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![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mino Maccari, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689523_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prises de guerre, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469070_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Telephone, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766266_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fairy Tales of the Sun, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691161_1_grid.jpg)
Fairy Tales of the Sun
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 48.7 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.2 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296510_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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![Print, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182832_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Autres jeunes filles, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354143_1_grid.jpg)
Autres jeunes filles
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 18.8 x 27 x 1.8 cm Print - 7.4 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172934_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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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571592_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, We Are All The Same / Geisha, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/591219_1_grid.jpg)
We Are All The Same / Geisha
Insane 51
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626777_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626750_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191162_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/1188069_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/1172931_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/1358799_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/1249500_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, Jean Baudrillard, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554669_1_grid.jpg)
Jean Baudrillard
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 29.2 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537370_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537364_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chop Suey de Edward Hopper, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204423_1_grid.jpg)
Chop Suey de Edward Hopper
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 72 x 1.8 cm Painting - 25.6 x 28.3 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562637_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1187961_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, Onion rings eye, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gavroche, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595277_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209366_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 121.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209360_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, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313733_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 22 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108794_1_grid.jpg)
Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.6 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Tamer of Butterflies, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108581_1_grid.jpg)
Tamer of Butterflies
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 13.4 x 0 inch
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![Painting, L'oiseaux 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811848_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Singe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564076_1_grid.jpg)
Singe
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Girafe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbeau 15, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813099_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau 19, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811851_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neshama, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135437_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La foule, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988661_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo B1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298382_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249524_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, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192716_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, Selo M, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-T, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355358_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The girl from Ipanema, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183542_1_grid.jpg)
The girl from Ipanema
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, La Boheme, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455275_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Festival des passeurs d'humanité, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626789_1_grid.jpg)
Festival des passeurs d'humanité
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571616_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 12.2 x 0 inch
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![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313754_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Morandi or Molotoff, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139493_1_grid.jpg)
Morandi or Molotoff
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.5 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Costume, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/995103_1_grid.jpg)
Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/971886_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Visage, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850383_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cendres, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité rouge aux papillons gris, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/531785_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité rouge aux papillons gris
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Anonyme - Amazone, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité bleue, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328744_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Perspectives, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902942_1_grid.jpg)
Perspectives
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.5 x 27.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946722_1_grid.jpg)
Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Screaming Woman, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858762_1_grid.jpg)
Screaming Woman
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.9 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629379_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marat, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612558_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Model, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355340_1_grid.jpg)
Model
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 43 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192683_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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![Print, Heart, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954978_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Onion rings dog, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179055_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Heart, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1308621_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emma, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1245816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/951585_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The X Ray, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002983_1_grid.jpg)
The X Ray
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.7 x 0.1 inch
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![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313742_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Trojan Horse, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296513_1_grid.jpg)
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
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![Painting, Study for Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997314_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Trapezist, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725694_1_grid.jpg)
Trapezist
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 31.8 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12.5 x 0.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Study for a Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632244_1_grid.jpg)
Study for a Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
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![Painting, Im so wild, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757871_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405812_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
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![Painting, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête CB2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait B2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait AV-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946464_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/866736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête M5, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête S3, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/840672_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…