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![Painting, A blue wave, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1768785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Masculine Electric Wires II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756788_1_grid.jpg)
Masculine Electric Wires II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$385
![Painting, Feminine Electric Wires, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756779_1_grid.jpg)
Feminine Electric Wires
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$435
![Print, Breast Print 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456983_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 24 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307715_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 23 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 22 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 20 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307691_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 19 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 17 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 15 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 12 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307532_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 11 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 10 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe 8 - Nipple Print, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1241091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled X, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Secular Bird, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212309_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 2-8-20, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125285_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1-7-20, Montse Valdés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Joey Starr, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1017825_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cote-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/686151_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-TZ, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/686013_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-G, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/685989_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-O.T, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La route-B5, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636816_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Messi, Florian Nicolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600608_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dripping mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175847_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Oublié, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770811_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Dignité, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mama, I'm coming home, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/682467_1_grid.jpg)
Mama, I'm coming home
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,313
![Painting, Broken circles, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/642015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seven days running over the fields (diptych), Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629718_1_grid.jpg)
Seven days running over the fields (diptych)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,334
![Painting, Ritual, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623220_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La voix des pinceaux, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2041125_1_grid.jpg)
La voix des pinceaux
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 140 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$14,754
![Photography, Autoportrait 5, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614471_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le rouge et le noir, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422651_1_grid.jpg)
Le rouge et le noir
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 96 x 96 x 5 cm Painting - 37.8 x 37.8 x 2 inch
$3,972
![Painting, Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 11, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202592_1_grid.jpg)
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 11
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 2 inch
$4,000
![Painting, Cluster 18, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202589_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Toro I screenprint 2018, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, An elegant breakfast, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181455_1_grid.jpg)
An elegant breakfast
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 110 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,200
![Painting, Desperate Wedding, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212252_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Skelton, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Conjoined People, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212243_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Addiction, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212228_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sisyphus, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212204_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197231_1_grid.jpg)
Reproduction of “Singing Boy with Flute” by Frans Hals
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 55 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 inch
$2,460
![Painting, Fragments #9, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601197_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Demain tu verras ! #2, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601140_1_grid.jpg)
Demain tu verras ! #2
Clement Garnung
Painting - 150 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$4,313
![Fine Art Drawings, This is the end, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1624704_1_grid.jpg)
This is the end
Marie-Ange Daudé
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,661
![Painting, Ontologs 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 2, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462584_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ontologs 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Under the blue sky alone I celebrate, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/832452_1_grid.jpg)
Under the blue sky alone I celebrate
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,831
![Painting, Breakfast forever, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/799041_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Absis, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The decision, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329603_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marianne, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Live on the dock, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/663117_1_grid.jpg)
Live on the dock
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 195 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,285
![Painting, Lady Blue, Roman Gulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931934_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Head of Man, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355397_1_grid.jpg)
Head of Man
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$340
![Painting, Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 3, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202583_1_grid.jpg)
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 3
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,200
![Painting, Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 1, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202508_1_grid.jpg)
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 1
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,200
![Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629373_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans faire semblant, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788612_1_grid.jpg)
Sans faire semblant
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,313
![Painting, Ligne de vie, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1243425_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Silent distance, Melinda Matyas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/810213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I am Woman, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202652_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Resolute, I see, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202649_1_grid.jpg)
Resolute, I see
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Flowers in my hair, Randi Matushevitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1202646_1_grid.jpg)
Flowers in my hair
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 111.8 x 83.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 44 x 33 x 2 inch
$6,000
![Painting, Tête et fleurs, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/800091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’homme au petit bonnet, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/794751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crier, Laetitia Allal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nocturne bleue, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1253427_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rapsodie in Blue, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110501_1_grid.jpg)
Rapsodie in Blue
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,724
![Painting, Provoquer la mémoire, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172325_1_grid.jpg)
Provoquer la mémoire
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$17,024
![Painting, Safe the Zec, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166149_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En attendant demain, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098920_1_grid.jpg)
En attendant demain
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$19,293
![Painting, Toujours devant, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006571_1_grid.jpg)
Toujours devant
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$14,754
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901520_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$397
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Albert Fernand-Renault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901454_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Albert Fernand-Renault
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$340
![Print, Femme 25, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474278_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 24, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451535_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 22, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451520_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 20, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451514_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 17, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451499_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Femme 15, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moine 2, Nicolas Favre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/853689_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moine 3, Nicolas Favre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846438_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mireia, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192737_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Micheal Jordan - Portrait, OverSide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949178_1_grid.jpg)
Micheal Jordan - Portrait
OverSide
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$397
![Painting, L'étang des cieux 3, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1393995_1_grid.jpg)
L'étang des cieux 3
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,688
![Painting, L'étang des cieux 1, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1393983_1_grid.jpg)
L'étang des cieux 1
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 100 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,121
![Painting, La Sainte Chapelle, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1393980_1_grid.jpg)
La Sainte Chapelle
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,121
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…