Somber Portrait Painters
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lisbeth Buonanno
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
Les apparences trompeuses
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,563
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
Underground life
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,422
Route 66 l'attrape-cœurs
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 20.7 x 21 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.1 x 8.3 x 0.7 inch
$570
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
La nuit mystérieuse jaune
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,563
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
Home style cooking
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,650
Happy birthday Mr. President
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 18 x 15 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$342
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
Une rencontre inattendue
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 19 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$548
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
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
Les temps modernes
Nicolas Monjo
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$7,070
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
Graphic Leaves - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$570
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
Smoking Away - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$570
S'attarder un instant
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,334
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
Graphic Leaves - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
$114
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…