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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
Landscape Near Arundel, Oil on Canvas, Surrealist Style, Framed
Landscape Near Arundel, Oil on Canvas, Surrealist Style, Framed

Landscape Near Arundel, Oil on Canvas, Surrealist Style, Framed

By David Mead

Located in London, GB

David Mead (1906-1986) 'Landscape near Arundel' ‍ Oil on canvas 60cm x 50 cm Signed lower left Wonderful landscape by the British painter David Mead. Hold the quiet surrealist nature that is also present in the works of fellow British artists Tristram Hillier...

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Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WOP 2 - 00639
WOP 2 - 00639

WOP 2 - 00639

By Hiro Yokose

Located in Phoenix, AZ

mixed media on paper; unframed signed lower right Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated wi...

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2010s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

Kirkstall Abbey, 19th Century Romantic Moonlight Oil Landscape
Kirkstall Abbey, 19th Century Romantic Moonlight Oil Landscape

Kirkstall Abbey, 19th Century Romantic Moonlight Oil Landscape

Located in London, GB

William Henry James Boot 1848 - 1918 Kirkstall Abbey Oil on canvas, monogrammed lower right and dated 1876 Image size: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Exhibited Royal Academy, 1878 no. 692 Much like his contemporary, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Boot appears to have been influenced by the Pether family who were renowned painters of nocturnes. He was a book illustrator as well as a renowned oil and watercolour artist, producing engravings for the London Illustrated News and Art Journal. He wrote 'Trees and How to Paint Them' in 1883. Boot was born in Manchester. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1874 to 1884, showing mainly English and Continental landscapes. He is known to have travelled extensively in Germany, France and North Africa. Boot was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and of the Arts Club, who listed him as a "painter and writer on Gothic architecture". Boot also painted domestic genre and interior scenes but tended to concentrate on landscapes. Boot lived and married in London. He is buried with his wife in Hampstead. The subject of this painting, Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire, was a place Boot often visited. Three figures to the right gaze admiringly at the view, with the moonlight reflected on the path they stand on. THIS PAINTING IS IN THE 'MOONLIGHT IN PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOURS' EXHIBITION CURRENTLY SHOWING AT DARNLEY FINE ART...

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19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

German or Danish School, Decorative Marine Painting, Coastal Scene, Fishermen
German or Danish School, Decorative Marine Painting, Coastal Scene, Fishermen

German or Danish School, Decorative Marine Painting, Coastal Scene, Fishermen

Located in Greven, DE

German or Danish School, 19th Century Coastal Scene with boat/ ship and fishermen very decorative cabinet piece in a golden frame The painting is very fine and goes with a very nice ...

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19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Théophile Clément BLANCHARD - Landscape in Normandy
Théophile Clément BLANCHARD - Landscape in Normandy

Théophile Clément BLANCHARD - Landscape in Normandy

Located in PARIS, FR

Théophile Clément BLANCHARD 1820 - 1849 Oil on canvas 27 x 40 cm (45 x 58 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "Blanchard" Very nice 19th century gilded wooden frame French painter, lithographer and illustrator, Théophile Clément Blanchard is part of of those painters of the romantic era who represented picturesque views of France like Alexis Daligé de Fontenay or Eugène Cicéri. These painters traveled a lot and sought out picturesque sites, particularly in Normandy, Brittany, Switzerland and the Pyrenees. Blanchard participated in the illustration of “Picturesque and Romantic Travels in the Old France”. But the works of this romantic painter are rare because Blanchard died very young at twenty-nine year old ! We still know of him, in particular, a view of Bugey (dated 1846) which is at the Louvre Museum and a “Delicious Landscape” (from the 1840s) at the Salies museum at Bagnères de Bigorre...

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1840s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century
Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century

Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century

By Joe Bowler

Located in Miami, FL

A handsome man and a beautiful woman are depicted in a rapturous pose. Their bodies are intertwined with each other and with the surrounding floral elements. This masterfully render...

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1950s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

André Plumot, 1829 – 1906, Shepherds Couple with Herd in a River Landscape
André Plumot, 1829 – 1906, Shepherds Couple with Herd in a River Landscape

André Plumot, 1829 – 1906, Shepherds Couple with Herd in a River Landscape

Located in Knokke, BE

Plumot André Antwerp, Belgium 1829 – 1906 Belgian Painter Shepherds Couple with Herd in a River Landscape Signature: Signed bottom left and dated 1877 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 58,50 x 104,50 cm Biography: Plumot André (Plumot Andre) was born on February 10, 1829 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was a painter of genre scenes, interiors, animals, children and figures. In general, he painted interiors in 16th-17th century style. He was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp under master teacher and artist H. Van der Poorten. For a short time, he worked in N. de Keyser...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gala, Original Romantic Painting

Gala, Original Romantic Painting

Located in Boston, MA

Gala 22.0 x 16.0 x 3.0, 8.0 lbs Oil Painting Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "More than any other flower, an Orchid carries special significance. It brings back memories...

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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

Coast
Coast

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy
Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy

Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy

Located in Taunton, GB

Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy. Oil on Panel 17 1/2 x 13 inches 44.4 x 33 cm ABOUT THE ARTIST:  Jacques d'Agar  was a French portrait painter born i...

