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![Painting, Meditacion P X, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279578_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Etude d'après Marie Madeleine, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/738486_1_grid.jpg)
Etude d'après Marie Madeleine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 95.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 37.6 inch
$20,532
![Print, Trois corbeaux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700347_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Le nouveau règne, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/567324_1_grid.jpg)
Le nouveau règne
Yoann Merienne
Sculpture - 93 x 70 x 42 cm Sculpture - 36.6 x 27.6 x 16.5 inch
$28,516
![Sculpture, La direction, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/463318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chiaruscoro of still life, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182116_1_grid.jpg)
Chiaruscoro of still life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,369
![Painting, Nyx, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139852_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lyral, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138987_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Kitaï, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332570_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mira, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332549_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Forêt, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700362_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Corbeau 20, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700356_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700344_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700329_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nature, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696069_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mao, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537391_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chat 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537385_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu me crois ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je pense à toi, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je te vois pas, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537361_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alors, que pense-tu ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537358_1_grid.jpg)
Alors, que pense-tu ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Oui, j'ai peur, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je suis la meilleure, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537352_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis la meilleure
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Eh, je ne suis pas belle ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537346_1_grid.jpg)
Eh, je ne suis pas belle ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Je suis Monsieur Lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537343_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis Monsieur Lapin
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Je ne suis pas content, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537340_1_grid.jpg)
Je ne suis pas content
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Pourquoi tu dis ça ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537337_1_grid.jpg)
Pourquoi tu dis ça ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Eh, tu ne comprends pas ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535622_1_grid.jpg)
Eh, tu ne comprends pas ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Monsieur Lapin II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535619_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Lapin II
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Monsieur lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535616_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miss lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535613_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Euh, comment je peux dire ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535610_1_grid.jpg)
Euh, comment je peux dire ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Monsieur chien 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien III, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535568_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien III
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Monsieur Chien II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535550_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien II
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$513
![Fine Art Drawings, Kid, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177768_1_grid.jpg)
Kid
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$14,714
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175118_1_grid.jpg)
Woman
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$11,178
![Painting, Selo 17, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172457_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-U, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161951_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673268_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smoke eyes, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455861_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Certitude, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Art Game, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455798_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Adso, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332603_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Supper, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The floater on the black seawater, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212300_1_grid.jpg)
The floater on the black seawater
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 198 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 78 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch
$21,102
![Print, Mask in red Seriegrafia, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/801255_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Calligraphie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174971_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le repos, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085426_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tete M, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1792125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Digital Heteroideus, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212285_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195383_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Buffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008161_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Three Horsemen, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139448_1_grid.jpg)
Three Horsemen
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28.8 x 20.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.3 x 8.2 x 0 inch
$548
![Painting, Still life II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Regards, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446493_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pyrethia, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solarion, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thalar, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kotobagaki, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Combustion 2, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077974_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Combustion, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077971_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Study 1, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/206737_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964067_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gathering, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange, Daan Van Doorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1944369_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Themedo, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 26, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474284_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 14, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449426_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 13, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449408_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 12, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449366_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 11, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449348_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 10, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449333_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 7, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 6, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 9, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449165_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 4, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449147_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 3, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449114_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350156_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reine, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341549_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Women, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296489_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Smoking Man, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1135059_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Man
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.2 x 0 inch
$433
![Painting, The Scarecrow, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1135050_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Valronèse, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117332_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vanité, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/619263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le temps des brumes, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967454_1_grid.jpg)
Le temps des brumes
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 300 x 250 x 3 cm Painting - 118.1 x 98.4 x 1.2 inch
$36,501
![Print, Roger Ballen, Des oiseaux - Édition limitée, Roger Ballen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1654932_1_grid.jpg)
Roger Ballen, Des oiseaux - Édition limitée
Roger Ballen
Print - 25.5 x 20 cm Print - 10 x 7.9 inch
$798
![Painting, Silence, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134003_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Absis Seriegrafia, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/801234_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…