Romantic 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
Color: Gray
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.'
-'...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Evening prayers by fishermen under the high coast of Celebes
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Jacob Eduard Van Heemskerck Van Beest (1828-1894)
“Avondgebed; Maleidische tripang visschers onder de hoge kust van Celebes” (Ev...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French romantic painting Oil on paper TANCARVILLE castle Normandy 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor LEFRANC
Paris, 1812 - ?
Oil on paper
33 x 42 cm (44 x 52 cm with frame)
Inscription on the verso 'Tancarville / 1839" and stamp from the Georges Lhoste collection
Painter of ...
Category
1830s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
ADAM Marine tempest rescue boats romantic french painting ISABEY 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Hippolyte Benjamin ADAM
Paris, 1808 – 1853
Oil on canvas
54 x 73 cm (61 x 80 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “h. Adam"
19th century black wooden frame
Hippolyte Adam is a painter o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
GRANDJEAN romantic landscape painting fishermen italian lake french 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Charles GRANDJEAN
Active between 1833 and 1857
Oil on canvas
33 x 41 cm (46 x 54 cm with frame)
Signed and dated lower right “Grandjean / 1835”
Beautiful Restoration period fram...
Category
1830s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spaniels Chasing Pheasant
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Charming oil painting on canvas by renowned genre artist George Armfield (1808-1893), of two dogs chasing a pheasant. The expression of sheer dog happiness in the chase. and the phe...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edward Lear, Extensive Greek Italian Landscape, Antique Ruins, Campagna di Roma
By Edward Lear
Located in Greven, DE
Most accounts of the artistic achievements of Edward Lear (1812–1888) take as their starting point the notion that he is better known as the writer of nonsense verse than as a topographical draughtsman and painter. His art is then considered largely in isolation, as the extraordinary creation of a fascinatingly eccentric Victorian. However, Lear's art is outstanding.
Although Lear suffered from epilepsy, asthma, poor eyesight, and chronic depression, he was an inveterate traveler and an indefatigable sketcher, documenting a lifetime of journeys throughout the Mediterranean and India.
During his two-month tour to Athens, mainland Greece and the island of Euboea, Edward Lear made almost 150 landscape drawings and kept a diary of his experiences and impressions. Many years later, Lear’s travelling companion, Charles Church...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti .
Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period .
Measurements w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
City view of the Graslei in Ghent - François Edouard Bertin (1797-1871)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Signed lower right: "Bertin, 1870,"
Bertin was a French painter, he represented the details and general character of a landscape with great skill.
On this painting we can see a view of the Graslei in Ghent. The Graslei is a quay in the historic city center of Ghent, Belgium, located on the right bank...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ships in open water - Charles-Louis Verboeckhoven (Waasten 1802-1889)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: “Louis Verboeckhoven”
Dimensions: 53 x 70 cm, 79 x 97 cm (framed)
“Ships in open water,” is an artwork by Charles-Louis Verboeckhoven presenting ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old town Sofia - Oil Painting Grey Black White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Old town Sofia" is a modern, romantic landscape painting by Maestro Zhivko Zheliazkov,
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Romantic, Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Un...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
First lighthouse in Amsterdam, P.C. Dommersen, 19th century, Oil paint/panel
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
Netherlands, 1852 – 1918
Pieter Cornelis Dommersen was born in Utrecht.
From 1852 he lived and worked in Amsterdam, where his mother died in 1861.
The painter specialized in paintin...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christmas Tree In The Snow
Located in Cotignac, FR
An oil on panel view of a Christmas tree in a landscape heavy with snow by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom left.
A charming view of a snow scene, a Christmas tree its branches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sailing Away From Shore
Located in Cotignac, FR
An oil on panel idyllic seascape by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right.
An idealised seascape scene, boats under sail on a tranquil sea moving away from a rocky outcrop all...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti .
Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period .
Measurements w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
The Stone Cottage
Located in Cotignac, FR
An oil on canvas view of a stone cottage in a landscape with hills in the distance. The painting is signed bottom right but as yet the signature is not deciphered. The work is presented in a simple wood frame with gilt filet.
