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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By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed signed lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated wi...
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
"The Card Game", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 THE CARD GAME signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla - 1849." (lower left) oil on ...
Canvas, Oil
"Outside The Tavern", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 OUTSIDE THE TAVERN signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla 1849." (lower right) oil...
Canvas, Oil
Scandalous Bride, Harlequin Romance Book Cover
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A romance novel cover for Scandalous Bride by Diana Hamilton, published by Harlequin for their Scandals series, 1997. Signed Lower Right Man and woman lying in bed...
Board, Oil
"Ofreciendo una copa", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Ángel María Cortellini
Located in Madrid, ES
ÁNGEL MARÍA CORTELLINI Spanish, 1819 - 1887 OFRECIENDO UNA COPA unsigned oil on canvas 13-1/4 x 11 inches (33.5 x 28 cm.) framed: 17-1/4 x 15 (44 x 38 cm.) Ángel María Cortellini. Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), 27.09.1819 – Madrid, 1887. Painter. Ángel María Cortellini was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 27, 1819, to an Italian father and a Spanish and Sanlúcar mother. Contrary to family opinion, he decided to dedicate himself to painting and already, at the age of nine, he was enrolled in a drawing academy in his hometown. They soon sent him to Seville, where he was a disciple of Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer...
Canvas, Oil
Gusts Of Wind
By Lachezar Yavrukov
Located in Sofia, BG
"Gusts of Wind" is a romantic art line painting by the Bulgarian Lachezar Yavroukov, The painting is unframed. “The impressions of Lachezar Yavroukov'...
Canvas, Oil
"Full Personality" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1933
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Full Personality," by John Taintor Foote and illustrated by Henry P. Raleigh for the Saturday Evening Post, January 28, 1933. "I've come to drown myself -- will you help?" Henry Patrick Raleigh...
Board, Ink, Watercolor
Woman seated on Balcony
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post magazine, 1928. Image of woman seated on balcony, older man looking on. "I feel immensely flattered that you'...
Canvas, Oil
"The green tree" Sheila Querre. Green monumental landscape. Romantic style
Located in Segovia, ES
"The green tree, monumental landscape" in Romantic style by English artist Sheila Querre. Dimension art cm: 60 W x 81 H Dimension frame cm: 78 W x...
Oil, Panel
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"The oak grove". Autumn landscape. Sheila Querre Oil on panel. Romantic style
Located in Segovia, ES
"The oak grove". Oil on panel in Romantic style by Sheila Querre Dimension framed cm: 78 H x 97 W x 5 D Dimension frame inches: 38,18 H x 30,70 H x 1,96 D D...
Oil, Wood Panel
"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...
Canvas, Oil
"Courtship", Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Sapnish Artist M. Alonso Pérez
Located in Madrid, ES
MARIANO ALONSO PÉREZ Spanish, 1857 - 1930 COURTSHIP signed "Alonso Pérez" (lower left) oil on canvas 23 x 12-1/8 inches (58 x 30.7 cm.) framed: 28...
Canvas, Oil
Couple in Modern Office
By Saul Tepper
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Initialed center right. Saul Tepper was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, and remained a New Yorker all his life. As a youngster, Tepper was awarded a correspondence course from the Landon School of Art. He also studied at The Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and at the Grand Central School of Art, under Harvey Dunn. Tepper first worked as a letterer in a fashion catalog...
Canvas, Oil
"Riders Passing by a Tavern", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaq. D. Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 RIDERS PASSING BY A TAVERN signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla, 1847." (lower l...
Canvas, Oil
Couple Beside a Tree
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Couple standing beside a tree Signed lower right Henry Patrick Raleigh was one of the most prolific of all our illustrators. In spite of this...
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
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"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...
Canvas, Oil
Love and Ceremony
By Rico Tomaso
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Young couple getting married. Man putting the ring on his wife's finger. Signed upper right. As a young man, Rico Tomaso played piano in a small dance orchestra, wearing heavy...
Canvas, Oil
“Slumming Among the Four Hundred, ” Post Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for the article “Slumming Among the Four Hundred” by Alfred Henry Lewis, for The Saturday Evening Post, published November 2, 1907. The article offers a satiri...
Board, Ink, Paper, Pencil
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"Mirror Mirror", 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...
Canvas, Oil
Attraction
Located in Barcelona, CT
the beginning of a great love through attraction
Acrylic
Build me a Dream, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of, Build Me a Dream (Silhouette Special Edition series) by Pat Warren, Silhouette Books, 1989 A young man holding a young w...
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Rural Tree Study in English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Tree Study in English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
'Black Silk' Romantic Portrait of Woman with Flowers on Black in Black Dress
By Goxwa
Located in Wellesley, MA
Ġoxwa began painting at a very young age in her native land of Malta and eventually enrolled at the Saint Martin School of Art in London. Years later, she moved to Boston and atte...
Oil, Canvas, Wax
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
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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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Turtle Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Beautiful drawing by enigmatic artist Len Poteshman
Charcoal, Oil