In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.
Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.
British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.
The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.
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Unique Set Of Vintage French Herbarium Displays, Pressed Flowers
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique set of vintage French herbarium / botanical displays. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new double sided glass frame. ...
Archival Paper, Glass, Oak
Vintage Herbarium Botanical Flower Press Mounted In New Custom Framed
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A vintage herbarium / botanical display collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. This botanical specimen is preserved behind glass in a new custom-made frame. The...
Archival Paper
Blue Mountains, New Mexico
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this luminous landscape study, Carl Oscar Borg captures the serene beauty of the New Mexican high desert, likely looking toward Mount Taylor, a sacred peak that rises above the su...
Gouache
$1,495
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Archival Paper
$1,495
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Archival Paper
The Artist Brother Staffan Kronberg Dressed as a Prince, 1911
Located in Stockholm, SE
Executed in 1911, just three years after Margherita Kronberg graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, this early drawing portrays the artist’s younger brother, Staffan, dressed...
Mixed Media, Board, Laid Paper
$1,495
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Archival Paper
$1,495
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Archival Paper
$2,400
Arizona Landscape – Dramatic Skies and Desert Light by Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this expressive gouache study, Carl Oscar Borg captures the dramatic sweep of the Arizona highlands, where storm clouds gather over layered mesas and valleys bathed in shifting li...
Gouache
Inscription Rock, New Mexico – Southwest Light in Gouache by Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Oscar Borg (1879-1947) Swedish/American Inscription Rock, New Mexico gouache on card signed CARL OSCAR BORG. unframed: 12 x 17.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in) framed: 22 x 27 cm (8 5/...
Gouache
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Botanical Flower Press With Custom Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new cust...
Archival Paper
Evening Calm by the Northern River
Located in Stockholm, SE
ink on paper signed OSC. LYCKE unframed 24 x 34 cm (9.4 x 13.4 in) framed 33.5 x 43.5 cm (13.2 x 17.1 in) Provenance: Acquired directly from Katarina Gunnarsson, who inherited the ...
Paper, Pencil
A Rocky Shore at Night, Full Moon
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Fjæstad (Fjaestad) (1868–1948) Sweden A Rocky Shore at Night, Full Moon Signed “G. F.” Authenticated on the reverse by Bo Fjæstad (1903–1991), the artist’s son pencil on pap...
Paper, Pencil
Teal Rustic Flowers Mixed Media Canvas 60W X 40H" IN love with spring 3.
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Teal Rustic Flowers One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed ...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
WOP 2 - 00628
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00623
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00629
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00624
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00621
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$37,000
#5091
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on layered canvas Neo-romantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
WOP 2 - 00620
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00637
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper image size: 7 inches x 12 inches Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminate...
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
WOP 2 - 00655
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.75 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00654
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.75 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00617
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed paper size 22.25 x 30 inches Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illumi...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Five Wall Decoration 'En Grisaille' by Dufour, Paris, France, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Five papiers peints 'En Grisaille' from the psyche´ series manufactured by Dufour, Paris, after designs by Merry-Joseph Blondel and Louis Lafitte. -'Psyche´ returning from hades.' -'...
Handmade Paper
WOP 2 - 00649
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00650
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00648
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00647
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00653
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00625
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Price Upon Request
Gold & Despair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gold & Despair is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece "The Woman In Gold", also known as The Mona Lisa of Austria. Having admired the symbolic art of Klimt since my working days as a fine art restorer at Vienna’s prestigious Conservation Institute (Bundesdenkmalamt) in the 1980’s, I conceived the idea to recreate the jewel of his gilded period with an interpretive lens on the looming darkness of the Holocaust and World War II. As a native of Austria, Salzburg, I have developed an appreciation for Klimt’s art, and Art Nouveau in general. For the last thirty years, I have lived in New York City and worked as a fine art restorer, conservator, and painter as well as in the healing arts. Klimt had executed The Woman in Gold in the span of four years (1903-1907). My own creative process during 2014-2017, reflects my diligent care and thoroughness in rendering the original painting. In 2014, I started with the preparation of the canvas using Klimt’s original size of 54 x 54 inches (167 x 167 cm). For gesso, I used the traditional method of rabbit skin glue and chalk. For the painting, I used oil paints and genuine 23.5 karat gold in various shades, as well as silver leaves, to magnify the brilliant sheen of Klimt’s gold...
Gold Leaf