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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Liquid Passion
Located in New York, NY
LIQUID PASSION Photographic print Wood boxed float mounted frame, non reflective glass. Size 43” x 57.3”, $ 8000, Edition 4 of 10 in total (All sizes) Others Sizes in the edition: 33...
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Digital Pigment
Price Upon Request
Brigitte Nataf 03
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered in 3 sizes. The price of the artwork increases with the edition. Please contact us to inquire about the current edition number, availability, and price. ONLY...
Photographic Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment, Color, Archival Pigment
$3,894
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Sunbathing in Capri, 1974" is a beautiful Limited Edi...
C Print, Digital, Color, Photographic Paper
$2,600
H 24 in W 28.8 in D 0.1 in
Untitled 1 and 2. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Nude Color Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
$2,000
H 40 in W 25.53 in D 0.1 in
Deseo Insular IX. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Nude Color Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist was enchanted by some images he had a relationship with since childhood, working them into iconographies, such as the image of the fisherman carrying on his back a cod alm...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
$2,000
H 40 in W 23.19 in D 0.1 in
Self Portrait III, Sin Título, Series. Limited edition color photograph.
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
José Sierra painted his body as a tribute to Afro-Colombian and pre-Columbian cultures, documenting the performance in photographs that portray him in erotic and suggestive positions...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
$2,000
H 40 in W 23.19 in D 0.1 in
Untitled IV. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
José Sierra painted his body as a tribute to Afro-Colombian and pre-Columbian cultures, documenting the performance in photographs that portray him in erotic and suggestive positions...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
$4,045
H 32 in W 32 in D 0.02 in
Jo - Square limited edition nude art print, Figurative, Contemporary photo
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Jo ‘ who was captured on film in 1982. ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
$3,894
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Eye of the Beholder, 1974 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eye of the Beholder, 1974 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Eye of the Beholder, 1974" is a beautiful Limited Edi...
Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Venus
By Nick Vedros
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Venus Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free Year: 1990s Size: 15x10in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by...
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
$2,484Sale Price|35% Off
H 14 in W 8 in
Hand-Tinted Black-and-White Print of Tanga Moreau, 1998 Pirelli by Bruce Weber
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber. Tanga Moreau was among the many iconic models photographed. 'Tanga Moreau is a Belgian model. She has appeared on...
Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Black and White, Aquatint, Digital...
$2,000
H 40 in W 30.81 in D 0.1 in
Untitled IX. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
José Sierra painted his body as a tribute to Afro-Colombian and pre-Columbian cultures, documenting the performance in photographs that portray him in erotic and suggestive positions...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
$3,569
H 29.53 in W 19.14 in D 0.08 in
Elise - Original Art Signed limited edition print, Sexy woman repairing a car
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Elise - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 Sexy woman in short shorts repairing a car. Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity, unfra...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
$3,894
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Beach at St. Tropez - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type from Limited Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Beach at St. Tropez" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate ...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
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H 8.55 in W 6.58 in D 0.79 in
Hand coloured photograph of semi nude human female sculpture, Oak Frame
Located in London, GB
Katie Eleanor, "Cleansing a Shrike (Blackbird’s Birdbath)", 2018 Handcoloured portrait of a bird-like spirit, immobilised in marble, cleansing in a sprin...
Glass, Oak, Paint, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment