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![Painting, Selo - R, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076561_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo F, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My red milk II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1585377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My red milk I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1585365_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Harshal, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332645_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barrel II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barrel I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197222_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Character, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 8, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583424_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 7, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583418_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 5, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583403_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583391_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 3, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583385_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 2, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 1, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Veil 4, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turbulence, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LE PONT DE TERENEZ, Véronique Bourgeois-Noury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26302_1_grid.jpg)
LE PONT DE TERENEZ
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,473
![Sculpture, Olivier en bronze, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176357_1_grid.jpg)
Olivier en bronze
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 80 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$27,956
![Print, L'année du tigre, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996266_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cyrano si j'étais..., Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111784_1_grid.jpg)
Cyrano si j'étais...
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$861
![Painting, Je boirai bien une bière, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111736_1_grid.jpg)
Je boirai bien une bière
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$872
![Fine Art Drawings, Costume, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/945690_1_grid.jpg)
Costume
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.6 x 0 inch
$671
![Print, La beauté de la défaite, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jules & Jim, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553694_1_grid.jpg)
Jules & Jim
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 55 x 38 x 1.8 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
$458
![Painting, Chine mon amour, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553667_1_grid.jpg)
Chine mon amour
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$391
![Fine Art Drawings, Model, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355340_1_grid.jpg)
Model
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 43 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$1,789
![Sculpture, Mouflon, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le griffon, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1538373_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Lifebuoy Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1351149_1_grid.jpg)
Lifebuoy Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$1,029
![Fine Art Drawings, Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108794_1_grid.jpg)
Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.6 x 0 inch
$839
![Fine Art Drawings, Giraffe Man, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108641_1_grid.jpg)
Giraffe Man
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
$671
![Painting, Free, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102962_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004094_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543625_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Frauen-Portraits mit Hut, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/304906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ozhiko, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Galdosa, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-L, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/80056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792486_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertical yellow, Carlos Mendez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo - D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo-V, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toro'19 VI, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/852504_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Don, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174977_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une chair d'ombre, Melanchton II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174974_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ronaldo, Marin Marcos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu trouves pas elle a grands pieds ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111721_1_grid.jpg)
Tu trouves pas elle a grands pieds ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$861
![Print, Si Mi La Ré, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/976602_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of Woman, François Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920808_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of Woman
François Chapuis
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,789
![Fine Art Drawings, Trapezist, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725694_1_grid.jpg)
Trapezist
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 31.8 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 12.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,230
![Fine Art Drawings, Landscape with Figures, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694220_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape with Figures
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$2,236
![Fine Art Drawings, Image of Death, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1355352_1_grid.jpg)
Image of Death
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Painting, L'inconnu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111793_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Papillon Mon Amour, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748914_1_grid.jpg)
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Les Hespérides L'Insouciance, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748884_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Le Souffle de la Légèreté, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748860_1_grid.jpg)
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,677
![Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904973_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904865_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313754_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, At the Zoo, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295310_1_grid.jpg)
At the Zoo
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$783
![Fine Art Drawings, Morandi or Molotoff, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1139493_1_grid.jpg)
Morandi or Molotoff
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.5 x 0 inch
$783
![Fine Art Drawings, Otium, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1138890_1_grid.jpg)
Otium
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$649
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/971886_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$537
![Sculpture, Buffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008161_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude of Woman, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002980_1_grid.jpg)
Nude of Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$760
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001705_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$649
![Fine Art Drawings, Mermaid, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001672_1_grid.jpg)
Mermaid
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$649
![Fine Art Drawings, Bats, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001645_1_grid.jpg)
Bats
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Fine Art Drawings, Mr. Gioia, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001456_1_grid.jpg)
Mr. Gioia
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Painting, Vive la France, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757862_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting for the sun, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757826_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jungle premier, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512519_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le soldat, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085429_1_grid.jpg)
Le soldat
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,185
![Painting, La nuit, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La méfiance, Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Égérie, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479783_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jour d'hiver, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684699_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Coupelle de vanités, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176339_1_grid.jpg)
Coupelle de vanités
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 28 x 45 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11 x 17.7 x 13.8 inch
$27,956
![Painting, Vanité aux papillons rouges, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1343466_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons rouges
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 130 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$12,189
![Painting, Selo 20, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195398_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 027, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527906_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 027
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 022, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527903_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 022
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 014, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527900_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 014
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 013, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527897_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 013
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 010, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527894_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 010
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 008, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527891_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 008
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, Le Temps Suspendu... 002, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527888_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Suspendu... 002
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$895
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…