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![Painting, La côte - 3, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beatrice, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon A, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233888_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Doudre 3, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'addition, Nathan Chantob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait de Chamane, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604223_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Saint Denis, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/238567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horse2, Ozan Virgule](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2244604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horse1, Ozan Virgule](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2244553_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Secret Rose - Size L, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2244349_1_grid.jpg)
Secret Rose - Size L
Clara Diebler
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,384
![Print, Mother and Children, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2243710_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Recouvrance, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211090_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tornem-hi V, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/295066_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tornem-hi III, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/295060_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Matador, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173042_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, L'Arlequin, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325007_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Couples, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223088_1_grid.jpg)
The Couples
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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![Print, Ébène, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/553144_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1291863_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, Coupe Walking, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954033_1_grid.jpg)
Coupe Walking
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 22.6 x 13.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209375_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amelinda, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/18242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête L4, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/986238_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon I, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/783780_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Portrait of his Wife, Eugene Berman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950043_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of his Wife
Eugene Berman
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 43.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 17.1 x 0 inch
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![Fine Art Drawings, In the Café, Simon Goldberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/892470_1_grid.jpg)
In the Café
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Selo-J1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/686031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 4, Erdna André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129608_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Derrière la vitre 7, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182831_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/573213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Canicule, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1691733_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grand Crâne, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371768_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tarda al sol V, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/124570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168765_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tarda al sol VI, Teresa Riba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/124576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tête D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278753_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182246_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La Chamane, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325067_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Recouvrance 2006, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182221_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173078_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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![Print, Pasolini Si je reviens Testaccio, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182222_1_grid.jpg)
Pasolini Si je reviens Testaccio
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Print - 60 x 80 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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![Painting, Meditacion P IX, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066314_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/92122_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Prat | Absis VII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999057_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/833604_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La songeuse, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052790_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Col, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/900123_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Presence, Benjamin Carbonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077959_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Visage, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1590762_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salvatore Mundi en col en V, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409109_1_grid.jpg)
Salvatore Mundi en col en V
Julien Cuny
Painting - 175 x 127 x 4 cm Painting - 68.9 x 50 x 1.6 inch
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![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, Un monde meilleur, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sisters, Hom Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1059087_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Harmony, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178967_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025583_1_grid.jpg)
![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)
![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, 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)
![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, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/199702_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/160654_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/199693_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rimbaud, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/143239_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A bout de souffle, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192001_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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![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/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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![Fine Art Drawings, La Poétesse, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173375_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Giuseppe Verdi, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156677_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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![Print, Cendres, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/552475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562637_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/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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![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, Virgo energy, Insane 51](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158447_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, Mino Maccari, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/689523_1_grid.jpg)
![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)
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…