Romantic Portrait Paintings
ROMANTIC STYLE
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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Style: Romantic
Western n°9_Swan Scalabre, Figurative_Portrait_Donkey_Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°9"
Oil on Wood
11.25 x 15 Inches, Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
Category
1960s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Gemeentehuis Breukelen, The Dutch House, Brooklyn, Breukelen
Located in Cotignac, FR
Dutch Watercolour classical building portrait by Tineke Goedhart. The painting is signed and dated bottom left and resigned, dated and located on t...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Ballet dancer
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful drawing by Jean-Baptiste Valadie, hand-signed, museum frame
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Drypoint, Lithograph
Western n°7_Swan Scalabre, Figurative_Portrait_Horse_Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°7"
Oil on Wood
11.25 x 15 Inches, Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Portrait of Marie Louise"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist (19th Century)
"Portrait of Marie Louise"
This exquisite 19th-century miniature portrait depicts a refined young woman, identified as Marie Louise, dressed in a...
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Petite Marchande de Banane - Orientalist, North African Girl Selling Bananas
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Orientalist painting - The Framed size: 47 inches x 34.5 inches. Magnificent ornate Frame
The paint surface looks like the style of William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Gallery Label with inventory number: Size on label is in centimeters, which indicates
the painting came from a United Kingdom art gallery.
Subsequently, Robert Funk Fine Art...
Category
1880s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque Romantic Pastel Portrait of a Spanish Beauty, Conchita de Cadiz
Located in Cotignac, FR
Romantic French pastel portrait of a Spanish beauty by Louis Fortuney. The work is signed bottom right, titled to the back board and presented in a fine...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Head Study
Located in London, GB
Joseph-Auguste Rousselin
French 1841 - 1916
Head Study
Oil on board, signed with initials and signed verso
Image size: 12 x 11 inches
This head study provides an unbelievably moving portrait of an androgynous sitter. Employing incredible technique, the artist has achieved the highly finished porcelain skin, thoughtful eyes and pink lips of the sitter with incredible softness.
The unfinished quality of the background make the composition of the work particularly satisfying to the modern eye. Loosely sketched dashes and brushy swoops outline the model's head. The mix of finished and more expressive elements reveals the artist's brilliant eye, technique and personality.
Artistically, Rousselin does not seem to be influenced by the friendships that he forged with the Impressionists but rather he has remained rather faithful to the academic technique of William Bouguereau, whose studio he also used to frequent.
This study is certainly comparable to the work by Bouguereau, specifically his graceful portraits of women. Bouguereau championed the traditional academic style and his methods were taught to him by a pupil of Ingres. Similar academic inspiration is apparent in this work, from the conscious posing of the subject to the evenly laid colours. Indeed, alike the work of Bouguereau this follows the same classical approach to composition, form and subject matter.
The Artist
Born in Paris in 1841, Rousselin grew up to be a French painter and art collector. From a young age he studied in the workshops of Charles Gleyre and Thomas Couture, here he met the young impressionist generation. His studio peers included Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Édouard Manet, with whom he forged strong bonds of friendship. It was at his invitation that his two friends Renoir and Sisley exhibited at the Salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts in Pau, a region where Rousselin had family ties.
Manet invited him to his family home in Boulogne-sur-Mer where he had him pose in the summer of 1868 for 'Le Déjeuner dans l'Atelie'. Rousselin can be seen in the background of the painting as the man with the cigar, wearing a grey hat...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jour de Fête I_Swan Scalabre, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Portrait/Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Jour de Fête I"
Oil on Wood
6 x 4.5 in
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, port...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Antique French Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Bonnet with Basket Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Picking Roses
French School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in profile with fan oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 71x62 cm.
Biography of Gumersindo Vila
Full Name: Gumersindo Vila
Date of Birth: April 14, 1950
Place of Birth: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Artist...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
COUNTRY GIRL- Angelo Granati - Figurative oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Country girl - Angelo Granati Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm. 90 x 70.
This is his reinterpretation of painting "Young Shepherdess" by gratest old master William Adolphe Bouguereau.
...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peasant Girl And Little Lady With Toys. Europe, Romantic Era, Mid-19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Peasant Girl And Little Lady With Toys. Europe, Romantic Era, Mid-19th Century
This mid-19th century painting, done in oil on canvas, belongs to the Romantic era. It portrays a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A portrait - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
A subtle miniature portrait of a girl in light delicate colours
KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969)
Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Du...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nostalgy. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures female in nude. She is sitting on the beach, there is sea and cliff behind her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female Portrait, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969)
Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Duda Gracz, Antoni Fa?at and Franciszek S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lost in Her Thoughts, 1890-1892, by Pinckney Marcius-Simons, French Romanticism
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Pinckney Marcius-Simons, (American, French, 1867-1909)
Signed: Marcius-Simons, (lower, right)
" Lost in Her Thoughts ", circa 1890-1892
Oil on mahogany panel bearing the stamp on verso of " H. Vieille e. Troisgros Sueei, 55 Rue de Laval...
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
PORTRAIT OF REBECCA AT THE FOUNTAIN - In the Manner of Guffens - Oil on paint
By I. Di Matteo
Located in Napoli, IT
Portrait of rebecca at the fountain - I. Di Matteo Italia 1998 - Oil on canvas cm. 80x60
This magnificent painting by I. De Matteo is the rein...
Category
1990s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Residue Of Yesterday, Daniel Ludwig, Nude Painting, Original Oil Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Daniel Ludwig.
Residue of Yesterday- this work of art is an original oil painting on linen.
