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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/199693_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/143239_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191162_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1188069_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172931_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, A l'altre costat II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/268591_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1358799_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249500_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156677_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182832_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Autres jeunes filles, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354143_1_grid.jpg)
Autres jeunes filles
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 18.8 x 27 x 1.8 cm Print - 7.4 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, La Poétesse, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173375_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328799_1_grid.jpg)
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Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172934_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Selo B1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298382_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209366_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 121.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209360_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, The Telephone, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766266_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fairy Tales of the Sun, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691161_1_grid.jpg)
Fairy Tales of the Sun
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 48.7 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.2 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Selo M, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420023_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296510_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455275_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626777_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626750_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249524_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192716_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Le Yakuza, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537370_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Jean Baudrillard, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554669_1_grid.jpg)
Jean Baudrillard
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 29.2 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Etude, 2010, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431792_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le chaman, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325064_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, L'endormie, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325052_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité rouge aux papillons gris, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/531785_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité rouge aux papillons gris
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Vanité bleue, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571592_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192683_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Beauté d'ébène, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1177188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseaux 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811848_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marat, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612558_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Singe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564076_1_grid.jpg)
Singe
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Girafe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040069_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sentint l'aire, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215506_1_grid.jpg)
Sentint l'aire
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
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![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143121_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Je t’ai vu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021793_1_grid.jpg)
Je t’ai vu
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis mignon ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021790_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021787_1_grid.jpg)
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Élégance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021784_1_grid.jpg)
Élégance
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis beau, non?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021778_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis beau, non?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis tout doux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021775_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis tout doux
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Un peu d’amour SVP, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021772_1_grid.jpg)
Un peu d’amour SVP
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Je gère, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021769_1_grid.jpg)
Je gère
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Où suis-je ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021766_1_grid.jpg)
Où suis-je ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Le Marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête CB2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait B2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait AV-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946464_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405812_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
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![Painting, Emma, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1245816_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Festival des passeurs d'humanité, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626789_1_grid.jpg)
Festival des passeurs d'humanité
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Painting, Siam, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo G, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo A1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873870_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…