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![Painting, Tête 4, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait A1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petra 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816369_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Im so wild, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581879_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, 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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![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, 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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![Painting, Anonyme - Amazone, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379073_1_grid.jpg)
![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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![Painting, Selo G, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo A1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873870_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cayetana, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61534_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Material Girl, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444129_1_grid.jpg)
![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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![Painting, Selo-S, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894120_1_grid.jpg)
![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, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/797748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo MK, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/772431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lick me, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444222_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, John, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/184459_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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![Sculpture, Cendrier Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/851406_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850092_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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![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595280_1_grid.jpg)
![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, Exubérance, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/966804_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/951585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Philipinne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/315568_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156677_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sentint l'aire, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215506_1_grid.jpg)
Sentint l'aire
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
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![Print, Retrato, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090517_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons bleus, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/142654_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons bleus
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 195 x 40 x 50 cm Sculpture - 76.8 x 15.7 x 19.7 inch
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![Painting, La course, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031106_1_grid.jpg)
![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, 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/1947351_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1925022_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440201_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-K, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/637116_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/508733_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 100 x 71 cm Print - 39.4 x 28 inch
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![Painting, Roxane séduite, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111787_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996459_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 7.9 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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![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/730773_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1289571_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, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906606_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/906600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1486548_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Profil d'homme, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147430_1_grid.jpg)
Profil d'homme
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 6.9 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996480_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996477_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, 5 Contro 1, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996471_1_grid.jpg)
5 Contro 1
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Etude, 2010, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christian, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111790_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La blessure, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trajectoire, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cold, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/626655_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solaire, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/496649_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Endless, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/496643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Queen of Heart, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/496631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait A (bis), Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emportée, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/626643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dreaming, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/404734_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feeling, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/403561_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Onion rings dog, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête K, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête Z, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête H, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1959885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête B5, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo S, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1366542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête F, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1270200_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La dernière chasse, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/437136_1_grid.jpg)
La dernière chasse
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 200 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Forme qui vole , Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/36024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête Z, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait Z, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117673_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Yellow, Daan Van Doorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1922943_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1799799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459158_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo S, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête B1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1263024_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…