A charming view of a rural landscape. The colours of the trees and foliage echoed in the stones...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A View of Venice by Antoine Bouvard, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay 1870 – 1955, French
Located in Bruges, BE
Antoine Bouvard snr.
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, France 1870 – 1955
French Painter
'A View of Venice'
Signature: Signed bottom right
Dimensions: Image size 22,5 x 27,5 cm, frame size 44...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Painting of Women Crossing Stream
Located in San Antonio, TX
Romantic style painting of figures crossing a stream in a coastal European landscape. The painting dates to the 19th century and is presumed to...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour
Located in Greven, DE
This Watercolor drawing shows a noble hunting society. The duke (?) on horse and several noble ladies accompanying the soctiety. The duke (?) gestures towards a group of hunters on h...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Angel woke up, 90x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Angel woke up
90x80 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Vanity Clothed'. Mid-Century Oil on Canvas Portrait.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century oil on canvas portrait of a wistful reclining beauty in a garden setting by Argentinian artist Richard Durando Togo. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'A Best Friend' by Carl Haag, Erlangen 1820 – 1915 Oberwesel a. Rhein, German
Located in Bruges, 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 Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Venetian scene of the Palazzo Dario by F. R. Unterberger
Located in London, GB
A Venetian scene of the Palazzo Dario by F. R. Unterberger
Austrian, c.1898-1900
Frame: height 97cm, width 85cm, depth 7cm
Canvas: 83cm, width 70cm, depth...
Category
1890s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with mouse. 2012. Oil on linen, 36x44 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with mouse. 2012. Oil on linen, 36x44 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Gelata
Located in Torino, TO
The work consists of an agglomerated acrylic base, on which the artist painted the subject with acrylic
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Walking Along the Beach, Bauer, German School, 19th Century, Signed P. Bauer
Located in Bruges, 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 Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life With Wagtails. 2011. Oil on linen, 40X45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life With Wagtails. 2011. Oil on linen, 40X45 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Still Life with Coffee-Beans. 2011. Oil on linen, 45X50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life with Coffee-Beans. 2011. Oil on linen, 45X50 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Melancholy female figure oil on canvas painting
By Josep Maria Draper
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep María Draper was born in 1931 and received a great creative influence from the 1950s. Abstract Expressionism, a form of painting tha...
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in the garden. Romantic Oil Blue Landscape with beautiful female figure.
Located in Segovia, ES
Woman in the garden. Romantic and full of light landscape with beautiful female figure by the Spanish artist Manuel García Blázquez.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
Unframed: (H) 89 x (W) 116 (D) 2 cm. / 35.04 x 45.67 x 0.79 in.
Framed: (H) 109 x (W) 136 (D) 4 cm. / 42.91 x 53.54 x 1.57 in.
Light is the protagonist in this landscape with female figure by Manuel García Blázquez; an intense and soft light that interacts with color, and the impressionist technique that defines the work of this painter.
The beautiful silhouette of a woman dressed in white and the reflections of the water in the pond at the back of the garden give the scene a certain luminous dreaminess, which contrasts with the strength of the color of the flowers in the foreground. The background landscape, so timeless and lyrical, serves as the setting for a female portrait with classical reminiscences.
The work is executed along the lines...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thomas Miles Richardson (Snr), (1784-1848). 'Swiss Lake with the Matterhorn' .
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine watercolor by Thomas Miles Richardson senior, (1784-1848). A view of a Swiss lake and Alps with the Matterhorn mountain. One of the fine En...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Seascape" - Framed 20th Century Romantic Realistic Ocean Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I wish I knew who painted this dramatic Romantic seascape depicting a rough surf crashing on the rocky shores of some volcanic island. The sea is en...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flute tune. 2008. Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flute tune. 2008. Oil on linen, 80x100 cm
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Violet Melody (Accordion time). 2014. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Violet Melody (Accordion time). 2014. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
Crete tune. 2010. Oil on linen, 80x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Crete tune. 2010. Oil on linen, 80x90 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Girl with horse. 2004. Oil on canvas, 65x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with horse. 2004. Oil on canvas, 65x75 cm
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Young Woman oil
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine shoulder length portrait of a young woman circa 1940's-1950's Continental School. A fine shoulder length portrait of a young woman circa 1940's-1950's Continental School.
