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![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)
![Sculpture, Ronaldo, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toro'19 VI, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/852504_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)
![Photography, Papillon Mon Amour, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748914_1_grid.jpg)
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,708
![Photography, Les Hespérides L'Insouciance, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748884_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,708
![Photography, Le Souffle de la Légèreté, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748860_1_grid.jpg)
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,708
![Photography, La Jeune Femme au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748851_1_grid.jpg)
La Jeune Femme au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,708
![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
$2,847
![Painting, Chaman Oiseau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992597_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, At the Cafe, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046333_1_grid.jpg)
At the Cafe
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$626
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couple on the Bed, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046330_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple on the Bed
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch
$569
![Fine Art Drawings, Couple at Party, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046327_1_grid.jpg)
Couple at Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.1 inch
$638
![Fine Art Drawings, Portraits, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006127_1_grid.jpg)
Portraits
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 26 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$569
![Fine Art Drawings, Police and Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006121_1_grid.jpg)
Police and Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$569
![Fine Art Drawings, Maggio Fiorentino, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006118_1_grid.jpg)
Maggio Fiorentino
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$797
![Fine Art Drawings, The Talking Cards, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006112_1_grid.jpg)
The Talking Cards
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.9 x 0.1 inch
$672
![Fine Art Drawings, Goodbye Maremma, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006109_1_grid.jpg)
Goodbye Maremma
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$797
![Fine Art Drawings, The Old and Soldier, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006106_1_grid.jpg)
The Old and Soldier
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$569
![Fine Art Drawings, Erotic Scene, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003007_1_grid.jpg)
Erotic Scene
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$660
![Fine Art Drawings, Gardener, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001648_1_grid.jpg)
Gardener
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$683
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001642_1_grid.jpg)
The Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch
$854
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001453_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
$683
![Print, Si Mi La Ré, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/976602_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)
![Fine Art Drawings, Landscape with Figures, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694220_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape with Figures
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$2,277
![Fine Art Drawings, Image of Death, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355352_1_grid.jpg)
Image of Death
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$1,139
![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156688_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Étude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919040_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Égérie, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479783_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu trouves pas elle a grands pieds ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111721_1_grid.jpg)
Tu trouves pas elle a grands pieds ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$877
![Painting, Fleurs III, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jungle premier, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512519_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174924_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174922_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173300_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
$1,207
![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, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stella, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/547300_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![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
$911
![Sculpture, Coupelle de vanités, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176339_1_grid.jpg)
Coupelle de vanités
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 28 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
$28,467
![Print, Abierta 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$12,412
![Painting, Selo 20, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195398_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
$2,391
![Painting, Free, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102962_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection 1, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Madone, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444210_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cyrano si j'étais..., Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111784_1_grid.jpg)
Cyrano si j'étais...
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$877
![Painting, Je boirai bien une bière, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111736_1_grid.jpg)
Je boirai bien une bière
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$888
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Don, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174977_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Philippe II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174976_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton III, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174975_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…