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17th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Falls at Tivoli, Italy
The Falls at Tivoli, Italy

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ruins of Kom Ombo, Romantic Oil on Canvas, Signed, Mid-19th Century

Ruins of Kom Ombo, Romantic Oil on Canvas, Signed, Mid-19th Century

Located in New York, NY

John Henry Rollin Tilton American, 1828 - 1888 Ruins of Kom Ombo Oil on canvas Signed in hieroglyphics bottom right 31 1⁄2 x 49 1⁄2 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York Ca...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

German School, Animal Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Cabinet Painting
German School, Animal Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Cabinet Painting

German School, Animal Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Cabinet Painting

Located in Greven, DE

German School or Swiss School, 19th Century, Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Painting indistinctly signed. Fine and detailed painted scene of a hunt with dogs, a hunter and h...

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19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour
Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour

Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour

Located in Greven, DE

This Watercolor drawing shows a noble hunting society. The duke (?) on horse and several noble ladies accompanying the soctiety. The duke (?) gestures towards a group of hunters on h...

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19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache
View of the Ovo Castle in the Moonlight, a 19th century Neapolitan gouache

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

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Au Luxembourg, oil on canvas
Au Luxembourg, oil on canvas

Au Luxembourg, oil on canvas

By Michel Pabois

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Luxembourg Gardens, "Le Jardin du Luxembourg", located in Paris, a beautiful composition done by Michel Pabois. Complimentary custom framing will be done upon customer request. It was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France, as her new residence. The garden today is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its circular basin, and picturesque Medici Fountain...

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Early 2000s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sailing the Nile: Romantic Watercolor, Early 20th Century Framed
Sailing the Nile: Romantic Watercolor, Early 20th Century Framed

Sailing the Nile: Romantic Watercolor, Early 20th Century Framed

Located in New York, NY

D. Vassiliou (Early 20th Century) Sailing the Nile watercolor on paper Signed bottom right 6x9in / 18 x 14 in framed DAVID VASSILIOU was a prolific painter at mid 20th century, most...

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Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Five Wall Decoration 'En Grisaille' by Dufour, Paris, France, 19th Century
Five Wall Decoration 'En Grisaille' by Dufour, Paris, France, 19th Century

Five Wall Decoration 'En Grisaille' by Dufour, Paris, France, 19th Century

Located in Rome, IT

Five papiers peints 'En Grisaille' from the psyche´ series manufactured by Dufour, Paris, after designs by Merry-Joseph Blondel and Louis Lafitte. -'Psyche´ returning from hades.' -'...

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19th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper

Mountain landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Mountain landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Mountain landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Attila Vencel

Located in Yardley, PA

Mountain ranges are among my favourite sights. Their majesty rises across the horizon and reminds me of how magnificent powerful nature is. Rocks literally thrusted from the ground ...

Category

2010s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

Trespassing, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Trespassing, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Sara Brogdon

Located in Yardley, PA

A dilapidated old house with wildflowers in the yard and a self portrait in the upper window. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentic...

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2010s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

“He became immensely serious.” Illustration for “Rich White Trash”
“He became immensely serious.” Illustration for “Rich White Trash”

“He became immensely serious.” Illustration for “Rich White Trash”

By Howard Chandler Christy

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for “Rich White Trash” by Margaret Culkin Banning for Red Book Magazine, published April 1924, page 39. The full caption reads: “He became immensely serious. ‘If...

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1920s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Board, Charcoal

Seeing is Believing, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Seeing is Believing, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Sara Brogdon

Located in Yardley, PA

This was painted from my photos and memory of the top of Mt. Ranier, WA, with added house and three of my goats. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official cert...

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2010s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cold Up Here, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Cold Up Here, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Sara Brogdon

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

Materials

Acrylic

Czech Switzerland, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Czech Switzerland, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Czech Switzerland, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Attila Vencel

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

Materials

Oil

Winter Hummingbirds, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Winter Hummingbirds, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Winter Hummingbirds, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Naoko Paluszak

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

Materials

Oil

Ship in Storm, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ship in Storm, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Thong Le

Located in Yardley, PA

This painting is oil on canvas and comes ready to hang. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to H...

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2010s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ambient Mushroom, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ambient Mushroom, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Heather Ireland

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

Materials

Oil

Dark Fire, Paperback Cover
Dark Fire, Paperback Cover

Dark Fire, Paperback Cover

By Ron Lesser

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Paperback Cover Cover of "Dark Fire," Harlequin Books Signed Lower Right Man and Woman holding each other

Category

20th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

An Unlikely Attraction
An Unlikely Attraction

An Unlikely Attraction

By Robert Maguire

Located in Fort Washington, PA

This painting was published as the cover for An Unlikely Attraction by Melinda McRae, Signet Regency Romance, Signet Books, 1991. Illustration of a young couple. Signed lower r...

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1990s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Love and Ceremony
Love and Ceremony

Love and Ceremony

By Rico Tomaso

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Young couple getting married. Man putting the ring on his wife's finger. Signed upper right. As a young man, Rico Tomaso played piano in a small dance orchestra, wearing heavy...

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20th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couple in Modern Office
Couple in Modern Office

Couple in Modern Office

By Saul Tepper

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Initialed center right. Saul Tepper was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, and remained a New Yorker all his life. As a youngster, Tepper was awarded a correspondence course from the Landon School of Art. He also studied at The Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and at the Grand Central School of Art, under Harvey Dunn. Tepper first worked as a letterer in a fashion catalog...

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20th Century Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Gentleman's Daughter" Original Romance Book Cover
"A Gentleman's Daughter" Original Romance Book Cover

"A Gentleman's Daughter" Original Romance Book Cover

By Robert Berran

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, and again on the reverse with date. Unframed Canvas...

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1990s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Speak Only With Your Heart, McCall's Illustration
Speak Only With Your Heart, McCall's Illustration

Speak Only With Your Heart, McCall's Illustration

By Saul Tepper

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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