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La Lampe à Pétrole
Nicolas Carréga
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 9.3 inch
$287
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
$368
A la bonne vôtre VI
Christophe Blanc
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,332
Sepulchre
Alfred Pichon
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$551
Conversation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$666
Soldiers
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$666
Red Flowers à la fenêtre
Julien Cuny
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,872
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
$689
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
$689
Menacing
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
$666
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
$758
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
$632
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
$689
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
$666
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
$689
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
$666
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
$574
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
$597
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
$574
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
$666
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
$597
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
$574
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
$620
Conversation
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$597
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
$689
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
$643
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
$666
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
$689
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
$574
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
$666
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
$620
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
$689
Untitled
Carlos Mendez
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$638
La Délicate - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$574
Queen of Flowers - Format L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,379
Bright path - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,379
Bright path - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$574
River - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,379
Black Iris - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,379
Black Iris - Size M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$574
La Délicate - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,379
Queen of Flowers - Format M
Clara Diebler
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$574
L’Éclat du Désastre
Ozan Virgule
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,987
Inconnue à cette adresse
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,170
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
$3,217
Plaid Shirt
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$3,676
L'étudiant
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,217
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…