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![Painting, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P VII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A bout de souffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ordinature, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191985_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet inabstrait, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191984_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Preparing the pan, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181563_1_grid.jpg)
Preparing the pan
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 25.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Vert outremer, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177686_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Virgo energy, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158447_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Officine, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328805_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008164_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 2, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008155_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328802_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217865_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, FALLING IN, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clairière, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chaman, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183405_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femmes aux chapeaux, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992603_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes aux chapeaux
Julien Cuny
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch
$2,821
![Painting, Barnús groc, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P XI, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passage 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919956_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606426_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606282_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cardinal, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514937_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MoonCake, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214067_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Man and Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108653_1_grid.jpg)
Man and Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$451
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1058700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mains III, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/604593_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 10, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543631_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176614_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mithra, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/609705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601230_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,385
![Print, Madone au serpent - Napoli 90, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327632_1_grid.jpg)
Madone au serpent - Napoli 90
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Marc Prat, Zen Mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/620031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 3, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129599_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, El patito feo, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/288751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les genêts, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183415_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162303_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 4, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008167_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704973_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de jeune fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704934_1_grid.jpg)
Etude de jeune fille
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,031
![Painting, A travers, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515342_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sloth / paresse (seven deadly sins), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483887_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, PRIDE / ORGUEIL (SEVEN DEADLY SINS), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1126872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ST8, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919968_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Crâne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846345_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rise up, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730358_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dream, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700802_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 51, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226202_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 17, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaman Oiseau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992597_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Radical Party, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579428_1_grid.jpg)
Radical Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch
$880
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530039_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$903
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530033_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$903
![Print, Contemplations 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152441_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mirant el mar I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948809_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait X, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176612_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IX, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176611_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176610_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176609_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait V, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176607_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IV, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176605_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176604_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174979_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249506_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
$5,641
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77338_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,072
![Painting, Marcelo, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hurlement, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme en bleu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christian guerrier, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111799_1_grid.jpg)
Christian guerrier
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,094
![Fine Art Drawings, The Kiss, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915258_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$903
![Print, Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706728_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 102.5 x 69 cm Print - 40.4 x 27.2 inch
$2,223
![Fine Art Drawings, Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684921_1_grid.jpg)
Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,072
![Painting, People and bread, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136728_1_grid.jpg)
People and bread
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$16,360
![Print, Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973664_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$790
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1576380_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$1,117
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Desnos-Nerval 2001, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327653_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Port-au-Prince 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002365_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001702_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$677
![Painting, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Masculine Electric Wires I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756785_1_grid.jpg)
Masculine Electric Wires I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$435
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…