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![Painting, Entrecote I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181490_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
$5,672
![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
$907
![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)
![Print, Contemplations 8, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152441_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
$1,361
![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
$1,134
![Painting, Femme en bleu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703761_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elsa, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162303_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
$16,448
![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, Libre amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458864_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)
![Painting, Les chamans, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Centaure, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541391_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
![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
$2,269
![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
![Print, Abierta 9, Antonio Saura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927776_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
![Painting, Lapin 10, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695544_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
![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
$17,015
![Print, Derrière la vitre 8, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327611_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Selo D, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193075_1_grid.jpg)
![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)
![Sculpture, Harshal, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1332645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turbulence, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Souvenirs 1, Ivan Tzonev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174958_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
$3,403
![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
$3,403
![Painting, Shade mask, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175844_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$5,672
![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
$5,672
![Print, Pasolini Scampia, Ernest Pignon-Ernest](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/897015_1_grid.jpg)
![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)
![Fine Art Drawings, At the Zoo, Mino Maccari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1295310_1_grid.jpg)
At the Zoo
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$794
![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)
![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
$907
![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
$6,239
![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, Les bleus à l'âme 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/77338_1_grid.jpg)
Les bleus à l'âme 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,078
![Painting, Marcelo, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hurlement, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711672_1_grid.jpg)
![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
$2,269
![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)
![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)
![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
![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
$10,209
![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
$1,100
![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
$1,100
![Painting, En appéritif, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111706_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tiger Skin Jasper, Lisbeth Buonanno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le détour, Jean-Baptiste Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123217_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Galdosa, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vert outremer (1), Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity 6, Sarkis Sislian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583412_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Liberté, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325061_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
$5,672
![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)
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…