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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276214_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Presence, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077959_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/199702_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682172_1_grid.jpg)
Sans Titre
Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/160654_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Yakuza, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La songeuse, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052790_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/199693_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/143239_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, L'endormie, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325052_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Flamenco, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325049_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 21, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MOD 23, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122401_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trafic, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1557438_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sisters, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1059087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A cada costat, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/268600_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A l'altre costat II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/268591_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The smart Sacha -Dripping portrait, Laurent Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315434_1_grid.jpg)
The smart Sacha -Dripping portrait
Laurent Godard
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Beauté d'ébène, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1177188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bijoux, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prises de guerre, Nicolas Monjo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469070_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073907_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182832_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Autres jeunes filles, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354143_1_grid.jpg)
Autres jeunes filles
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 18.8 x 27 x 1.8 cm Print - 7.4 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172934_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mino Maccari, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689523_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Telephone, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766266_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Fairy Tales of the Sun, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691161_1_grid.jpg)
Fairy Tales of the Sun
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 48.7 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.2 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296510_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Gabriele D'Annunzio
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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![Painting, We Are All The Same / Geisha, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/591219_1_grid.jpg)
We Are All The Same / Geisha
Insane 51
Painting - 135 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
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![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626777_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626750_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191162_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1188069_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172931_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1358799_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249500_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Mademoiselle 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537370_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 5, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537364_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cyrano et le doute, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111802_1_grid.jpg)
Cyrano et le doute
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les Gascons I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111796_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'intrigue, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cyrano II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111778_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les gascons en admiration acrylique, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111769_1_grid.jpg)
Les gascons en admiration acrylique
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Les gascons unisson, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111766_1_grid.jpg)
Les gascons unisson
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Cyrano I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je l'avais vu plus grand, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111703_1_grid.jpg)
Je l'avais vu plus grand
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 115 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 0.8 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sentint l'aire, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215506_1_grid.jpg)
Sentint l'aire
Teresa Riba
Fine Art Drawings - 130 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.2 x 39.4 inch
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![Painting, Chop Suey de Edward Hopper, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204423_1_grid.jpg)
Chop Suey de Edward Hopper
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 72 x 1.8 cm Painting - 25.6 x 28.3 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Onion rings eye, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gavroche, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562637_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1187961_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, L'oiseaux 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811848_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Singe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564076_1_grid.jpg)
Singe
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Girafe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1595277_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209366_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 121.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209360_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Corbeau 15, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813099_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau 19, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811851_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je peux faire un truc ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111718_1_grid.jpg)
Je peux faire un truc ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, La foule, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988661_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo B1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298382_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249524_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192716_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, The girl from Ipanema, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183542_1_grid.jpg)
The girl from Ipanema
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, La Boheme, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neshama, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135437_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo M, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-T, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455275_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Festival des passeurs d'humanité, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626789_1_grid.jpg)
Festival des passeurs d'humanité
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Jean Baudrillard, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554669_1_grid.jpg)
Jean Baudrillard
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 29.2 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Costume, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/995103_1_grid.jpg)
Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
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![Print, Cendres, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité rouge aux papillons gris, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/531785_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité rouge aux papillons gris
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Anonyme - Amazone, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vanité bleue, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328744_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Scenography, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946722_1_grid.jpg)
Scenography
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, Screaming Woman, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/858762_1_grid.jpg)
Screaming Woman
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.9 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Visage, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850383_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629379_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marat, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612558_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…