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Vanité (crâne aux paillons)
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$28,358
Lifebuoy Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$1,044
Giraffe Man
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
$681
Chaperon rouge illustration 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$567
Chaperon rouge illustration 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$567
Chaperon rouge illustration 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$624
Loup 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Corbeau 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 57 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$851
Monsieur Chien 22
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Monsieur Chien 21
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Monsieur chien 11
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$567
Monsieur chien 10
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Mademoiselle Lapin 8
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$567
Monsieur chien 5
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Madamoiselle Lapin 9
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Monsieur Chien 6
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$567
Je t’ai vu 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Je t’ai vu
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$907
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Élégance
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Je suis beau, non?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Je suis tout doux
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Un peu d’amour SVP
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Je gère
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
Où suis-je ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$907
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
Tancament XXVII. Túnica
Teresa Riba
Sculpture - 49 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$4,084
Le Temps Suspendu... 027
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$907
Le Temps Suspendu... 022
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$907
Le Temps Suspendu... 013
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$907
LE PONT DE TERENEZ
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,537
Olivier en bronze
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 80 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$28,358
Otium
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$658
Nude of Woman
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$771
Figures
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$658
Mermaid
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$658
Bats
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$681
Mr. Gioia
Mino Maccari
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$681
Jules & Jim
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 55 x 38 x 1.8 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.7 inch
$465
Chine mon amour
Lou Andréas Salomé Tauss
Painting - 60 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$397
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…