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![Painting, Désobéir, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fragments #1, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/493417_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oasis, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26469_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166559_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166556_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166551_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - N, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076540_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607190_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Regardons la réalité en face, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528977_1_grid.jpg)
Regardons la réalité en face
Clement Garnung
Painting - 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,509
![Painting, Mamadou, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1475520_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo J1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - Moirans, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1965192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blood Rain, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910586_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black panther, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bobby Seale, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899915_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Kindness, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560531_1_grid.jpg)
Kindness
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$570
![Fine Art Drawings, Pensive, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560516_1_grid.jpg)
Pensive
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$570
![Fine Art Drawings, Mickaël, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373718_1_grid.jpg)
Mickaël
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$570
![Fine Art Drawings, Le penseur, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341816_1_grid.jpg)
Le penseur
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$570
![Painting, Apart Head, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133469_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sirocco, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974415_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Libeccio, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887718_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sirocco, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887712_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le porte drapeau, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847224_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675420_1_grid.jpg)
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
$2,509
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Woman, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/647115_1_grid.jpg)
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
$2,509
![Painting, Écorce, portrait I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446577_1_grid.jpg)
Écorce, portrait I
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$15,969
![Print, Portrait, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369912_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 3, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369900_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 1, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369807_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 2, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le dernier rituel 7, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/338947_1_grid.jpg)
Le dernier rituel 7
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 180 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,688
![Painting, Shoten, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ryushen, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Althéïse, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139869_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, At School, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006133_1_grid.jpg)
At School
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 25 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, The Figure, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006130_1_grid.jpg)
The Figure
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
$559
![Print, New school, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963989_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melampyro, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504284_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amelia on her way, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171932_1_grid.jpg)
Amelia on her way
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182069_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182066_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550 $495
![Painting, Entrecote II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domestic yellows III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182033_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182032_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$600 $540
![Painting, Domestic yellows I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182031_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600 $540
![Painting, The red room, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace of mind, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Almost ready, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181616_1_grid.jpg)
Almost ready
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 12.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 4.9 x 0.2 inch
$600 $540
![Painting, Slicing the onion, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181603_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My other self, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796310_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Splashed emotions, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fusion, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A romantic scene, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593855_1_grid.jpg)
A romantic scene
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
![Print, The little hero, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1168599_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La Paix, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175111_1_grid.jpg)
La Paix
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
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entité, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462593_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vanité Gainée De Cuir Tatouée IV, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103601_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité Gainée De Cuir Tatouée IV
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 120 x 92 cm Photography - 47.2 x 36.2 inch
$11,406
![Painting, You Man, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863103_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'hymne à la vie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197465_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans repères, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197126_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 21, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196065_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027607_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entité, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027589_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Andrea, Antoine Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maria, Antoine Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131312_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vieillesse, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770766_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vanité du Pêcheur, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444912_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité du Pêcheur
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,422
![Print, Vanité d’Automne, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444909_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vanité au Papillon I, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444906_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité au Papillon I
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,422
![Print, Le Ver est dans le Fruit..., Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444882_1_grid.jpg)
Le Ver est dans le Fruit...
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Print - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Print - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,422
![Print, L’Amérique I, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lola, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pallium, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zaltaïne, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lumière volée, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Prat | Absis III - Triptic on wood, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999072_1_grid.jpg)
Marc Prat | Absis III - Triptic on wood
Marc Prat
Painting - 240 x 220 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 86.6 x 2 inch
$13,688
![Print, Fille 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/694539_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seven days running over the fields (diptych), Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629718_1_grid.jpg)
Seven days running over the fields (diptych)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,361
![Print, Toro I screenprint 2018, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ladies are waiting I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181524_1_grid.jpg)
The ladies are waiting I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 6.5 x 10 x 0.2 inch
$600 $540
![Painting, Bain de nuage, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Madalena, Antoine Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Makeda, Antoine Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dure les moments doux, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121366_1_grid.jpg)
Dure les moments doux
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 146 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$5,475
![Painting, A walk in September, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015538_1_grid.jpg)
A walk in September
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
$625
![Painting, Interior III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015502_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…