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![Print, Extases, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137973_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Reclined Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295409_1_grid.jpg)
Reclined Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295394_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€900
![Fine Art Drawings, Caveau parisien, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295361_1_grid.jpg)
Caveau parisien
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€1,200
![Sculpture, Mirant el mar II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948812_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172940_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
€3,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079943_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
€3,000
![Sculpture, Aigua V, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514352_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191147_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
€5,000
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1132977_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079952_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
€5,000
![Painting, Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637337_1_grid.jpg)
Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 48 x 39 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,339
![Painting, Lingerie 1 - The womb, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635426_1_grid.jpg)
Lingerie 1 - The womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20 x 27 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€932
![Painting, The forbidden Love, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1548459_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le temps des brumes, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981344_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le pagne, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031100_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Éphémère, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748839_1_grid.jpg)
L'Éphémère
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, L'Envol, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748836_1_grid.jpg)
L'Envol
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Gaïa, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748830_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude On The Train, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694232_1_grid.jpg)
Nude On The Train
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€580
![Fine Art Drawings, Domination, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295298_1_grid.jpg)
Domination
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€820
![Fine Art Drawings, Mother and Child, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295280_1_grid.jpg)
Mother and Child
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10 x 0 inch
€920
![Fine Art Drawings, Female Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139427_1_grid.jpg)
Female Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17.8 x 12.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 4.8 x 0 inch
€560
![Fine Art Drawings, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002998_1_grid.jpg)
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 4.1 x 0.1 inch
€700
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002986_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001636_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
€740
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992559_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 60.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 23.8 x 0 inch
€500
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992529_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 63 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 24.8 x 0 inch
€650
![Photography, Nu au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748911_1_grid.jpg)
Nu au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Nu Papillon 1, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748908_1_grid.jpg)
Nu Papillon 1
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Nu Assis, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748905_1_grid.jpg)
Nu Assis
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Nu Assis au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748902_1_grid.jpg)
Nu Assis au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Nu Assis 2, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748899_1_grid.jpg)
Nu Assis 2
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Mon Amour, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748893_1_grid.jpg)
Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Les Héspérides Le Souffle, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748890_1_grid.jpg)
Les Héspérides Le Souffle
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Les Hespérides Eglé, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748878_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides Eglé
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Les Hespérides Eglé Mangeant la Pomme, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748872_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides Eglé Mangeant la Pomme
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Les Hespérides Avant le Drame, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748866_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides Avant le Drame
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Les Ailes, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748863_1_grid.jpg)
Les Ailes
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Le Rêve, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748857_1_grid.jpg)
Le Rêve
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Le Baiser, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748854_1_grid.jpg)
Le Baiser
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, La Danse Macabre, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748845_1_grid.jpg)
La Danse Macabre
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Photography, L'Invocation, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748842_1_grid.jpg)
L'Invocation
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€1,500
![Fine Art Drawings, Two hearts, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006115_1_grid.jpg)
Two hearts
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 16 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch
€680
![Fine Art Drawings, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003004_1_grid.jpg)
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
€580
![Fine Art Drawings, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002995_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002992_1_grid.jpg)
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.1 x 0.1 inch
€680
![Fine Art Drawings, Possibility, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002989_1_grid.jpg)
Possibility
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.3 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
![Fine Art Drawings, Monument, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001459_1_grid.jpg)
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€700
![Painting, Temporary Shelter, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449159_1_grid.jpg)
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Ortonesque, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449120_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Etude pour les arbrorigènes, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661070_1_grid.jpg)
Etude pour les arbrorigènes
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€13,500
![Fine Art Drawings, Etude pour les Arbrorigènes, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1613184_1_grid.jpg)
Etude pour les Arbrorigènes
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.4 inch
€13,500
![Painting, The scent of intimacy, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ANNE, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection 2, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovelovelove, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444219_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Metoo, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Perfec Lie, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dark Swan, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444168_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Resilience, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444150_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nu au Fauteuil, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414326_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Looking Down On You, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054179_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Boudoir, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689223_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Under the Crescent Moon, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sexual Desire, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685302_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ménage à Trois, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685275_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Pleasure, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685266_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685257_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Intimate Circumstance, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685248_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Satisfaction, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685239_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Erotism, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Anne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953366_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surface, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elements & Senses, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451247_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon Light, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden Glow, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350699_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Agonia, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369774_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tout continue, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1264935_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les corps émotifs #1, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217937_1_grid.jpg)
Les corps émotifs #1
Alice Laverty
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Les corps émotifs #2, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217892_1_grid.jpg)
Les corps émotifs #2
Alice Laverty
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Print, Compassion, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109510_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Clandestina, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109501_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Conspiracion, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109486_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La commission, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109471_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Etude pour une allégorie de la justice, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807221_1_grid.jpg)
Etude pour une allégorie de la justice
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 101 x 64 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.8 x 25.2 inch
€30,000
![Painting, Unleash me, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Blue Space, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054185_1_grid.jpg)
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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…