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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
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 - 00623
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

Peacham Fields, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Trees! Majestic lone trees. I have done and am doing a series of trees, prompted by the passing of a great friend and artist. His mysterious paintings influenced me and I started thi...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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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

Antique Dutch oil painting on panel, traveler horseback with a dog, ca. 1835
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Painting with a traveler on a white horse and accompanied by a dog looking up at a road sign in the form of a cross. On the roadsign is ” Arnhem”. (a town at the Rhine river in the E...
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1830s Romantic Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Dipinto figurativo impressionista fiorentino ritratto femminile del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato e datato in alto a destra MGordigiani 78 e le misure senza cornice sono 58 x 73 cm Raffigura una fanciulla con lo sguardo incantato, la bocca socchiusa e la test...
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1870s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, 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

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

Portraits of Two Ladies, Pair of Portraits, Young Woman, Demarteau after Vincent
By Gilles Demarteau
Located in Greven, DE
Bust portrait of two young girls. Colour engraving in crayon manner after François-André Vincent. each 50.8 x 37.4 cm. Circa 1788, Leymarie 662, IFF 6, 74. This sheet is a typical ex...
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18th Century Romantic Paintings

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Handmade Paper

Love and Ceremony
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...
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, 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

"Sleeping Beauty", George Tsui, Original Oil on Canvas, 47x19 in., Figurative
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...
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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Romantic landscape paintings (pendant), oil on panel, in gilt wood frame
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Pair of Romantic landscape paintings (pendant) with figures, Inspired by 17th century Dutch landscape painting Oil on panel In g...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

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

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

Red Rose, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Red Rose" is a painting about wondering if you are actually of value. The red rose is about beauty that is there but not always recognized or perceived. We are all beautiful even if...
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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

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'...
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1920s Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

"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

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

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

"Conversando", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Artsit Ángel María Cortellini
Located in Madrid, ES
ÁNGEL MARÍA CORTELLINI Spanish, 1819 - 1887 CONVERSANDO signed "Cortellini" (lower right) 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...
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19th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, 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

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

“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

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

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

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

Coastal Range, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Just three colors were employed, (yellow, blue and violet) in the creation of this acrylic piece where a pair of Orcas cruise the Salish Sea. BC's Coastal R...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Acrylic

Exploring The Shallows, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A clan of three Orcas explore the shallow waters of the Salish Sea. Orcas' favorite diet is Chinook Salmon and they often chase them into the shallows where they make easier prey. As...
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21st Century and Contemporary 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

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

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

Dragonfly, Painting, Oil on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
Dragonfly is an inspiration of a time when I was working. I was moving pipe and a dragonfly had landed on the sprinkler head. I knew that if left there the water would scare him away...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Oil

Ballet dancer
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful drawing by Jean-Baptiste Valadie, hand-signed, museum frame
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Engraving, Drypoint, Lithograph

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

Materials

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 - 00620
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 - 00621
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 - 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

Home on Leave
Located in Fort Washington, PA
From the Estate of Charles Martignette. A soldier home on leave taking a walk with his lady. Signed lower right. The work of Henry James Soulen is richly colored a...
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20th Century Romantic Paintings

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Canvas, 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

Roses II, Calligraphy, Romantic, Impressionism, Gold Flowers, Figurative
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Excited to share my latest artwork series, "Golden Roses II". This piece features gold gilding and calligraphy on a round canvas with a Chinoiserie touch, adding a romantic flair to any decor. Measuring 20cm in radius and 1.5cm in depth, this acrylic painting shines with a soft luster, enhancing the golden moment of opportunity as beautifully described by William James, ''To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.' Golden Roses II (2021) is not just a painting; it's a piece of art signed by me and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, ensuring its uniqueness and value. Art enthusiasts, feel free to explore this creation and immerse yourself in the elegance of "Golden Roses II". Art © 2019-2022 Fuen Chin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Roses I, Calligraphy, Romantic, Impressionism, Gold Flowers, Figurative
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Excited to share my latest artwork, "Golden Roses I". This piece features gold gilding and calligraphy on a round canvas with a Chinoiserie touch, adding a romantic flair to any decor. Measuring 20cm in radius and 1.5cm in depth, this acrylic painting shines with a soft luster, enhancing the golden moment of opportunity as beautifully described by William James, ''To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.' Golden Roses I (2021) is not just a painting; it's a piece of art signed by me and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, ensuring its uniqueness and value. Art enthusiasts, feel free to explore this creation and immerse yourself in the elegance of "Golden Roses I". Art © 2019-2022 Fuen Chin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

"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...
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1930s Romantic Paintings

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Board, Ink, Watercolor

Redbook Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for Redbook, 1924. Listed as #25 in "Howard Chandler Christy" Biography 1977. Howard Chandler Christy had a long, colorful and varied career. He ...
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1920s Romantic Paintings

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Board, Charcoal

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

"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

Attraction
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the beginning of a great love through attraction
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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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...
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1980s Romantic Paintings

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Oil, Board

Figurative, Landscape, Horse, Oil on Wood, Western Diptych_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Western Diptych" Oil on Wood 7.75 x 15 in. (Left Panel 7.75 x 9.75 Right Panel 7.75 x 5.25) Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Sc...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Figurative, Landscape, Horse Painting, Oil on Wood, Western n°15_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Western n°15" Oil on Wood 7.75 x 5.25 in. Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, p...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Figurative, Landscape, Equine Painting, Oil on Wood, Western n°14_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Western n°14" Oil on Wood 7.75 x 9.75 in. Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, p...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Figurative Woman Diver, Pool, French Art, Ambition n°26_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Ambition n°26" Oil on Wood 7.75 x 9.75 in. Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women,...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Figurative Woman Diver, Pool, French Art, Ambition n°27_Swan Scalabre
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Ambition n°27" Oil on Wood 9.75 x 7.75 in. Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, ...
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2010s Romantic Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Romantic paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hiro Yokose, Dipen Bose, William Oxer F.R.S.A., and Sheila Querre. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Romantic paintings, so small editions measuring 4.5 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $178 and tops out at $1,300,000, while the average work sells for $3,061.

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