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![Painting, Open Mind, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220646_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma Joconde (Mona Lisa), Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218456_1_grid.jpg)
Ma Joconde (Mona Lisa)
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
$4,920
![Painting, Sea View at Tresaith, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221253_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait 1, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219850_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Skeleton Study, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192314_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A l'encre bleue, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197606_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Retrato imaginario de Goya, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209523_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato imaginario de Goya
Antonio Saura
Print - 61 x 91 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 35.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Print, MOD 23, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196067_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Queen of Flowers - Format L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213786_1_grid.jpg)
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Painting, La route -1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smoke on the Water, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218299_1_grid.jpg)
Smoke on the Water
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 84.5 x 84.5 x 1 cm Painting - 33.3 x 33.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,796 $2,516
![Painting, Les choses trop grandes, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192243_1_grid.jpg)
Les choses trop grandes
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,774
![Painting, Human (1), Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209126_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
$15,655
![Painting, Katsumi, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192362_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
$15,655
![Painting, Blue Skull, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203966_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Playground, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199645_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
$13,419
![Fine Art Drawings, Mirada Frontal IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215509_1_grid.jpg)
Mirada Frontal IV
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 71 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 28 inch
$1,006
![Print, Hidden, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209129_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201998_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 35 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Print, Relinquished, Roger Ballen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lola, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barnús vermell, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thaneor, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breast Print 25, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207418_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Masks, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108761_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Taureau 1, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008143_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Aigua IV, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77344_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,062
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695637_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 4
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Sculpture, Corbeau II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La robe verte, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, We Are All The Same / SAMOURAÏ, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/571095_1_grid.jpg)
We Are All The Same / SAMOURAÏ
Insane 51
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
$16,214
![Fine Art Drawings, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950022_1_grid.jpg)
Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$1,006
![Sculpture, Fer et bois, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515393_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Grande vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/175399_1_grid.jpg)
Grande vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 160 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$31,311
![Painting, Xon Duce Harley Davidson, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207351_1_grid.jpg)
Xon Duce Harley Davidson
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,733
![Painting, Mome Sa Bopp, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102983_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Pape, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surreal face, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Superman, Ponthep Supunsaleekul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ode to Alice Neel, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202634_1_grid.jpg)
Ode to Alice Neel
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,200
![Painting, 111 117, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/410269_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Middle white mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Transmission, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1147716_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Agora, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/184024_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 2, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129590_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sur le fil -1, Magali Berdaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089687_1_grid.jpg)
Sur le fil -1
Magali Berdaguer
Sculpture - 110 x 75 x 3 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
![Painting, You lose control, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455879_1_grid.jpg)
You lose control
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,243
![Sculpture, Marilyn au corsage, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/103408_1_grid.jpg)
Marilyn au corsage
Marin Marcos
Sculpture - 59 x 39 x 2 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
![Painting, Flottement, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/461137_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chemin, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26300_1_grid.jpg)
Le chemin
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 146 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Fine Art Drawings, Sagesse, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770685_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le courage des inconscients, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Minority, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212273_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Empress Louiza, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521822_1_grid.jpg)
Empress Louiza
YZ (Yzeult)
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,006
![Painting, Visage aux grandes oreilles, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/794739_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Run DMC- Back to the source, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949046_1_grid.jpg)
Run DMC- Back to the source
OverSide
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$391
![Print, Fille 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695190_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le chaman taureau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782072_1_grid.jpg)
Le chaman taureau
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$503
![Painting, Ontologs 7, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471767_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Nez, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/135658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chrysès, Piet Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122867_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Destinée, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077977_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Écran noir, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769802_1_grid.jpg)
Écran noir
Marie-Ange Daudé
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,548
![Fine Art Drawings, Essence VIII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1060122_1_grid.jpg)
Essence VIII
Marc Prat
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$447
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992550_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$559
![Print, Zahra, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182129_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$1,677
![Print, Confabulacion, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109450_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Personnage à la houppe, Georges Bru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/37132_1_grid.jpg)
Personnage à la houppe
Georges Bru
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.9 inch
$1,174
![Print, Untitled, Maria Carbonero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135563_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
$1,901
![Painting, Sans titre, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Ghost, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1184181_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Cène II, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973830_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Installation 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583430_1_grid.jpg)
Installation 1
Sarkis Sislian
Sculpture - 60.5 x 60.5 x 17 cm Sculpture - 23.8 x 23.8 x 6.7 inch
$3,480 $3,132
![Painting, Gueule d'ange N°17, Stephane Richard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376634_1_grid.jpg)
Gueule d'ange N°17
Stephane Richard
Painting - 68 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 26.8 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$995
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Simon Goldberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/892524_1_grid.jpg)
Woman
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 5.9 x 0 inch
$335
![Print, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151579_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Invité au repas 15, Roger Decaux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1407777_1_grid.jpg)
Invité au repas 15
Roger Decaux
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$1,006
![Painting, The Fishing, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355343_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Retrato 1, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151513_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato 1
Juan Sebastian Barbera
Fine Art Drawings - 75.9 x 55.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 inch
$1,400
![Print, Joséphine Baker, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328994_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hom, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099280_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Simone Veil, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152908_1_grid.jpg)
Simone Veil
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$14,425
![Painting, Untitled III, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924533_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Butinage, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444831_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…