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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
Mary, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A portrait of the mother Mary, oil on canvas, ready to hang. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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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 ...
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1960s Romantic Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

Frogs in love
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Couple of frogs reflect love
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Sistine moodâ€
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Anna's Aroma, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on panel canvas :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: No :: :: Canvas ...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Waiting for the memories to come, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
„Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.“ The work of art is painted in the oil technique, with the application of relief details an...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

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

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Oil

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

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Oil

Goat Mountain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Atop Mt. Ranier, in a setting of my own creation, a house shares it's field with a pair of goats. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an ...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Acrylic

Wandering Through Life, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
North Carolina along a rural road as the sun was setting and I was dreaming. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Acrylic

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
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Champagne on deck, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pacific Ocean. It was a sunny day and the sky shone with joy. Clouds, like emerald facets, reflected the blue of the sea and the lines of the waves. The warm and favorable wind carefully held the wings of the sailboats...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Oil

"A Gentleman's Daughter"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Zebra Books Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s. Signed lower left.
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A Tall Dark Stranger"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Balantine books Signed lower right. Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator since the 1970s.
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1990s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dark Fire, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Paperback Cover Cover of "Dark Fire," Harlequin Books Signed Lower Right Man and Woman holding each other
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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Board, 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Oil

"Neapolitan Coast", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Artist William James Müller
By William James Muller
Located in Madrid, ES
WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER British, 1812 - 1845 NEAPOLITAN COAST signed "W. J. Muller" (lower right) oil on canvas 23-5/8 x 35-3/4 inches (60 x 91 cm.) ...
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1830s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring Will Come, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
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...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Acrylic

Cold Up Here, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
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 :...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Acrylic

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Oil

The Falls at Tivoli, Italy
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Follower of Claude Joseph Vernet (Early 19th Century)
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Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Winter Hummingbirds, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This oil painting is on 12x12x1.5 gallery wrapped canvas and it's done in a style of romantic surrealism. The sides of the canvas are painted white and will be shipped ready to hang....
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Prague. Rain., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
(ATTENTION ACTION! If you order two paintings third you will get like a gift. The third painting I choose one from my artworks and put it in the package with your order. I hope this ...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Ambient Mushroom, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This oil painting is part of the Overgrown series by artist. The Ambient Mushroom was painted in the artist's studio. The creation of this work was fueled by the whimsical atmosphere...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Pompeian Scene 19th century Painting Oil on Canvas Signed Egisto Sarri
Located in Rome, IT
Egisto Sarri "Pompeian scene" Oil on canvas, measure: cm 30 x 48 with a filly carved gilt - wood frame cm 46 x 64 Signature in the lower left-hand corner: "E. Sarri Egisto Sarri (Figline val d'Arno 1837 - Florence 1901) Sarri studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Enrico Pollastrini, and was one of Antonio Ciseri...
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19th Century Romantic Paintings

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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'...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

WOP 2 - 00654
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed full sheet 22.75 x 30.25 inches signed, dated and titled on lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

WOP 2 - 00629
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

WOP 2 - 00628
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

WOP 2 - 00624
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

WOP 2 - 00617
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed paper size 22.25 x 30 inches Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illumi...
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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

WOP 2 - 00639
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...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

Lovers at the Fountain - Italian 19th Century Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Rome, IT
Amanti alla Fontana - Lovers by a fountain, painting oil on canvas, Signed left sight. Measures: cm 70 x 100 frame 118 x 145 Faustini Modesto. Brescia, 27 maggio 1839 - Roma, 23 m...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Pompeian Scene 19th century Painting Oil on Canvas Signed Egisto Sarri
Located in Rome, IT
Egisto Sarri "Pompeian scene" Oil on canvas, measure: cm 30 x 48 with a filly carved gilt - wood frame cm 46 x 64 Signature in the lower left-hand corner: "E. Sarri Egisto Sarri (Figline val d'Arno 1837 - Florence 1901) Sarri studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Enrico Pollastrini, and was one of Antonio Ciseri...
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19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Scandalous Bride, Harlequin Romance Book Cover
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...
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1990s Romantic Paintings

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Board, Oil

Pompeian Scene 19th century Painting Oil on Canvas Signed Egisto Sarri
Located in Rome, IT
Egisto Sarri "Pompeian scene" Oil on canvas, measure: cm 30 x 48 with a filly carved gilt - wood frame cm 46 x 64 Signature in the lower left-hand corner: "E. Sarri Egisto Sarri (Figline val d'Arno 1837 - Florence 1901) Sarri studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Enrico Pollastrini, and was one of Antonio Ciseri...
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19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Speak Only With Your Heart, McCall's Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Upper Left This illustration appeared in Edmond War's story, Speak Only With Your Heart, McCall's magazine, 1942. From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Won the Harvard Award in 1929; Newspaper Award in 1936 and was elected to the Society of Illustrations Hall of Fame in 1980. 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...
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1940s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Couple in Modern Office
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...
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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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...
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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Ink, Board, Paper, Pencil

"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...
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1890s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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1980s Romantic Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rural Tree Study in English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist
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...
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1990s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Black Silk' Romantic Portrait of Woman with Flowers on Black in Black Dress
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...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Wax

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 Paintings

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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 ...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Turtle Man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Beautiful drawing by enigmatic artist Len Poteshman
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil

Turtle Man
Turtle Man
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