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Sepulchre
Alfred Pichon
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
€480
Rendez-vous
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 35 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€320
A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Meeting
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 19 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€600
Appearance
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 12 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.1 inch
€600
Figure
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 24 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€660
Jumping
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
€550
Couple
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
€600
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€580
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€600
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 25 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€580
Portraits
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 11 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.1 inch
€500
Figure
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€520
Conversation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€500
Figure
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€580
Rider
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 19 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€520
Train
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 25 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€500
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 16 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch
€540
Conversation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€520
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€600
Portrait
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€560
Soldier
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
€580
Painter
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€600
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 11 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 4.3 x 0.1 inch
€500
Figure
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 27.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
€580
Rough Conversation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
€540
Red Flowers à la fenêtre
Julien Cuny
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Bright path - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Bright path - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
River - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Black Iris - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Black Iris - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
Conflict
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€400
The Vortex
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 51 x 70 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.1 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€600
La dame de l'étole
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 49 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
€2,800
Plaid Shirt
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch
€3,200
Young Until Death
Nathan Chantob
Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
€14,000
Untitled
Carlos Mendez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch
€555
La Délicate - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€500
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,200
Black Iris - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€150
Bright path - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
€100
Black Iris - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0 inch
€100
La Délicate - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Queen of Flowers - Format M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€500
Bright path - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€150
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Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 11.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 4.5 x 0 inch
€650
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…