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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Flowering. 2015, canvas, oil, 60x80 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Flowering. 2015, canvas, oil, 60x80 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape with birch trees. 2010, canvas, oil, 79x137 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with birch trees. 2010, canvas, oil, 79x137 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fabulous stories by live fire. 2002, canvas, oil, 80x106 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Fabulous stories by live fire. 2002, canvas, oil, 80x106 cm
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HUMMINGBIRDS IN THE MOONLIGHT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Welcome to my Gallery and thanks for your visit! If you are in need of some artwork that will be a conversation starter, look no further. This dynamic abstract work of art and it...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Memory of Santorini, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Houses on the waterâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Sistine moodâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nostalgy. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures female in nude. She is sitting on the beach, there is sea and cliff behind her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Melancholy... 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 two females in nude- one is covering herself and the other one is holdind bouq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waiting for the memories to come, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Danko Merin
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...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waiting for the memories to come, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Danko Merin
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...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlight Sonata - Romantic Oil Landscape Painting, 2023
Located in Boston, MA
Moonlight Sonata
47.0 x 32.0 x 1.5, 7.0 lbs
Oil Paint
Hand signed by artist
Description:
An original oil painting by Lee Campbell. This Romantic style ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Large Dramatic Colorful Evening Sunset in Chilly Snowy Landscape with Fox
By Beth Carlson
Located in Charleston, US
In Beth Carlson's large and mesmerizing romantic winter landscape and fox painting, "Tis the Season," enchantment unfolds through the elegant contours of snow-draped barren trees. Th...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Happy is on the way
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Watercolor
Western n°1_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative_Portrait_Horse
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°1"
Oil on Wood
10 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women,...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Western n°5_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative_Portrait_Horse
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°5"
Oil on Wood
10 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women,...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
last Supper - Figurative Oil Painting Colors Grey White Black Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Last Supper" is an modern, romantic art line painting by the Bulgarian artist Maestro Zhivko Zheliazkov,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Romantic, Im...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jesus Christ in Front of his Accusers - Figurative Painting Grey White Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Jesus Christ in front of his accusers" is an modern, romantic painting by the Bulgarian artist Maestro Zhivko Zheliazkov,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
ST...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White - Figurative Oil Painting Colors Grey White Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"White" is an modern, romantic art line painting by the Bulgarian Zhivko Zheliazkov,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Romantic, Impressionist, Contemp...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Western n°3_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative_Portrait_Horse
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°3"
Oil on Wood
8 x 10 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women, ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Western n°6_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative_Portrait_Horse
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°6"
Oil on Wood
18 x 18 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women,...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Notes To Oneself, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Loca...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old town Sofia - Oil Painting Grey Black White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Old town Sofia" is a modern, romantic landscape painting by Maestro Zhivko Zheliazkov,
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Romantic, Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Un...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE FLIGHT UP OF THE INVINCIBLE NIKE by Vasili Zianko volume-contour technique
Located in Sempach, LU
THE FLIGHT UP OF THE INVINCIBLE NIKE. 2023.
140x100cm. Acrylic on canvas
This art-work the part of project "Another skin".
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Prayer - Figurative Oil Painting Colors Grey White Black
Located in Sofia, BG
"Prayer" is an modern, romantic art line painting by the Bulgarian Zhivko Zheliazkov,
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting on canvas
STYLE: Romantic, Impressionist, Contem...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘The Freedom Of Dreamsâe Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas framed to Guild of Framers Museum Standard. 10â€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Into The Light', Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
‘Into The Light’. Rublev and Michael Harding Oils on primed gessoed cotton canvas, hand made frame of the highest quality to suit, to Guild of F...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ambition n°18_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Swimmer
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Ambition n°18"
Oil on Wood
8 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Ambition n°17_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Swimmers
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Ambition n°17"
Oil on Wood
8 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Angel of Light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
This spiritual artwork called "Angel of Light" has a special meaning for me. When there is period of crises or any hard challenges we should face in our life, we can...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Ambition n°14_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Swimmers
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Ambition n°14"
Oil on Wood
8 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Untitled - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female Portrait, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969)
Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Duda Gracz, Antoni Fa?at and Franciszek S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elizabeth Chalmers, Lady Cottage in Nottgrove, Cotswold Art, English Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Elizabeth Chalmers
Lady Cottage in Nottgrove
Watercolour on paper
Size: H 21 x W 30cm
Signed by the artist
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Unrivaled Fascination: White Cow's Energetic Presence on a Dark Surface.
