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![Painting, Passage 2, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919956_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328805_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P XI, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clairière, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512513_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217865_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abierta 10, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La pêche, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198635_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Radical Party, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579428_1_grid.jpg)
Radical Party
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.7 x 3.5 x 0 inch
$900
![Painting, Portrait 3, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129599_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Progresio IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/795813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Prat, Zen Mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/620031_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606426_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de Fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes, Clement Garnung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/601230_1_grid.jpg)
Le Temps Passe, Tu te Questionnes
Clement Garnung
Painting - 110 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 2 inch
$3,463
![Painting, A travers, Olivier de Sagazan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/515342_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1058700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ST8, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919968_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mithra, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/609705_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, El patito feo, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/288751_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Madone au serpent - Napoli 90, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327632_1_grid.jpg)
Madone au serpent - Napoli 90
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,039
![Painting, Human, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152822_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poule ou coq ?, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1274490_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Architectura 1, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173966_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$923
![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
$1,097
![Painting, Frou-frou, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638492_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
$1,143
![Painting, Le marin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172886_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704973_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Etude de jeune fille, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704934_1_grid.jpg)
Etude de jeune fille
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,078
![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
$693
![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
$2,274
![Print, Untitled, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rony, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112960_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 51, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226202_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tagebücher, planche 17, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life I, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/590454_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176614_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176613_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait X, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176612_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IX, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176611_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176610_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176609_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait VI, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait V, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176607_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait IV, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176605_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait XIII, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176604_1_grid.jpg)
![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, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530039_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$923
![Painting, Natural Predators in Captivity, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530033_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$923
![Painting, Barnús groc, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades II, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mirades III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305498_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Skeleton Study, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192314_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Contemplations 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152441_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cent cinq, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1933224_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249506_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
$5,772
![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
$635
![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
$923
![Print, Toro II screenprint, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/379940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau 2, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040066_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
$1,385
![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
$1,154
![Painting, Sans titre, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201553_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mon amour, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212755_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$16,738
![Painting, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The terror of the ghetto, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La peintre, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198643_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162303_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$808
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_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
![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, 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
$2,309
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_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
$289
![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
$17,315
![Print, FALLING IN, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/666558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turbulence, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170462_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
$808
![Painting, Vanité, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176869_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Harshal, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332645_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
$3,463
![Print, MoonCake, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214067_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$3,463
![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
$5,772
![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
$5,772
![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 2, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371144_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Derrière la vitre 8, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327611_1_grid.jpg)
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…