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![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, 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
$15,119
![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, 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
$2,791 $2,373
![Painting, Je peux jouer avec toi ?, Dam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/636492_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$3,780
![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
$3,198
![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
$3,198
![Print, Lick me, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/448755_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, No More Lies, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1009377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still Life - Kitchen, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765719_1_grid.jpg)
Still Life - Kitchen
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$420
![Fine Art Drawings, Innocence, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978585_1_grid.jpg)
Innocence
Erdna André
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$523
![Painting, Hall Joving (in collaboration with Norman), Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648528_1_grid.jpg)
Hall Joving (in collaboration with Norman)
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,908
![Painting, Atlanta 1984, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Los Angeles 1964, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988985_1_grid.jpg)
Los Angeles 1964
Marie-Ange Daudé
Painting - 140 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,954
![Painting, Iran 1959, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988967_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kiki Smith Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1128036_1_grid.jpg)
Kiki Smith Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,489
![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
$349
![Painting, Green Man Kitchen, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ladies are waiting II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182179_1_grid.jpg)
The ladies are waiting II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 9.5 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 3.7 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$480
![Print, Auto-portrait, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927725_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Face II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927659_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Face I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On the outskirts of manhood, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833600_1_grid.jpg)
On the outskirts of manhood
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch
$500
![Painting, Concerned, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dressed for a wedding, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822941_1_grid.jpg)
Dressed for a wedding
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$312
![Painting, Fingerprint, Krikor Avessian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1143687_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bianca Li Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1128099_1_grid.jpg)
Bianca Li Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,489
![Painting, Simone de Beauvoir Les Plapitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1128033_1_grid.jpg)
Simone de Beauvoir Les Plapitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,489
![Painting, Charlotte Salomon Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1128009_1_grid.jpg)
Charlotte Salomon Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,489
![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
$407
![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
$349
![Painting, Graphite mood, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381425_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Exterior, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996833_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Interior, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996812_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The man next door I, Gerry Nnubia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1989258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The dawn, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822890_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Reflections 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784373_1_grid.jpg)
Reflections 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 56 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 22 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Reflections 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784364_1_grid.jpg)
Reflections 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 52 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.5 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Blaming, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784316_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Conversation in ochre 3, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784283_1_grid.jpg)
Conversation in ochre 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Conversation in ochre 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784220_1_grid.jpg)
Conversation in ochre 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Conversation in ochre 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784214_1_grid.jpg)
Conversation in ochre 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Lost words 9, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784007_1_grid.jpg)
Lost words 9
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Lost words 8, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783989_1_grid.jpg)
Lost words 8
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Lost words 7, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783977_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lost words 6, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783929_1_grid.jpg)
Lost words 6
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Lost words 5, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783902_1_grid.jpg)
Lost words 5
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, Lost words 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783521_1_grid.jpg)
Lost words 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, A conversation with a therapist 10, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783191_1_grid.jpg)
A conversation with a therapist 10
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, A conversation with a therapist 9, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783176_1_grid.jpg)
A conversation with a therapist 9
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Photography, A conversation with a therapist 8, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782285_1_grid.jpg)
A conversation with a therapist 8
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, A dear Farewell, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inside Out, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765713_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 20, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530951_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 19, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530948_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 18, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530945_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 17, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530942_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 16, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530939_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 15, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530936_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 14, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530930_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 13, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530927_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 12, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530864_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 11, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530855_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 10, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519947_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 9, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519935_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 8, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519923_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 7, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519857_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 5, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516908_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 4, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516902_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 3, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516887_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 2, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flower 1, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fly Bar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1131981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frida Khalo Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122129_1_grid.jpg)
Frida Khalo Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,489
![Painting, Colette Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122072_1_grid.jpg)
Colette Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,489
![Painting, Beyonce Knowles Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121898_1_grid.jpg)
Beyonce Knowles Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,489
![Painting, Surreal Horse, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765782_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$1,803
![Painting, Amour sous Notre-Dame, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183343_1_grid.jpg)
Amour sous Notre-Dame
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 22 x 27 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.7 inch
$930
![Painting, Eclats de lune sur des eaux tranquilles, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175406_1_grid.jpg)
Eclats de lune sur des eaux tranquilles
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 56 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 22 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,279
![Painting, La lune pensive, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162472_1_grid.jpg)
La lune pensive
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,745 $1,483
![Painting, Solace in winter's embrace, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160494_1_grid.jpg)
Solace in winter's embrace
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 65 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,047
![Painting, Le chemin des douaniers, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757694_1_grid.jpg)
Le chemin des douaniers
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,047
![Painting, Un homme mystérieux, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193118_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un regard énigmatique sous un voile écarlate, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149664_1_grid.jpg)
Un regard énigmatique sous un voile écarlate
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 11 x 7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.3 inch
$872
![Painting, Whispers in the night: A tale of two in a wagon bar, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136771_1_grid.jpg)
Whispers in the night: A tale of two in a wagon bar
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 27 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch
$872
![Painting, Le soleil sommeille sur les rues de Paris, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686387_1_grid.jpg)
Le soleil sommeille sur les rues de Paris
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$872
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…