166_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 24, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207408_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 24
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.8 x 12.3 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 4.8 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 23, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207005_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 23
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.2 x 16.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.8 x 6.4 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 22, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206973_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 22
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.1 x 17 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.7 x 6.7 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![Painting, Breast Print 21, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206297_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 21
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 20, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206280_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 20
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![Painting, Breast Print 19, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205997_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…