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![Print, MoonCake, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004094_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008164_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 2, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008155_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe), Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965586_1_grid.jpg)
Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe)
Yoann Merienne
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$923
![Print, Toro II screenprint, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chaman, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183405_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le détour, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123217_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-V, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lapin 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695544_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chine 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539593_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chine 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Ozhiko, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Galdosa, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117056_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701331_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701319_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701313_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701292_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 1, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701253_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elpis Hope (Hand Finished), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192313_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Virgo energy, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158447_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sloth / paresse (seven deadly sins), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483887_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, PRIDE / ORGUEIL (SEVEN DEADLY SINS), Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1126872_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Monument, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996468_1_grid.jpg)
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$289
![Painting, Tu es toujours dans mes pensées, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212165_1_grid.jpg)
Tu es toujours dans mes pensées
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$346
![Painting, Près de mon coeur, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Des étoiles pour toi, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211860_1_grid.jpg)
Des étoiles pour toi
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$346
![Painting, Moon Vénus, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210237_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité (crâne aux paillons), Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177263_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité (crâne aux paillons)
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$28,858
![Painting, The Magic Hidden In The Portraits, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212279_1_grid.jpg)
The Magic Hidden In The Portraits
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,309
![Painting, Ordinature, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191985_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet inabstrait, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191984_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les genêts, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183415_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thamatos, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La route C, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130403_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - R, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076561_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 4, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008167_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802847_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174958_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nazdrave, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174949_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904883_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
![Painting, Vanité aux papillons rouges, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1343466_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons rouges
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 130 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$12,582
![Print, Les Expulsés 3, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77341_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,097
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77338_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,097
![Painting, Marcelo, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hurlement, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delphine I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme en bleu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autoportrait 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703251_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait 4
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,309
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stella, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/547300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bébé de Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539803_1_grid.jpg)
Bébé de Kangourou
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Fille mongole, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537373_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Qui est tu?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2020266_1_grid.jpg)
Qui est tu?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 35 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,039
![Fine Art Drawings, At the Zoo, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295310_1_grid.jpg)
At the Zoo
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$808
![Painting, Christian guerrier, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111799_1_grid.jpg)
Christian guerrier
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
![Painting, Le jeu de cartes acrylique, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111772_1_grid.jpg)
Le jeu de cartes acrylique
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
![Painting, En appéritif, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111706_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LE PONT DE TERENEZ, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26302_1_grid.jpg)
LE PONT DE TERENEZ
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,617
![Fine Art Drawings, Sex Appeal, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202318_1_grid.jpg)
Sex Appeal
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$635
![Print, New School, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202289_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Concert baroque, Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194093_1_grid.jpg)
Concert baroque, Verdi
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.9 inch
$13,852
![Fine Art Drawings, Verlaine, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807227_1_grid.jpg)
Verlaine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch
$18,469
![Fine Art Drawings, Rimbaud, Regards, étude n°16, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807224_1_grid.jpg)
Rimbaud, Regards, étude n°16
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.4 inch
$16,160
![Sculpture, Olivier en bronze, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176357_1_grid.jpg)
Olivier en bronze
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 80 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$28,858
![Painting, Jules & Jim, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553694_1_grid.jpg)
Jules & Jim
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 55 x 38 x 1.8 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
$473
![Painting, Chine mon amour, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553667_1_grid.jpg)
Chine mon amour
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$404
![Painting, That's Him, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moving Spots, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Desperate People, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femmes aux chapeaux, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992603_1_grid.jpg)
Femmes aux chapeaux
Julien Cuny
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch
$2,886
![Painting, Chaman Oiseau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992597_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Expulsés 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barnús groc, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shade mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175844_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203771_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
$16,160
![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ronaldo, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172821_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La beauté de la défaite, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Brother's Room II, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449111_1_grid.jpg)
My Brother's Room II
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,349
![Painting, Selo - D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423362_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…