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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Napoleon III Child Portrait Boy with Dog French School Paul Martin Workshop
By Paul Martin
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding painting depicts a small boy with a serene face and mischievous gaze, holding a ball in one hand while, with the other, he strokes or holds a large dog, probably a Saint ...
Canvas
$882Sale Price|25% Off
Courtship in the Forest French Romantic School XIX century oil on canvas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: *Courtship in the Forest* Author: French Romantic School Technique: Oil on canvas Support: Canvas mounted on a stretcher Unframed dimensions: 11.4 x 7.9 inches Frame...
Canvas, Oil
French Marine Romantic Painting 19th Circle of KUWASSEG Boat Sea Port Channel
By Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg
Located in PARIS, FR
French School, mid-19th century Ship Approaching the Port Oil on canvas 33 x 46 cm (53 x 66 cm with frame) Collector's label on the back "Ronarch" (Admiral Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h (18...
Oil
$10,590
Sheltering from the storm / - Romantic landscape illuminated by lightning bolt -
Located in Berlin, DE
George Morland (1763 London - 1804 Brighton). Sheltering from the Storm. Oil on canvas, relined, 37.5 x 29.5 cm (visible size), 53.5 x 45.5 cm (...
Oil
$2,500
#3671
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas over panel Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of ligh...
Canvas, Wax, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
$8,001Sale Price|20% Off
Swedish Värmland Landscape With a Red Barn by Hilding Werner, Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner, A Värmland artist, was a distinguished Swedish painter and draftsman. Born to landowner Anders Andersson and Inga Maria Johannesdotter, ...
Masonite, Oil
Twilight Landscape with Windmill and Church, 1891
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Twilight Landscape with Windmill and Church" is a captivating work by Swedish artist Albert Larsson, painted in 1891 when Larsson was 22 years old. The painting captures a landscape steeped in the quietude of dusk, with a sky ablaze in hues of red and orange, signalling the end of the day. The silhouettes of trees are rendered with astonishing detail against the twilight sky, showcasing Larsson's early mastery of light and shadow. Dominating the pastoral scene is a traditional windmill, its blades stilled against the sky, alongside the spire of a church that pierces the horizon. These structures, together with the meticulously painted trees, are testaments to the human presence within the natural world, suggesting a harmony between the two. A notable feature is the small water-filled furrow in the field, which catches the fading light of the sky, creating a pathway of reflection leading the eye through the composition. This detail highlights Larsson's skill in using light to draw attention to elements within his paintings. Albert Larsson, born on November 4, 1869, in Malmö and passing on August 31, 1952, in Lund, was an artist deeply influenced by his education in Copenhagen at the Art Academy and later at Peder Severin Krøyer...
Canvas, Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
Fur Trapper in Winter - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fur Trapper in Winter - Portrait in Oil on Canvas Majestic full length portrait of a fur trapper standing in the snow by John Pieron. A man stands an...
Canvas, Oil
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
La Maja Vestida, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Very good copy of "La maja vestida" after Francisco Goya, around 1900.
Canvas, Oil
‘Cats Playing around a Mirror’ by Joseph Bail (1862 – 1921), French Painter
By Joseph Bail
Located in Knokke, BE
Joseph Bail Limonest 1862 – 1921 Paris French Painter ‘Cats Playing around a Mirror’ Signature: signed lower right ‘Bail Joseph’ Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 45,5...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000Sale Price|23% Off
Enfants à la plage (“Children at the Beach”)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Albert Roosenboom was a Belgian genre painter celebrated for his elegant depictions of everyday life in the mid to late 19th century. A pupil of the renowned Constantin Meunier, Roos...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,500
#1909
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on canvas Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky a...
Canvas, Encaustic
'Children Landing a Catfish', 19th Century American School, Large Nocturnal Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-to-late 19th century, unsigned, American School nocturnal landscape showing a view of three children, accompanied by their terrier, fishing by lamp-light and start...
Canvas, Oil
$1,719
Trees & Cottage in the English Countryside by 20th Century Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Trees & Cottage in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenanc...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
#1919
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on canvas Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky a...