Size: H:76 cm x W:61 cm
Daniel Ludwig is an American figurative artist who lives and wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Romanticism Still Life Portrait Painting of a Headmaster with Studying Students
By Thomas Sully
Located in Houston, TX
Scene of a seated headmaster watching over a pair of studying students in the style of Romanticism. The work has been attributed to the renowned American portrait artist Thomas Sully...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standing one. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures nude female seen from the back. There is landscape in the backround. Painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Casting, figurative painting (beautiful women and colorful masks)
Located in Segovia, ES
"Casting", painted by the Spanish artist Goyo Domínguez in 1995, is a romantic, colorful picture that smoothly joins the figurative and abstract worlds.
"Casting" was painted with a...
Category
1990s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Shoemaker at Work - Portrait in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Shoemaker at Work - Portrait in Oil on Masonite
Lovely portrait of a cobbler at work by Max Schneider (German, 1903-1980). The shoemaker is holding a ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Figurative Female Swimmer in Oil on Wood Shadow Box, Ambition n°24_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Ambition n°24"
Oil on Wood
13.25 x 11.25 in.
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Walking Along the Beach, Bauer, German School, 19th Century, Signed P. Bauer
Located in Knokke, BE
Walking Along the Beach
German School
19th Century
Signature: Signed bottom right P. Bauer
Dimensions: Image size 31 x 24 cm, frame size 42 x 32 cm
Medium: Aquarelle
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Incandescente n°21_Swan Scalabre, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Incandescente n°21"
Oil on Wood
10 x 8 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on ...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Lady Red Rose female half length profile portrait warm soft soothing color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is oil paint on linen canvas mounted on wood framed in a reddish brown color frame
Signed on reverse
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Self-portrait in Indonesian Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Abraham Johannes Romswinckel (1810-1856)
Self-portrait in Indonesian landscape
Inscribed Abr. Joh. Romswinckel, geb. Batavia 17 Oct. 1810, overl...
Category
1820s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man and Woman
Located in Austin, TX
Painting by Peter Plonkin (b. 1879)
32 x 46 inches
Oil on Canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sunday Stroll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
THE SUNDAY STROLL - ADAPTED TO TODAY'S TIMES
Carl Spitzweg, the painter of "The Sunday stroll," was a German genre painter representing the Biedermeier ...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'A Best Friend' by Carl Haag, Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein, German
Located in Knokke, BE
Carl Haag
Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein
German Painter
'A Best Friend'
Signature: Signed middle right
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: Image size ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Dipinto figurativo impressionista fiorentino ritratto femminile del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato e datato in alto a destra MGordigiani 78 e le misure senza cornice sono 58 x 73 cm
Raffigura una fanciulla con lo sguardo incantato, la bocca socchiusa e la test...
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1870s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Portrait of Woman With Flame, Incandescente New n°1_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Incandescente New n°1"
Oil on Wood
13.25 x 11.25 in.
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed ...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portraits of Two Ladies, Pair of Portraits, Young Woman, Demarteau after Vincent
By Gilles Demarteau
Located in Greven, DE
Bust portrait of two young girls. Colour engraving in crayon manner after François-André Vincent. each 50.8 x 37.4 cm. Circa 1788, Leymarie 662, IFF 6, 74.
This sheet is a typical ex...
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18th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Blond Pin up with Perfect Smile Tennis Racket - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Julia (Elsie Julia Miller) Schleicher (Canadian/American, 1916-1988)
she was an important female illustrator
Woman Tennis Player
Pastel and gouache on boa...
Category
1940s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy.
Oil on Panel
17 1/2 x 13 inches
44.4 x 33 cm
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jacques d'Agar was a French portrait painter born i...
Category
17th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jour de Fête III_Swan Scalabre, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Portrait/Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Jour de Fête III"
Oil on Wood
6 x 4.5 in
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, po...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Jour de Fête II_Swan Scalabre, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Portrait/Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Jour de Fête II"
Oil on Wood
6 x 4.5 in
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, por...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Triptyque Jour de Fête_Swan Scalabre, Oil/Wood_Portrait/Figurative
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Triptyque Jour de Fête"
Oil on Wood
6 x 4.5 in Each 6 x 13.5 in. Overall
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, ...
Category
2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Girl in Elegant Dress oil painting by Ferdinand Wagner II
Located in Hudson, NY
Canvas measures 21.25" x 19.5" and the frame measures 30.5" x 25.5" x 3"
Ferdinand Wagner II studied art initially with his father, a vocational art teacher. Later he attended the Munich Academy of Arts working closely with Karl von Piloty. Much of Wagner's career focused on commissions as a decorative painter. He did ceiling frescos...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sleeping Beauty", George Tsui, Original Oil on Canvas, 47x19 in., Figurative
By George Tsui
Located in Dallas, TX
George Tsui's imagination is filled with Chinese themes. The idea of creating his own brand of classic romanticism, unrestrained by conventional reality, w...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome man and a beautiful woman are depicted in a rapturous pose. Their bodies are intertwined with each other and with the surrounding floral elements. This masterfully render...
Category
1950s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
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...
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2010s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Le Sentier Idylle (the Happy Path)
Located in Austin, TX
"Le Sentier Idylle (the Happy Path)" by French Romantic painter Lazare Meyer (1847-1935)
51.5 x 31.5 in. - Oil Paint on Canvas
Framed
A luminous, two figure composition depicting a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Katarzyna Szydlowska, Jose Puyet , Michele Gordigiani, and Joe Bowler. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Romantic portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 4.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $435 and tops out at $95,000, while the average work sells for $3,226.