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
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"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 Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache
Located in PARIS, FR
Neapolitan gouaches appeared in the eighteenth century when tourism in the Naples area was developing: the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii made this city a mandatory stop on the Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy Europeans to complete their education.
Generally small in size for ease of transport and affordable in price, these gouaches were the ideal travel souvenir that these tourists of the early days were bringing back to capture the idyllic landscapes they had discovered during their journey and to share them with family and friends upon their return at home.
The Bay of Naples and the eruptions of Vesuvius are the favourite themes of these views. Here we have a view of the Ovo Castle, which was rebuilt on the island of Partenope, in the middle of the Bay of Naples and about a hundred metres from the shore by the Normans in the 12th century on antique ruins...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Fort Nago on Lake Garda"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
19th-Century Landscape Painting – "Fort Nago on Lake Garda" (1842)
Unidentified Artist
Medium: Oil on wood
Framed Dimensions: 25 x 37 cm
Canvas Dimensions: 13 x 24 cm
This exquisite ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
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...
Category
1980s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1830's French Romantic Period Large Oil Painting Christ on the Cross
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crucifixion
French School, circa 1830's
circle of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 37.5 x 22.5 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Still Life, Autumn Harvest, Oranges, Hops and Flowers
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on canvas still life of oranges, hops and flowers signed E Pritchard and dated 1904 bottom left, presented in period gilt ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woodlands, Romantic Oil on Canvas Painting by Josef Kugler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Josef Kugler, Austrian (1913 - 2011) - Woodlands, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 24.25 x 36 in. (61.6 x 91.44 cm), ...
Category
1960s Romantic Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My sister and me, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Family portraitsâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
boy with flowers in the hair, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Imaginary portraitsâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930s French Barbizon School Watercolour, Village and Bridge by a River, Dinard
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Barbizon School watercolour on paper view of a French village and stone bridge by a river by Henri Clamen. The painting is dated, 1939, and titled, 'Dinard' to the back of the...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Coastal Mountain Cliff Beach Scene Northern Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Coastal Mountain Cliff Beach Scene of Fair Head in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist, David Overend.
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small Neapolitan fishermen. XIX century. With Gulf of Naples and Vesuvius
Located in Firenze, IT
Small Neapolitan fishermen with girl.
XIX century.
Foreign artist active in Italy.
Painting representing two children against the background of the Gulf of Naples with the volcano...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1890s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
SERENADE- Pietro Colonna - Italian Figurative Oil on canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Serenade - Pietro Colonna Italia 2005 - Oil on canvas cm. 60 x 30
The painting by Pietro Colonna depicts a romantic scene in which the young man plays the lute to his sweet girl, th...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Muses of the Universe"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Muses of the Universe" is a visual poem about the profound unity of the elements and feminine energy. The images are interconnected and unified in a Single Circle of Power: a self-s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christmas Tree In The Snow. Oil on Board.
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
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Le Canal at Peronne Cléry
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a canal scene by Henri Clamen. There is a location annotation to the back of the paper. The painting is not signed but was acquired ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Puppets, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Childhood memories. Oil on thick paper, 2022. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children Flying Kites
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Children Flying Kites" 1963, is an oil painting on hardboard by noted Haitian artist Bourmont Byron, 1920-2004. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ANGELS ON THE WALL - Ciro Morrone - Figurative Italian Oil on Canvas Painting.
By Ciro Morrone
Located in Napoli, IT
Angels on the wall - Ciro Morrone Italia 2013 - Oil on canvas cm. 40x60
this painting is a reinterpretation of the work 'The New Angel' by New Mexico watercolourist Steve Hanks...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nostalgia I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In "Nostalgia" a 21st -century Nigerian painter uses an impressionist technique the brushwork clearly visible —to evoke the haziness between wakefulne...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, ABS
Impressionist Beach Scene, Perranporth, Cornwall
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on paper of a Cornish beach scene by Oliver Bedford. Signed bottom right. Titled and located on a trade label for The Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London. Presented in cus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Girl In Red Dress Looks At The Sea - Graceful Illustrative Romantic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Aleksandra (Ola) Pawlikowska born 1988, Warsaw, student of the Faculty of Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the years 2007-2012 she studied Art History at the Univer...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Landscape Painting"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
19th-Century Landscape Painting – Pastoral River Scene
Artist: Unidentified
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 47 cm Artwork: 25 x 38 cm
Style: Romanticism / Pastoral Lan...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 – 1870, Dutch Painter, Summer Landscape by a Ruin
By Andreas Schelfhout
Located in Knokke, BE
Schelfhout Andreas
Dutch Painter
The Hague 1787 – 1870
Summer Landscape by a Ruin
Signature: Attributed to Schelfhout Andreas
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: Image size 32 x 36...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sailing Away. Oil on Board.