Canvas, Encaustic
The Daily Tasks of Rural Life, c. 1860, Romanticism Oil Painting.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This serene landscape painting is by James Howe Carse, a Scottish-Australian artist whose lineage and mentorship are deeply rooted in the artistic traditions of his time. Carse's wor...
Canvas, Oil
$1,706
French Painting Interior Church Saint Germain Charonne in Paris Troubadour 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles BULTEAU Active in the 1870s and 1880s View of the interior of the church of Saint Germain de Charonne in Paris Oil on panel Signed "C. Bulteau" at bottom right 29 x 24 cm (50...
Oil
$2,000
French Romantic painting BERNARD Napoleon Soldiers Mother and Child 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Adolphe BERNARD (Attributed to)Ghent, 1812 – Ghent, 1890 The soldier's wife and her son by the fire Oil on canvas46 x 38 cm (61 x 52 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower left "B...
Oil
French Mid 19th Century Portrait of an Italian Brigand. Oil on Canvas.
By Léon Cogniet
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of an Italian brigand, unsigned, in painted wood and gilt frame. The painting is a fine and fascinating rendition with plenty of wonderful character and detail to the costume, accessories, landscape and seascape. Very atmospheric and imposing much like the character it portrays. There is a trade stamp to the back of the canvas for the Paris firm of Susse Freres. The canvas is on a fine quality stretcher with 'keys'. There is an artist's name or title written on the top of the rear stretcher (see photo). Bands of brigands who populated the hills of southern Italy were steady fodder for the Romantic imagination, and their exploits were reported both factually, fancifully and artistically The painting dates from a period when France, under its then leader Napoleon III, was involved in the conflicts in the Italian states and the unification and eventual creation of the nation of Italy. An earlier and similar portrait exists of the infamous brigand Mazzocchi by Achille-Etna Michallony . Léon Cogniet...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Horse Drawn Plough with Two Horses Ploughman and Dog by British Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Horse Drawn Plough with Two Horses, Ploughman and his Dog. Signed, Oil on Canvas, housed in a gilt frame, by British Landscape Artist, James Wright. Art measures 24 x 16 inches Fram...
Canvas, Oil
Romantic Oil Painting of Bazaar Entrance, Late 19th Century, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Harry Aiken Vincent (American, 1864-1931) Title: The Entrance to the Bazaar Size: 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches Medium: Oil on canvas Markings: Signed lower right Harry Aiken Vincent was...
Canvas, Oil
SERRA AUQUE Portrait spanish girl romantic painter costume 19th
By Enrique Serra y Auque
Located in PARIS, FR
Enrique SERRA AUQUE Barcelona, 1859 - Rome, 1918 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left “ENRIQUE SERRA/ 1892 ” 40 x 33 cm (45 x 38 cm with frame) Nice old frame in wood Enrique S...
Oil
Unrivaled Fascination: White Cow's Energetic Presence on a Dark Surface.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The depiction of a young white cow on a black background using oil paints creates a unique and captivating painting. Its endlessly playful expression gives the artwork a special char...
Oil, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
Painting of a Mountain in Lake District England by 20th Century British Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of a Mountain in Lake District England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright. Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Prov...
Canvas, Oil
Female Oil Portrait Delicate Austria Romantic 1800s Vintage Woman Realism Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 30" x 24" Frame: 36.50" x 30.50" Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right.
Oil, Canvas
$564Sale Price|26% Off
Andalusian River Landscape Seville Guadalquivir Scene Figures Spanish Oil 1940
By Carlota Rosales Martínez de Pedrosa
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Andalusian River Landscape, Seville Guadalquivir Scene with Figures, Spanish Oil Painting c.1940 Creator: Carlota Rosales Martínez de Pedrosa (1872–19...
Canvas, Oil
'The Arrival of Saint Nicholas, 1899' by Constant Cap (1842 – 1915)
By Constant Cap
Located in Knokke, BE
Constant Cap Sint-Niklaas 1842 – 1915 Antwerp Belgian Painter 'The Arrival of Saint Nicholas, 1899' Signature: signed, inscribed Antwerp, and dated 1899 lower right 'C. Cap. Antwer...
