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![Painting, Doomed polychrome 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462578_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462572_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 2, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Analogous 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462557_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bodhisattva mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175841_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mask in pinks and blue, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175838_1_grid.jpg)
Mask in pinks and blue
Marc Prat
Painting - 130 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,348
![Painting, Méditation P 2, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066317_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Regards, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446493_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rusty, Daan Van Doorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1960233_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517040_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 26, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474284_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 14, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449426_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 13, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449408_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 12, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449366_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 11, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449348_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 10, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449333_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 7, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 6, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 9, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449165_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 4, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449147_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 3, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449114_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1411488_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1411449_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1411440_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Theatrical Scene, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355382_1_grid.jpg)
Theatrical Scene
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$577
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350219_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Trois corbeaux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700347_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vanité, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/619263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pyrethia, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solarion, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thalar, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kotobagaki, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Silence, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Combustion 2, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077974_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Combustion, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077971_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - N, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076540_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Study 1, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/206737_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607190_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605891_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Themedo, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo J1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reine, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - Moirans, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Valronèse, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117332_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Toro study, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/959727_1_grid.jpg)
Toro study
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 120 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$900
![Print, Forêt, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700362_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Corbeau 20, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700356_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700344_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700329_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nature, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537391_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chat 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537385_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu me crois ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je pense à toi, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je te vois pas, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537361_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alors, que pense-tu ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537358_1_grid.jpg)
Alors, que pense-tu ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Oui, j'ai peur, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je suis la meilleure, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537352_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis la meilleure
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Eh, je ne suis pas belle ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537346_1_grid.jpg)
Eh, je ne suis pas belle ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Je suis Monsieur Lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537343_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis Monsieur Lapin
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Je ne suis pas content, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537340_1_grid.jpg)
Je ne suis pas content
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Pourquoi tu dis ça ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537337_1_grid.jpg)
Pourquoi tu dis ça ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Eh, tu ne comprends pas ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535622_1_grid.jpg)
Eh, tu ne comprends pas ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Monsieur Lapin II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535619_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Lapin II
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Monsieur lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535616_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miss lapin, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535613_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Euh, comment je peux dire ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535610_1_grid.jpg)
Euh, comment je peux dire ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Monsieur chien 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien III, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535568_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien III
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$462
![Painting, Monsieur Chien II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535550_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien II
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$519
![Painting, Oasis, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26469_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voix de secours, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le temps des brumes, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967454_1_grid.jpg)
Le temps des brumes
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 300 x 250 x 3 cm Painting - 118.1 x 98.4 x 1.2 inch
$36,938
![Painting, Désobéir, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fragments #1, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/493417_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166559_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166556_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166551_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1965192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blood Rain, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910586_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black panther, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bobby Seale, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899915_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Pensive, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560516_1_grid.jpg)
Pensive
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$577
![Painting, Regardons la réalité en face, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528977_1_grid.jpg)
Regardons la réalité en face
Clement Garnung
Painting - 155 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,539
![Painting, Mamadou, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1475520_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Mickaël, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373718_1_grid.jpg)
Mickaël
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$577
![Fine Art Drawings, Le penseur, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341816_1_grid.jpg)
Le penseur
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$577
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…