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Dripping femininity
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$636
Before dusk sets in
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,021
Silk road souvenir
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,791
Nudes
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 23 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$551
Reading the Newspaper
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 27.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 10.8 x 0 inch
$437
Breast Print 24
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.8 x 12.3 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 4.8 x 0.2 inch
$250
Breast Print 23
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.2 x 16.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.8 x 6.4 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
Breast Print 21
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
Breast Print 20
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Breast Print 19
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 21 x 19 x 0.4 cm Painting - 8.3 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
Breast Print 17
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.5 x 18 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.5 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
Breast print 16
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.5 x 18.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 6.9 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
$250
Breast print 15
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch
$250 $225
Breast print 14
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 18 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.1 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$250 $225
My stagnant self
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 44 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
$250
Les Clés
Nicolas Carréga
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
$287
Sacred profane dichotomy (diptych)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,170
Femme 1
Roger Decaux
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$4,596
Coppélia
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$402
Confidence
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 46 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$483
The treasure is under the skin
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,664
Rising sun, kingdom of lead
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 91 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$7,468
The silence of animals (framed)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,974
Faces and Places
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 114 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$3,600 $3,240
One second and seventy six milliseconds
Krikor Avessian
Sculpture - 81.7 x 41.5 x 36 cm Sculpture - 32.2 x 16.3 x 14.2 inch
$5,640
Portrait
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$517
Holding unto
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 53 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$250
Zigzag Syndrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 59 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Despondent Motherhood
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 4
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated Womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 48 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18.9 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 55 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 42 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.5 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Kissed by sun
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Midnight screams
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Le carnet défendu
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$804
Métamorphoses de l'amour
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$804
Les couleurs de l'été
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$460
Lucille
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 250 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 98.4 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
Price upon request
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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…