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![Photography, Fetus 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790178_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Kissed by sun, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785444_1_grid.jpg)
Kissed by sun
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Not yet, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785405_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Midnight screams, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785378_1_grid.jpg)
Midnight screams
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Sleeping man, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765878_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Sereine élégance, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152191_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le carnet défendu, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904406_1_grid.jpg)
Le carnet défendu
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$794
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Métamorphoses de l'amour
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$794
![Painting, Gourmandise, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1140963_1_grid.jpg)
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Les couleurs de l'été
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$454
![Painting, Lucille, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210418_1_grid.jpg)
Lucille
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 250 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 98.4 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Calligraphie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206592_1_grid.jpg)
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Madone sur velours vert, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189876_1_grid.jpg)
Madone sur velours vert
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Fine Art Drawings, Empress Aïcha, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521861_1_grid.jpg)
Empress Aïcha
YZ (Yzeult)
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 138 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 54.3 x 2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152816_1_grid.jpg)
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Composition
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095629_1_grid.jpg)
Un monde meilleur
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 240 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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The Couples
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Coupe Walking
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 13.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1291863_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, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209375_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of his Wife, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950043_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of his Wife
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 43.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 17.1 x 0 inch
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![Print, Ébène, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/553144_1_grid.jpg)
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In the Café
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
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Femme aux chapeaux et au canari
Julien Cuny
Painting - 188 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 74 x 47.2 x 1 inch
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Salvatore Mundi en col en V
Julien Cuny
Painting - 175 x 127 x 4 cm Painting - 68.9 x 50 x 1.6 inch
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Pasolini Si je reviens Testaccio
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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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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Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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The smart Sacha -Dripping portrait
Laurent Godard
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
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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…