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![Painting, Corbeau 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Singe sérieux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo E, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792486_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fleures, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706926_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Champ de l'herbe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705969_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696066_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695628_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695565_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695556_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$635
![Fine Art Drawings, Loup 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695541_1_grid.jpg)
Loup 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Corbeau 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695535_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbeau 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695193_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Corbeau 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695106_1_grid.jpg)
Corbeau 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$866
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 22, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543472_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 22
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 21, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539818_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 21
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Kangourou II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien 11, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539791_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 11
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Renaud II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur chien 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539755_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 10
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539716_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle Lapin 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539695_1_grid.jpg)
Mademoiselle Lapin 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Monsieur chien 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539692_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur chien 5
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Madamoiselle Lapin 9, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539686_1_grid.jpg)
Madamoiselle Lapin 9
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Oiseaux 9, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chien 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539605_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chien 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$577
![Painting, Sphynx, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rat, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Loup, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539596_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sphynx II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539584_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbea I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux III, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseaux II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535538_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Proustiano, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Liberté mon amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157470_1_grid.jpg)
Liberté mon amour
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,078
![Print, Se Torno...Scampia - Naples., Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137975_1_grid.jpg)
Se Torno...Scampia - Naples.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 75 x 105 cm Print - 29.5 x 41.3 inch
$2,874
![Fine Art Drawings, Je t’ai vu 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021796_1_grid.jpg)
Je t’ai vu 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Je t’ai vu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021793_1_grid.jpg)
Je t’ai vu
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis mignon ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021790_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021787_1_grid.jpg)
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Élégance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021784_1_grid.jpg)
Élégance
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis beau, non?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021778_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis beau, non?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis tout doux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021775_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis tout doux
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Un peu d’amour SVP, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021772_1_grid.jpg)
Un peu d’amour SVP
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Je gère, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021769_1_grid.jpg)
Je gère
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Fine Art Drawings, Où suis-je ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021766_1_grid.jpg)
Où suis-je ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$923
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371129_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Lifebuoy Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1351149_1_grid.jpg)
Lifebuoy Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$1,062
![Painting, Un dernier ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111679_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Giraffe Man, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108641_1_grid.jpg)
Giraffe Man
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
$693
![Fine Art Drawings, Etude d'après Marie Madeleine, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/738486_1_grid.jpg)
Etude d'après Marie Madeleine
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 95.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 37.6 inch
$20,778
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543628_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543625_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Frauen-Portraits mit Hut, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/304906_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rise up, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730358_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dream, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Character, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583412_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nice-Le Cap 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327650_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Katsumi, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192362_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904973_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904865_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vive la France, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757862_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting for the sun, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757826_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le soldat, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085429_1_grid.jpg)
Le soldat
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,224
![Painting, La nuit, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La méfiance, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo 20, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195398_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Otium, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138890_1_grid.jpg)
Otium
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$670
![Painting, Jungle premier, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512519_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Medieval Concert, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202319_1_grid.jpg)
Medieval Concert
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$670
![Print, The One and the Many, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202308_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Romance, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202307_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cherchez la Femme, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202306_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Children of De Amicis, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202305_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Pill, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Collectivism, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202302_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hamlet (Hamlet), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202301_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Apocalypse, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202300_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Breloque, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202299_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Authorization of the Officers, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202298_1_grid.jpg)
Authorization of the Officers
Mino Maccari
Print - 34.5 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.6 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$670
![Print, Moses Saved from the Waters, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202296_1_grid.jpg)
Moses Saved from the Waters
Mino Maccari
Print - 47 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 13.6 x 0 inch
$785
![Print, The Old Style, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202295_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Point of Contact, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Provincial Preacher, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202293_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Leader, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202291_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hearts and Tears, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202290_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Work Problems, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202288_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Last Tango, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202287_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Imagination and Action, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202286_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…