Canvas, Oil
Orientale
Located in New York, NY
Signed, lower right: Fantin Provenance: Gustave Tempelaere (1840–1904), Paris; possibly by descent to his son: Julien Tempelaere (1876–1961) and with F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris, prob...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depic...
Oil
$169Sale Price|20% Off
Christmas Tree In The Snow. Oil on Board.
By Boggio
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...
Oil, Board
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
In Love With Spring Rustic Flowers Art Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Love With Spring Rustic Flowers Art Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W State-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED ∽ MUSEUM QUALITY ∽ DISPLAY READY Giclee Reproduction Each limited edi...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal
Located in Soquel, CA
Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal Beautifully detailed oil painting with classical scene with romantic-esque brushwork and details by unknown artist. Painti...
Metal
$1,882Sale Price|20% Off
WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player
Located in PARIS, FR
Gustave WAPPERS (Attributed to) Anvers, 1803 - Paris, 1874 Oil on panel Trace of monogram lower right 42.5 x 31.5 cm (59.5 x 49.5 cm with the frame) XIXth century frame in carved woo...
Oil
$169Sale Price|20% Off
Sailing Away. Oil on Board.
By Boggio
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 wit...
Oil, Board
$61,884
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Located in London, GB
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A. English, 1842 Frame: height 92cm, width 128cm, depth 6.5cm Canvas: height 77cm, width 122cm This superb marine ...
Canvas, Oil
Petrus KREMER Belgian painter Flemish peinter Adriaen BROUWER in prison 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Petrus KREMER Antwerp, 1801 - Antwerp, 1888 Oil on wood panel 72 x 56.5 cm (85 x 72 cm with frame) Not signed Old stamp on the verso Beautiful carved an...
Oil
Harvest Scene With Farmer and Scythe, 1886
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Harvest Scene With Farmer and Scythe, 1886" is a captivating painting by the Swedish artist Alfred Thörne. Created during his travels through Germany, France, Italy, and Belgium bet...
Canvas, Oil
French Countryside Pastoral Landscape Early 20th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century French Countryside Pastoral Landscape Beautiful early 20th century Romantic period European landscape by an unknown artist, circa 1900. This pastoral scene featur...
Canvas, Oil
$24,753
Late 19th Century antique Orientalist oil painting of a young woman
Located in London, GB
Late 19th Century antique Orientalist oil painting of a young woman Frame: height 146cm, width 86cm, depth 7cm Canvas: height 132cm, w...
Canvas, Oil
$357Sale Price|58% Off
Romantic French Impressionist River Landscape The Old Bridge 27th September 1914
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century, French, oil on canvas of a romantic river scape with an ancient bridge. The work is dedicated, signed and dated bottom left, but we have not been able to decipher...
Canvas, Oil
In Praise Of Solitude, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, approximately 16â€
Oil
$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
"Mother and Child in a Countryside Setting"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Adolf Luben (1837–1905) "Mother and Child in a Countryside Setting" This charming 19th-century oil painting on canvas by Adolf Luben captures a heartwarming rural scene, depicting a...
Canvas, Oil
$8,720Sale Price|20% Off
Golden Light on Shepherd and Flock, Romantic 19th century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Dramatic and beautiful, light shines on the bucolic flock of sheep as the village, skies and hills remain in darkness, John Linnell (1792-1882) gives us a metaphor of coming through ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,730Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape View Richmond Hill British 18th Circle of REYNOLDS Oil on canvas
By (Circle of) Joshua Reynolds
Located in PARIS, FR
Early 19th century English school Oil on canvas 35x55cm (50x75cm with frame) This view of the Thames from Richemond Hill is a famous site that was...
Oil
"Woman with an umbrella sitting on a bench"
By Unidentified
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist (1929) "Woman with an Umbrella Sitting on a Bench" This elegant 1929 oil painting on canvas presents a refined portrait of a fashionable woman seated on a park be...
Canvas, Oil
$2,353Sale Price|20% Off
BREDOW Snow landscape moonlight night German Russian school romantic 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Albert BREDOW Germany, 1828 – Moscow, 1899 Oil on canvas Signed lower right "ABredow" 43 cm x 62 cm (67 x 85 cm with frame) Albert Bredow is a German-Russian landscape painter, lit...
