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![Print, Portrait II, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176603_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait I, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174979_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christian guerrier, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111799_1_grid.jpg)
Christian guerrier
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 90 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,101
![Fine Art Drawings, The Kiss, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915258_1_grid.jpg)
The Kiss
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$908
![Print, Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706728_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini - Dans l'infamie des temps
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 102.5 x 69 cm Print - 40.4 x 27.2 inch
$2,236
![Fine Art Drawings, Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi), Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684921_1_grid.jpg)
Angels and Demons (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi)
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,078
![Painting, People and bread, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136728_1_grid.jpg)
People and bread
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$16,456
![Print, Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973664_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003 Parcours Maurice Audin - El Biar
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$794
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1576380_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$1,124
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Desnos-Nerval 2001, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327653_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Port-au-Prince 2, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002365_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figures, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001702_1_grid.jpg)
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 16.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
$681
![Painting, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Masculine Electric Wires I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1756785_1_grid.jpg)
Masculine Electric Wires I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$435
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695628_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$567
![Painting, Lapin 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695544_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rat, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Chine 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539593_1_grid.jpg)
Monsieur Chine 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis mignon ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021790_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$908
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Magic Hidden In The Portraits, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212279_1_grid.jpg)
The Magic Hidden In The Portraits
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
$2,270
![Painting, Un dernier ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111679_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar", Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896775_1_grid.jpg)
Alger 2003, Parcours Maurice Audin "El Biar"
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$794
![Fine Art Drawings, Couple, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/915330_1_grid.jpg)
Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 16.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 6.4 x 0.1 inch
$624
![Fine Art Drawings, Spettacolo, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725718_1_grid.jpg)
Spettacolo
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 69.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch
$908
![Painting, Les choses trop grandes, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192243_1_grid.jpg)
Les choses trop grandes
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$17,024
![Sculpture, Mirant el mar I, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948809_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les siamoises, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738473_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Derrière la vitre 8, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327611_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295370_1_grid.jpg)
Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,362
![Fine Art Drawings, Family Consultation, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295367_1_grid.jpg)
Family Consultation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$1,135
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174958_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nazdrave, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174949_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769256_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249491_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
$3,405
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1188078_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
$3,405
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074360_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
$5,675
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1074357_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
$5,675
![Print, Pasolini Scampia, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897015_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les bleus à l'âme 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77341_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,078
![Painting, Delphine I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autoportrait 4, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703251_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait 4
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,270
![Painting, Portrait 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bébé de Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539803_1_grid.jpg)
Bébé de Kangourou
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
![Painting, Fille mongole, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mademoiselle 8, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537373_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Toro II screenprint, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379940_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Qui est tu?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2020266_1_grid.jpg)
Qui est tu?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 35 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,021
![Painting, Portrait 2, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, That's Him, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moving Spots, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Desperate People, Ya-Wei Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shade mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175844_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le jeu de cartes acrylique, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111772_1_grid.jpg)
Le jeu de cartes acrylique
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,101
![Painting, En appéritif, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111706_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe), Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965586_1_grid.jpg)
Le Porte Drapeau (Estampe)
Yoann Merienne
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$908
![Painting, Mon amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tu es toujours dans mes pensées, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212165_1_grid.jpg)
Tu es toujours dans mes pensées
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$340
![Painting, Près de mon coeur, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Des étoiles pour toi, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211860_1_grid.jpg)
Des étoiles pour toi
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$340
![Painting, Moon Vénus, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tiger Skin Jasper, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Brother's Room II, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449111_1_grid.jpg)
My Brother's Room II
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,242
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249518_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
$10,214
![Painting, Vert outremer (1), Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le détour, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123217_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Liberté, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325061_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Monument, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/996468_1_grid.jpg)
Monument
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$284
![Print, Kafka 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 7, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701331_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 6, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701319_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 5, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701313_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 4, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 3, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 2, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701292_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kafka 1, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/701253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583412_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191165_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
$5,675
![Painting, Les oiseaux II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813108_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau 20, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813087_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corbeau 18, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Singe sérieux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/811833_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fleures, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/706926_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Champ de l'herbe, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705969_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696066_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695565_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$567
![Fine Art Drawings, Chaperon rouge illustration 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695556_1_grid.jpg)
Chaperon rouge illustration 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$624
![Fine Art Drawings, Loup 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695541_1_grid.jpg)
Loup 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
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…