Located in Sempach, LU
The depiction of a young white cow on a black background using oil paints creates a unique and captivating painting. Its endlessly playful expression gives the artwork a special char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas, 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...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Wandering Through Life, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sara Brogdon
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...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mountain landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas
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
Through the Clouds: The Magic of Stories in the Heavenly Realm
Located in Sempach, LU
"Through the Clouds: The Magic of Stories in the Heavenly Realm" Oil on cardboard
In this oil landscape painting, we immerse ourselves in the wondrous world of the sky and experience the emotional impact of its colors. The composition is dominated by a cloud that swiftly ascends towards the heights, touching the beautiful blue expanse above. The cloud becomes the protagonist and storyteller of this artwork, reflecting everything hidden beyond the horizon. The viewer, without seeing or knowing what lies beyond that horizon, completes the picture in their imagination, envisioning forests, lakes, and other enigmatic shapes concealed within the cloud's reflections.
The cloud serves as a portal to a realm of fantasies and dreams, where the viewer can soar high above the cloud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paint, Lights, Oil
Pink peonies watercolor
Located in Sempach, LU
Original watercolor painted on professional watercolor paper
Peonies from my garden
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Goat Mountain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sara Brogdon
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 ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Incandescente n°21_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Incandescente n°21"
Oil on Wood
10 x 8 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Evolution of Dawn: Clouds and Nature's Rebirth
Located in Sempach, LU
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
Grandeur of the Sunset: Landscape with the Perfect Blend of Contrast and Harmony
Located in Sempach, LU
In this painting, an oil landscape unveils the magnificence of the sunset and the beauty of nature. The main focus is on the expansive sky, stretching across a significant portion of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
A portrait - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969)
Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Duda Gracz, Antoni Fa?at and Franciszek Starowieyski. She received ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cloud Chasing
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Big skies evoke the excitement of a child, chasing fantastical cloud shapes as they blossom and curl against a deep azure sky. This painting is oil on a linen canvas that is 30 x 40 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Lucia - Portrait Oil Painting Colors Brown White Red Green Black Pale
By Leith Ridley
Located in Sofia, BG
"Lucia" is a painting by the South African - French artist Leith Ridley.
A bit of fun and colour based on the face of portrait of a young woman in a black hat by Petrus Christus in ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
My beautiful garden
Located in Sempach, LU
Gardening is one of my favorite hobbies. In this work, I really wanted to draw a bush of my favorite hydrangea, so that I could look at it in winter.
Original interior painting 60x80...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlight Sonata, Original Signed Romantic Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
Moonlight Sonata, Original Romantic Landscape Painting
32" x 47" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas
Hand signed by the artist.
This oil painting by artist Lee Campbell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Feminine Mystique, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
˜The Feminine Mystique. Rublev Oils and Michael Harding Oils on on Professional Quality primed gessoed stretched duck cotton canvas, on Museum Quality ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ambition n°10_Swan Scalabre 2023, Oil/Wood/Wooden Frame_Figurative/Swimmer
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Ambition n°10"
Oil on Wood
8 x 12 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze placed on women...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
JUST BEFORE SUNSET, Original Signed Contemporary Realist Landscape Painting
By Jim Lamb
Located in Boston, MA
JUST BEFORE SUNSET, Original Signed Contemporary Realist Landscape Painting
24" x 40" x 0.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Linen mounted on Gator Board
Hand-signed by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Board, Linen, Oil
The reading room, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In the reading rooms I wanted to represent a very simple idea, namely how much the content of a book can acquire reality for those who are reading it, becoming as present as the true...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purity Within, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
‘Purity Within’ 2,500.00 Oil on stretched canvas, framed to Guild of Framers Museum Standard. Approximately 16†x 18†plus frame size. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angel woke up, 90x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Angel woke up
90x80 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
COUNTRY GIRL- Angelo Granati - Figurative oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Country girl - Angelo Granati Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm. 90 x 70.
This is his reinterpretation of painting "Young Shepherdess" by gratest old master William Adolphe Bouguereau.
...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
CHILD WITH A DOG - German School - Oil On Canvas Italian Figurative Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Child with a dog - Nicola Del Basso Italia 1999 - Oil on canvas cm.100x80
This beautiful oil on canvas portrays a little girl sitting in the meadow with her dog, a magnificent Germa...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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