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![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174974_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$3,188
![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
$3,188
![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
$3,416
![Painting, Selo S, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo R, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792501_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802847_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le petit Tibétain, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281090_1_grid.jpg)
Le petit Tibétain
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$1,013
![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
$1,822
![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, Silence-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme assise - B.N., Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait M.R, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/337012_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'attente, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/337009_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$15,941
![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
$797
![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
$13,664
![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
$18,219
![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
$15,941
![Painting, 171 218, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785372_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 171 218 2, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1785351_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Mur, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Extase, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405782_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mira, buste, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330467_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Essence IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060116_1_grid.jpg)
Essence IX
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$285
![Sculpture, Libeccio, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1045344_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A coeur ouvert, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202160_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carmen, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Étude 5, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919055_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
$888
![Print, Jardin des nations-Carla, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897054_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin des nations-Carla
Antonio Saura
Print - 74.8 x 55.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.4 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,366
![Painting, Fleurs II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648099_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hommage à Dora Maar 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête G, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fragmented Femininity, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1789260_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmented Femininity
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 100 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$700
![Painting, Reflections of a breast, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768800_1_grid.jpg)
Reflections of a breast
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 92 x 127 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 50 x 0.4 inch
$636
![Painting, Architectural scene, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758300_1_grid.jpg)
Architectural scene
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,680
![Painting, Experiment 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 2, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1520706_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experiment 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1520676_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Veil 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'inconnu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111793_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Expulsés 3, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999501_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
$569
![Painting, Jour d'hiver, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684699_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-S.V, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vert outremer (1), Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177690_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Liberté, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le déni, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031103_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Reader, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996462_1_grid.jpg)
The Reader
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$387
![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, The Playground, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199645_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
$13,664
![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
$2,835
![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, Forest, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Brother's Room, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449201_1_grid.jpg)
My Brother's Room
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,263
![Painting, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449138_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monstera, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449105_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Indulgencias, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109459_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
$1,423
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Visage Irina Gros Plan, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919121_1_grid.jpg)
Visage Irina Gros Plan
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 210 x 160 x 10 cm Painting - 82.7 x 63 x 3.9 inch
$68,890
![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
$1,344
![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
$1,196
![Print, Les Expulsés 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marylin M., Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Khasmin, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/933141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovefall, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766502_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 275 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 108.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766478_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 270 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 106.3 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A contemplating Soldier, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766445_1_grid.jpg)
A contemplating Soldier
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 292 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 115 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man – Uncle III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766418_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man – Uncle III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
![Painting, A strong man - Dad, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766406_1_grid.jpg)
A strong man - Dad
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 280 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 110.2 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,020
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…