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![Print, Extase, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704955_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/276214_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mod 24, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196066_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MOD 21, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159162_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Active forest, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141487_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, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme aux chapeaux et au canari, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076351_1_grid.jpg)
Femme aux chapeaux et au canari
Julien Cuny
Painting - 188 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 74 x 47.2 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Portait de Pinnochio, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172991_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bijoux, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921887_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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![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)
![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, 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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![Painting, A bout de souffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192001_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328799_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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![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955533_1_grid.jpg)
![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, La Poétesse, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173375_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cendres, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156677_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562637_1_grid.jpg)
![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, 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, Mino Maccari, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689523_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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Yakuza, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325046_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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![Painting, Horizon-Bezdenitsa - 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neshama, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135437_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le chaman, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325064_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)
![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, Anonyme - Amazone, YZ (Yzeult)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379073_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, Vanité bleue, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/328744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, 2010, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beauté d'ébène, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1177188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/629379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 3, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040069_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, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192683_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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![Painting, L'oiseaux 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811848_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marat, Pei-Ming Yan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612558_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)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325091_1_grid.jpg)
![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, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête CB2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait B2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961470_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Heart, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954978_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait AV-1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/946464_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/866736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête M5, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/856011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête S3, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/840672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête 4, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/832410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/806073_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête 4, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792141_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Heart, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1308621_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait A1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petra 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816369_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Im so wild, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1757871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581879_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité aux papillons, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405812_1_grid.jpg)
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 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…