oil ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bramall Hall
By Walter Henry Sweet
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Walter Henry Sweet's watercolor of the interior of Bramall Hall is both delicate and romantic. His characteristic soft pinks and greens illicit the grandeur of this Cheshire manor ow...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mountainscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century oil on board view of a valley and mountains in a landscape. Initialed HL (for Hermann Lauschner) and dated bottom right. Signed in full on the frame and the backboa...
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Oil
J J A Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) A shoulder and back study, oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923)
A shoulder and back study, oil study
oil on canvas
34 x 19.5 cm
In good condition, a few small inpainti...
Category
1890s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
J J A Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) An oriental street, oil sketch
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923)
An oriental street
oil on canvas
11.5 x 14 cm
no signature
In good condition, canvas without stretcher,...
Category
1890s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Routo Bagnado, The Meandering River.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary oil on canvas of a landscape titled 'La Routo Bagnado' by French artist Jean Pellegrin,signed bottom right and also titled, dated 2014 and signed to the reverse.
Pelleg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Oedipus leaves Thebes guided by Antigone
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas attributed Rousseau-Decelle, French painter of the XIXth century.
Student of Bouguereau and Ferrier
In 1903, the artist whose studio is located at 235 rue du Faubourg ...
Category
1860s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rift Valley, Sonde 5 (romanticism tonal nature organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 5" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relie...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, Sonde 5 (romanticism tonal nature organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 5" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relie...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Set of Four 18th Century Romantic Italian Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here is a set of four 18th century Italian paintings depicting various romantic dramas. All four painted in old world style and presented in the original stretchers and frames. Findi...
Category
18th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jean Philippe George-Julliard (1818 – 1888) Landscape with a traveler, oil
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Philippe George-Julliard (1818 – 1888)
A landscape with a traveler
Oil on paper
Signed HG lower right
19.5 x 29 cm
The four corners are cut
Framed under glass 27 x 47 cm
Jean Philippe George-Julliard (1818–1888) or Henri Philippe Julliard was born on 1 january 1818 in Geneva (Switzerland) from french parents.
He first studied art in Nantes in France, but later he came back to Geneva where he became pupil of Alexandre Calame...
Category
1860s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Rose l, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It is an ORIGINAL painting not a print or reproduction or mass produced art! I personally pack my artworks. All necessary arrangements are made to make sure your paintings arrive saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rift Valley, Sonde 6 (flora blue green tan organic copper abstract texture taupe
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 5" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
"My valley". Oil. Sheila Querre French cloudy sky romantic style landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"My valley" oil on canvas by French artist Sheila Querre
Dimension: 65 cm H x 92 cm W x 3 cm D
The colours of the original work are lighter than those on the photo.
The picture is i...
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Moscowa à Moscou, sous la Neige
By Paul Louis Bouchard
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Louis BOUCHARD
1853-1937 French
Moscow in 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Canvas: 41 1/2" high x 64 1/8" wide
Frame : 57 1/8" high x 79 3/4" wide
EXHIBITION:
Salon de...
Category
20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Czech Switzerland, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My childhood memories. Remembering growing up with my grandfather who was my biggest influence and role model. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
1920's Boats on the Nile Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful seascape oil painting of boats sailing on the Nile, showing the city in the background by an unknown artist, c.1920. Unsigned. Rustic frame. Image, 20"H x 44"W.
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Will Come, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sara Brogdon
Located in Yardley, PA
An odd little abandoned shack on an island just west of Seattle. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Feeding Horses
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Wright Barker (British School 1864-1931)
Barker was a well-known painter of equestrian and highland scenes, though landscape and genre subjects are known. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cold Up Here, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sara Brogdon
Located in Yardley, PA
Mt Ranier, WA... winter 2019. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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