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![Sculpture, Mirant el mar IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sentiments partagés, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916070_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chambre avec vue, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150518_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Big Bang, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Acrobat, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/732234_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sitting Sensual Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/726054_1_grid.jpg)
Sitting Sensual Woman
Mino Maccari
Painting - 35 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Nude with Dogs, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919341_1_grid.jpg)
Nude with Dogs
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 69 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 27.2 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915354_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 37.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1274754_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 8.5 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074372_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/1249494_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, Etude nu homme, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/152992_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191153_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/1079988_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/1358820_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, L'Aimante, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1324929_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192710_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, ANNE, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133067_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La femme médecine, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1787472_1_grid.jpg)
La femme médecine
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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![Painting, Women from another century, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/257509_1_grid.jpg)
Women from another century
YZ (Yzeult)
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Mona impudique, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1140012_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Credendo Vides 017, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280882_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 017
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Tranzyt, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Medusa, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444177_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/964422_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Welcome, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444162_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude of a Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996465_1_grid.jpg)
Nude of a Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 8.1 x 0 inch
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![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863250_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude pour la Virgilienne, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1157109_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/771648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nu au fauteuil, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850356_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La vague 1, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483832_1_grid.jpg)
La vague 1
Marie Taklanti
Fine Art Drawings - 110 x 73 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 43.3 x 28.7 x 0 inch
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![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997299_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ébène nymphe 2, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/933138_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La ronde, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/715077_1_grid.jpg)
La ronde
Marie Taklanti
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 80 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Etude pour l'avortement, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769196_1_grid.jpg)
Etude pour l'avortement
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Etude pour la Porte de Déméter, Naples, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/587694_1_grid.jpg)
Etude pour la Porte de Déméter, Naples
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 15 inch
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![Painting, Mains I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oublie le monde autour de toi, tu peux te changer en l'infini , Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29849_1_grid.jpg)
Oublie le monde autour de toi, tu peux te changer en l'infini
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Nude, Simon Goldberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/892392_1_grid.jpg)
Nude
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Mirellis, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les rescapés, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/560002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maternité, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031094_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Fuite, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etreinte, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1082343_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dancing, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964064_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nude, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme assise, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699102_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A Perfect Lie, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/678927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast print 11, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le bruit des hommes me rappelle que je ne suis pas seule au monde..., Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29847_1_grid.jpg)
Le bruit des hommes me rappelle que je ne suis pas seule au monde...
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 56 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, J'ai peur tellement , Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29814_1_grid.jpg)
J'ai peur tellement
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 46 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Jugement, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/959937_1_grid.jpg)
Jugement
Laetitia Allal
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Tête rouge, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/959778_1_grid.jpg)
Tête rouge
Laetitia Allal
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856506_1_grid.jpg)
Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Maelstrom, Marie Taklanti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719091_1_grid.jpg)
Maelstrom
Marie Taklanti
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 49 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Sally can't dance, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/548515_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nevermind, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/519746_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Welcome, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448767_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effacement, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757865_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mon corps se souvient que fais-tu?, Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29850_1_grid.jpg)
Mon corps se souvient que fais-tu?
Barbara Lavenda
Painting - 28 x 21 cm Painting - 11 x 8.3 inch
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![Painting, Mouvement de danse 2, Barbara Lavenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/29874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eclat d'innocence, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178585_1_grid.jpg)
Eclat d'innocence
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Glistening adornment, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138454_1_grid.jpg)
Glistening adornment
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Bleu Morpho, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129380_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Francki, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Racines, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423245_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423302_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728114_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683969_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416936_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Croyance, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138542_1_grid.jpg)
Croyance
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch
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![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309548_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Medieval Concert, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202319_1_grid.jpg)
Medieval Concert
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Fine Art Drawings, Sex Appeal, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202318_1_grid.jpg)
Sex Appeal
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$615
![Print, The One and the Many, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Romance, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202307_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cherchez la Femme, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202306_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Children of De Amicis, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202305_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Collectivism, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202302_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Breloque, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202299_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Authorization of the Officers, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202298_1_grid.jpg)
Authorization of the Officers
Mino Maccari
Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$649
![Print, The Eye of Painting, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202297_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Old Style, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202295_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Point of Contact, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Provincial Preacher, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202293_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Leader, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202291_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The terror of the ghetto, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voix de secours, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202229_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…