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Le soldat
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,060
Coupelle de vanités
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 28 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
€25,000
Vanité aux papillons rouges
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 130 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€10,900
Le Temps Suspendu... 027
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 022
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 014
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 013
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 010
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 008
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Le Temps Suspendu... 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 018
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 013
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 009
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 007
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 027
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 025
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 024
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 022
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 021
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 020
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 019
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 016
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 015
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 014
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 011
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 012
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 010
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 008
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 006
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 005
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 004
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 003
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 001
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 028
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 026
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Credendo Vides 023
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
Liberté mon amour
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
At the Cafe
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
€550
The Couple on the Bed
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch
€500
Couple at Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.1 inch
€560
Portraits
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 26 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
€500
Police and Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€500
Maggio Fiorentino
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Talking Cards
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.9 x 0.1 inch
€590
Goodbye Maremma
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Old and Soldier
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€500
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€580
Gardener
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€600
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch
€750
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
€600
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Against the Light
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Trojan Horse
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch
€480
Le petit Tibétain
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
€890
The poet with red cheek
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,600
Chantal boit seule
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€780
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…