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Holding unto
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 53 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$250
Zigzag Syndrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 59 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Despondent Motherhood
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 4
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Intoxicated Womb
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 3
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 48 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18.9 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 2
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 55 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Corner Love 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 42 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.5 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Kissed by sun
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 57 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Midnight screams
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
Le carnet défendu
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$814
Métamorphoses de l'amour
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$814
Contre mon coeur
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$698 $628
Les couleurs de l'été
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$465
Lucille
Philippe Pasqua
Painting - 250 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 98.4 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
Price upon request
Empress Aïcha
YZ (Yzeult)
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 138 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 54.3 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Calligraphie
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 160 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Composition
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Un monde meilleur
Hom Nguyen
Painting - 240 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 94.5 x 55.1 x 2 inch
Price upon request
The Couples
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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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
Sold
Coupe Walking
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 13.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.1 inch
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Portrait of his Wife
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 43.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 17.1 x 0 inch
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In the Café
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
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Pasolini Si je reviens Testaccio
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
Sold
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
Sold
Salvatore Mundi en col en V
Julien Cuny
Painting - 175 x 127 x 4 cm Painting - 68.9 x 50 x 1.6 inch
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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…