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![Painting, A coeur ouvert, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202160_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait of Giorgio Morandi, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578663_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi
Mino Maccari
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,424
![Painting, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449117_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Pensive, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/941190_1_grid.jpg)
Pensive
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$577
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 014, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527900_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 014
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 008, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527891_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 008
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 002, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527888_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 018, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456784_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 018
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 013, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456781_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 013
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 009, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456778_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 009
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 007, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456775_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 007
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 027, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456772_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 027
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 025, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456769_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 025
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 024, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456766_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 024
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 022, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456763_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 022
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 021, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456760_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 021
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 020, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456757_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 020
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 019, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456754_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 019
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 016, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456751_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 016
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 015, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456748_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 015
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 014, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456745_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 014
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 011, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456742_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 011
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 012, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456739_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 012
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 010, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456736_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 010
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 008, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456733_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 008
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 006, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456730_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 006
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 005, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456727_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 005
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 004, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456724_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 004
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 003, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456721_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 003
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 001, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456718_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 001
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 002, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280894_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 028, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280891_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 028
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 026, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280888_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 026
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Photography, Credendo Vides 023, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280885_1_grid.jpg)
Credendo Vides 023
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$923
![Painting, Madone sur velours vert, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189876_1_grid.jpg)
Madone sur velours vert
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$51,944
![Painting, Les siamoises, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738473_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, L'Envol, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967437_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, En suspens, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887211_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Le Combat, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/519620_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait 2, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369936_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La sève, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179229_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton I, II, III, Philippe II, Don (Complete suite), Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174978_1_grid.jpg)
Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton I, II, III, Philippe II, Don (Complete suite)
Antonio Saura
Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$13,852
![Sculpture, Mirant el mar I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948809_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514340_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514334_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325055_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tancament XXVII. Túnica, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262535_1_grid.jpg)
Tancament XXVII. Túnica
Teresa Riba
Sculpture - 49 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,156
![Print, Indulgencias, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109459_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marylin M., Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le déni, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031103_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Bel Essor, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552472_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage au discours fumeux, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37130_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage au discours fumeux
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.4 inch
$1,443
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 240 4204, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420 2, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 290 420 6, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chantal boit seule, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111730_1_grid.jpg)
Chantal boit seule
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$900
![Painting, Khasmin, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/933141_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205314_1_grid.jpg)
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch
$23,086
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205308_1_grid.jpg)
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch
$23,086
![Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196899_1_grid.jpg)
No title
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$16,160
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage avec cartouche, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734990_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage avec cartouche
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.3 inch
$1,362
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage à l'air froissé, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734987_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage à l'air froissé
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,212
![Fine Art Drawings, Monna Lisa, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694223_1_grid.jpg)
Monna Lisa
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$808
![Painting, Coming Home, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forest, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forest, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Temporary Shelter, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449237_1_grid.jpg)
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,232
![Painting, Temporary Shelter, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449213_1_grid.jpg)
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,232
![Painting, Black, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449150_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Against the Light, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449087_1_grid.jpg)
Against the Light
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,463
![Painting, L'inconnu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête Z, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Washing Face, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212270_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The poet with red cheek, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212261_1_grid.jpg)
The poet with red cheek
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,847
![Painting, The Boy, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212219_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Phenomenon, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Portrait, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deep Inside, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138055_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mouflon, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le griffon, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1538373_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La maison rouge, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1287024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Apparition #2, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204884_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 1,2,3,4,5 (Complete suite), Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174925_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage à Dora Maar 1,2,3,4,5 (Complete suite)
Antonio Saura
Print - 65 x 50 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$13,852
![Sculpture, Andy Warhol, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172844_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ronaldo, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172830_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête V, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête Z, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141320_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red (Hommage to Rembrandt), Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017842_1_grid.jpg)
Red (Hommage to Rembrandt)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 2 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.8 inch
$1,962
![Painting, Étude 5, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919055_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Maryse Condé, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329000_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…