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic 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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Mid Century figurative landscape of old-fashioned hay making in the countryside by Russian artist Volodymyr Erlich (Russ...
Category
1960s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait d'Homme Barbu
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pretty portrait representing a portrait of an old shepherd from the German school in Dusseldorf .
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Yosemite Winter Park Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful large scale landscape of Yosemite with Half Dome and El Capitan above the Merced River by William Lemos (American, 1861-1942). Rendered in cool grays and blues, Half Dome r...
Category
1910s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abandoned Building, Mid Century Sepia Ghost Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A moody mid century landscape painted in neutral, sepia tones featuring an abandoned building by Joseph Bodner (American, 1925-1982). Signed "Bodner" in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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
Spring .Tulips
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this painting, I embraced the beauty of resilience and renewal found in nature. The acrylic and oil pastel blend to weave a dance of colors, capturing the subtle textures...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Evolution of Dawn: Clouds and Nature's Rebirth
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil on cardboard .
The painting "Evolution of Dawn: Clouds and Nature's Rebirth" invites us to immerse ourselves in a magnificent landscape where every color and detail penetrates ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paint, Lights, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Forest landscape with herd of cattle”
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Attributed to Friedrich Voltz (1817–1886) – Bucolic Cattle Scene
Artist: Attributed to Friedrich Voltz
Period: 19th Century
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 40 cm Artw...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
red flowers, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Botany’s notebookâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
red flowers II, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Botany’s notebookâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing Away From Shore. Oil on Board.
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
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)
Old label on the back
Beautiful carved and gilded woo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Woman feeding birds"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Woman Feeding Birds" – Antique Oil on Canvas
An evocative 19th-century oil painting depicting a rustic pastoral scene, where a woman tenderly feeds a goose in a lush countryside setting. This charming composition is framed in an ornate gilded frame, adding to its elegance and historical appeal.
Details:
Artist: Unidentified
Title: Woman Feeding Birds
Medium: Oil on canvas
Framed Dimensions: 54 x 39 cm
Flat Dimensions: 35 x 20 cm
Backside Details: Sticker present (further information upon request)
Condition:
The painting shows signs of age and patina, with surface wear consistent with its historical character. The richly decorated frame enhances its authentic antique aesthetic, making it a striking decorative piece for classical interiors or art collections.
Historical Context:
This piece is reminiscent of European genre paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, which often depicted idyllic rural life and intimate moments of everyday existence. The soft brushstrokes, naturalistic color palette, and delicate attention to fabric and form reflect a traditional Romantic or Rococo-inspired style, suggesting an influence from French and Italian genre painters of the period.
A wonderful acquisition for collectors of antique European oil...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Durga, Figurative, Acrylic on Canvas, Bengal Artist Dipen Bose "In Stock"
By Dipen Bose
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dipen Bose - Durga
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 30 inches
(Framed & Delivered)
In this striking acrylic work, Dipen reimagines the divine form of Goddess Durga with bold lines, vibrant re...
Category
1960s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Coast
Located in Deddington, GB
Coast by Rosemary Houghton [2020]
original
Oil
Image size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:90 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm
Frame Size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm x D:5cm
Sold Fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alain Pontecorvo "Les Raisins" Hand Reaching for Bowl of Grapes Still Life
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Les Raisins" is an 18.25x22 original oil painting by renowned artist Alain Pontecorvo. Featured is a still life of a black bowl of a bunch of red grapes on a table with green grape...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures in a Landscape, Oil Painting 1799 by Adolf Harper
By Adolf Friedrich Harper
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Adolf Friedrich Harper from 1799. A rare antique painting from the romanticism era. Framed in ornate gold wood frame, signed in lower left corner.
Artist: Adol...
Category
18th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Romantic Genre Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Karl Schindler (1821–1842) – Romantic Genre Scene
Artist: Karl Schindler
Period: Early 19th Century
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 28 cm Artwork: 21 x 16 cm
St...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright.
Signed, vintage original, oil on heavy grain linen, reframed in a high qu...
Category
1980s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Oil on Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Figurative Oil Painting on Wood
Painted in the manner of late Romanticism, this charming miniature pastoral landscape by Edmund Fri...
Category
1870s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
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