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![Painting, Le coq, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175158_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 5, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014554_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973664_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$808
![Print, Desnos-Nerval 2001, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327653_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Port-au-Prince 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327599_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rise Up, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A magical Landscape, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504794_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Empty Paintings on The Wall, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449162_1_grid.jpg)
Empty Paintings on The Wall
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 144 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 56.7 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,196
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, You lose control, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455879_1_grid.jpg)
You lose control
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,348
![Print, Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar", Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896775_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar"
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$808
![Painting, Autoportrait II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/728700_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait II
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,770
![Print, Derrière la vitre 8, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327611_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passage 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La pêche, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198635_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clairière, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512513_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249506_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
$5,772
![Painting, Middle white mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175850_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Pasolini Scampia, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897015_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 23, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443132_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Man and Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108653_1_grid.jpg)
Man and Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$462
![Painting, Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601230_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,463
![Print, Abierta 10, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543631_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769256_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poule ou coq ?, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1274490_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Architectura 1, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173966_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 3, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A travers, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515342_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frou-frou, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ST8, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Agora, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/184024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P VII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, El patito feo, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/288751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Preparing the pan, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181563_1_grid.jpg)
Preparing the pan
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 25.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Print, Contemplations 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152441_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 2, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040066_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P XI, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279590_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249491_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
$3,463
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1188078_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
$3,463
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074360_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
$5,772
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074357_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
$5,772
![Print, Portrait XII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176614_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait X, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176612_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IX, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176611_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176610_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176609_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait V, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176607_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IV, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176605_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176604_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174979_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rony, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112960_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Radical Party, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579428_1_grid.jpg)
Radical Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch
$900
![Print, Skeleton Study, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192314_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cent cinq, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1933224_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249518_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
$10,389
![Painting, Sans titre, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201553_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La peintre, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Progresio IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/795813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Prat, Zen Mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/620031_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191165_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
$5,772
![Fine Art Drawings, The Kiss, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915258_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684921_1_grid.jpg)
Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,097
![Painting, People and bread, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136728_1_grid.jpg)
People and bread
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$16,738
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1576380_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$1,143
![Painting, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001702_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$693
![Painting, Mon amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176869_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192719_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
$10,389
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vert outremer, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177686_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Masculine Electric Wires I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756785_1_grid.jpg)
Masculine Electric Wires I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$435
![Painting, Madame de, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455819_1_grid.jpg)
Madame de
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,078 $1,932
![Fine Art Drawings, Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915330_1_grid.jpg)
Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 6.4 x 0.1 inch
$635
![Fine Art Drawings, Spettacolo, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725718_1_grid.jpg)
Spettacolo
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 69.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch
$923
![Print, FALLING IN, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666558_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les choses trop grandes, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192243_1_grid.jpg)
Les choses trop grandes
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$17,315
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530039_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$923
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530033_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295370_1_grid.jpg)
Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,385
![Fine Art Drawings, Family Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295367_1_grid.jpg)
Family Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$1,154
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 51, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226202_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 17, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turbulence, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170462_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…