Oil
Tree Study & Field in the English Countryside by 20th Century Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Tree Study & Field in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Proven...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Alfred de MUSSET cigar French Romantic Painting 19th POTTIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri POTTIN Paris, 1820 - Paris, 1864 Presumed Portrait of Alfred de Musset Oil on canvas 33 x 25 cm (45 x 36 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "h. Pxxxin / 1844" Inscri...
Oil
UNCONSCIOUS RIVALS- Angelo Granati - Italy Oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Unconscious Rivals- Angelo Granati Italia 2004 - This is his reinterpretation of a greatest old master painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Oil on canvas cm.80x60. The painting is a true form of the romantic style of Alma-Tadema. It is an image of two women; one sitting, the other standing and apparently waiting for someone...
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Oil Painting of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem by Macco
By Georg Macco
Located in London, GB
Orientalist oil painting of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem by Macco German, Early 20th Century Frame: Height 66cm, width 84cm. depth 8cm Canvas: Height 42cm, width 59cm Imagined and brought to life by German artist and illustrator, Georg Macco (1863-1933), this captivating Orientalist oil-on-canvas painting showcases the vibrant scene at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Depicting a bustling thoroughfare, the canvas is alive with the energy of traders and their vibrant market stalls lining either side of the street. Amidst this animated marketplace are animals like goats and chickens, adding a further layer of authenticity to the scene, and showcasing the artist’s masterful range. A focal point is an elderly man, clad in warm shades of brown and beige, complemented by a vivid head scarf, as he ambles towards the viewer. Adjacent to him, a woman is immersed in a negotiation with a market vendor for an array of fruits and vegetables. Further in the backdrop, a colourful assemblage of individuals can be seen, swathed in a rainbow palette of red, yellow, brown, and blue. Their activities range from strolling towards the viewer, moving into the distance, or engaged in lively discussions. The painting's left side offers a more serene ambiance, with fewer market stalls and people. It features a female figure seated beside a stack of brown bags...
Oil
Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Jamaican Waterfall
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting 18th century hand colored engraving with a "Beautiful view of the remarkable cascade on the White river in Jamaica" as seen by the artist. Presented under glass in a gil...
Engraving
Portrait. 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...
Canvas, Oil
Scenography for Nutcracker. 1950s. Gouache, tempera, paper, 40x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painted in Soviet Latvia presumably for the State opera. The Scenography and the artist is not known.
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
Georges Ferré (1853-1924) Portrait of a friend, 1886, oil on panel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Ferré (1853-1924) Portrait of a friend, 1886, signed, dated, and dedicated "à son ami P. Jallanchouze" on the uper right oil on wood panel 23.8 x 17.9 cm Framed : 37.5 x 32...
Oil
I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me 1860s Romantic French Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Charles Zacharie Landelle. French ( b.1821 - d.1908 ). “Je Te Demande Une Caresse Et Tu Me Chatouilles”. (“I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me”). Oil On Panel. Signed Lower...
Oil, Wood Panel
$40,008
‘Peasant Children walking the Donkeys’ by Edgar Bundy (1862 – 1922), dated 1885
Located in Knokke, BE
Edgar Bundy Brighton 1862 – 1922 London British Painter ‘Peasant Children walking the Donkeys’ Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘Edgar Bundy 1885' Medium: oil on canvas Dim...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
#3669
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas over panel Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of ligh...
Canvas, Wax, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
"Alpine Landscape with Mother and Children" Antique Oil Painting Europe Nature
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas Canvas Size: 29 x 44 in. Frame Size: 36 x 51 in. Unsigned A marvelous antique oil on canvas painting, exemplary of Romantic Dutch painting that depicts a sweeping, dra...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
At the City Gates, early 20th century signed orientalist oil painting
By Douglas Arthur Teed
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Arthur Teed (American, 1863-1929) Title: At the City Gates Medium: oil on canvas Size: 8 ¼ x 13 inches / 15 x 20 inches framed Markings: Signed and dated 1902 on the...
Canvas, Oil