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![Painting, Apart Head, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1133469_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sirocco, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974415_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Libeccio, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887718_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sirocco, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/887712_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le porte drapeau, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847224_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/675420_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 32.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,497
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Woman, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/647115_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Woman
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,497
![Painting, Écorce, portrait I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446577_1_grid.jpg)
Écorce, portrait I
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 200 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$15,889
![Print, Portrait, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369912_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 3, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369900_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 1, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369807_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Encuentros 2, Juan Sebastian Barbera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/369792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le dernier rituel 7, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/338947_1_grid.jpg)
Le dernier rituel 7
Yoann Merienne
Painting - 180 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,619
![Painting, Shoten, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ryushen, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lyral, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138987_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gentle spirit, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963407_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melampyro, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504284_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mira, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paula, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202613_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hannah, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rough Night, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202607_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bill, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lily, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202601_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Larry, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202595_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182069_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182066_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in brown - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Entrecote II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domestic yellows III, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182033_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182032_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182031_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, The red room, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace of mind, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Almost ready, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181616_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Slicing the onion, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181603_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My other self, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796310_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Splashed emotions, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fusion, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A romantic scene, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593855_1_grid.jpg)
A romantic scene
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 62 x 62 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24.4 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,440
![Print, The little hero, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1168599_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Three Horsemen, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139448_1_grid.jpg)
Three Horsemen
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28.8 x 20.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.3 x 8.2 x 0 inch
$545
![Fine Art Drawings, La Paix, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175111_1_grid.jpg)
La Paix
Hom Nguyen
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$14,640
![Painting, Entité, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094279_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964067_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gathering, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 18 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307649_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 9 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307343_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Women, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 6 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240992_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Smoking Man, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1135059_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Man
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.2 x 0 inch
$431
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Man with Collar, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1135056_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Man with Collar
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27.1 x 20.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.7 x 8 x 0 inch
$386
![Painting, The Scarecrow, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1135050_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vanité Gainée De Cuir Tatouée IV, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103601_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité Gainée De Cuir Tatouée IV
Philippe Pasqua
Photography - 120 x 92 cm Photography - 47.2 x 36.2 inch
$11,349
![Painting, You Man, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863103_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027607_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Entité, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027589_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vieillesse, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770766_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fille 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/694539_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pallium, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life II, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590463_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Regards, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446493_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bain de nuage, Ewa Hauton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pyrethia, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solarion, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thalar, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kotobagaki, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reine, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Éteindre, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222938_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Introspection 1, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/991056_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Madone, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925257_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lick me, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448755_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Andy Warhol, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52133_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Marilyn, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/51877_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, No More Lies, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1009377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clear Blue, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451262_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection 2, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovelovelove, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444219_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Metoo, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Perfec Lie, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dark Swan, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444168_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Resilience, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/444150_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surface, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/22445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Calm Blue, Bill Bate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451277_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Intropection 2, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/991059_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Introspection 3, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1009335_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Résilience, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/678921_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Metoo, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448773_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dark swan, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448761_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lovelovelove, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo F, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230705_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…