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Romantic Animal Prints

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
'Mazeppa' — 19th-Century French Romanticism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Théodore Géricault and Eugène Lami, 'Mazeppa' from the series 'Oeuvres de Lord Byron', lithograph, 1823, 2nd state of 3, Delteil 94. Rendered by Thé...
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1820s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

"Full Cry" - Mid Century Horse Hunt Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A dynamic mid 20th century copy of a lithograph that depicts Englishmen on horseback giving chase with a pack of beagle-type dogs running in the background. by John Frederick Herring...
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1960s Romantic Animal Prints

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Offset, Paper

Antique Dog Lithograph Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France ca. 1870 Bulldog & Frog
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Bulldog and Frog France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portr...
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Dogs of the Dalmatian Breed
Located in Boston, MA
Grundy 36, published by R. Acherman. Inscribed in stone lower left: 'James Ward R.A. Pinxt et Delt. / Dogs of the Dalmation breed-from an original picture in the possession of Sir Jo...
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1820s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Antique Dog Lithograph Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France ca. 1870 Saint Bernard A
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Saint Bernard France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portrait...
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Cheval de Mecklembourg' — 19th-Century French Romanticism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Théodore Géricault 'Cheval de Mecklembourg' (Mecklembourg Horse), lithograph, 1822, 2nd state of 4, Delteil 47. Signed in the matrix 'Gericault', lower left. Published by Godefroy En...
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1820s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Le maréchal flamand' (The Flemish Blacksmith) — 19th-Century French Romanticism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Théodore Géricault 'Le maréchal flamand' (The Flemish Blacksmith) from the series ‘Etudes, de chevaux lithographiés,’ lithograph, 1822, 2nd state ...
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1820s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Horse Attacked by Tiger' — 19th-Century French Romanticism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Théodore Géricault (after), 'Tigre dévorant un cheval' (Tiger Devouring a Horse), lithograph, 3rd state of 3, Clement 97, c. 1820. Lettered 'Volmar ...
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1820s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.
Located in Storrs, CT
A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool. (after J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) Soft-ground etching and mezzotint. Hardie 85. mezzotint over etching on India paper printed on chine-co...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Animal Prints

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Mezzotint, Etching

Antique Dog Lithograph, Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France circa 1870 Wolfhound E
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Wolfhound E France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portraits....
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Antique Dog Lithograph, Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France circa 1870 Greyhounds D
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Greyhounds D France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inc...
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Antique Dog Lithograph Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France ca. 1870 Newfoundland
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Newfoundland France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portraits...
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Antique Dog Lithograph, Taste of Alfred De Dreux, France ca. 1870 Mastiff C
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Portrait Lithograph in the Taste of Alfred De Dreux Mastiff C France, circa 1870 Lithography 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 (28 x 20 frame) inches Six lithographs of dog portraits. ...
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1870s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Autumn', Hand-colored Lithograph, listening to music under the tree
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early twentieth-century, hand-colored lithograph showing an idyllic scene of two young lovers in medieval dress seated in a rural bower beneath fruit...
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1920s Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Primrose and Foal: A Brood-Mare, late the Property of his Grace the Duke of Graf
Located in Boston, MA
From Celebrated Horses, Grundy 24. A fine chine applique impression in fine condition with full margins. A proof before letters. Exhibited at the...
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19th Century Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Moses
Located in Boston, MA
Grundy 70. Moses, property of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. A fine impression printed on chine applique, in fine condition with full margins.
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19th Century Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

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Lithograph Titled: Two Hares in the Moonlight. New York Graphic Society, 1976.
Located in Chesterfield, MI
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Mango Hummingbirds: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
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Located in New York, NY
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The Horsewoman and her Greyhound
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Framed Antique Print of a Carnation Moth Metamorphosis by Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Aartselaar, BE
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Sens Unique
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Sens Unique
Sens Unique
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The Trooper
By Samuel William Reynolds
Located in New Orleans, LA
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de Goya's "Un caballero español mata un toro" from his Bullfighting Series
Located in Alamo, CA
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Woman with Horse
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Woman with Horse
Woman with Horse
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.01 in
A Colored Lithograph of an Equestrian Hunting Scene, "Returning From The Hunt"
Located in Alamo, CA
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The Cornfield
By John Constable
Located in Storrs, CT
Mezzotint by David Lucas (1802 - 1881) after the painting by John Constable. Shirley catalog 3 state 6.iv. Christopher Lennox-Boyd state vi/vi. London: Republished Feb.y 15, 1853, by Thomas Boys (of the late Firm of Moon, Boyd & Greaves,) Printseller to the Royal Family, 467, Oxford Street - Paris. E.Gambart & C. 9 Rue d'Orleans au Marais,-Depose. Originally Published July 1.1834. Image 22 1/4 x 19 1/2, plate 26 3/4 x 20 3/8, sheet 30 3/4 x 24 3/8. A rich impression printed on sturdy wove paper with full margins, mounted on archival paper. A few unobtrusive scrapes and folds, one horizontally across the center of the image, and a faint water stain in the top right-hand image and margin. Signed in the plate. Housed in a double archival mat and a Hogarth 36.50 x 30.50 x 1.25-inch Hogarth frame with gilded corner ornaments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cornfield depicts Fen lane as it leads from East Bergholt towards Dedham; a village in the borough of Colchester. A flock of sheep are followed by a dog as the path winds towards figures active in a cornfield. A boy, prone and with his face on the surface of a stream, slakes his thirst. The church in the distance is thought to have been an invention on Constable's part. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1826, Constable's The Cornfield became one of the artist's most celebrated works. It was reproduced in mezzotint by David Lucas in 1834 and sold by J. McLean and Hodgson, Boys and Graves, and Rudolph Ackermann. This print, however, derives from a posthumous collection of Constable's works entitled 'English Landscape Scenery,' edited by H.G. Bohn and published by Thomas Boys in 1853. The series consisted of forty mezzotint engravings on steel plates; all of which were produced by Lucas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cornfield is one of Constable’s best-known works. It was also the first of his pictures to enter a public collection. Shortly after his death in 1837, a committee was set up to subscribe towards the purchase of a painting for the nation, and The Cornfield was bought for the National Gallery for 300 guineas. The list of subscribers included the poet William Wordsworth, the scientist Michael Faraday...
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The Cornfield
The Cornfield
H 36.5 in W 30.5 in D 1.25 in
Come Nos Maitres
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Comme nos Maitres" (Like our Masters) c. 1950 is an original etching with hand coloring by Russian/French artist Boris O'Klein 1893-1985 It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 7 x 17.65 inches, framed is 13.5 x 24 inches. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition. About the artist. Boris O’Klein (1893-1985) was born in Moscow in the USSR to French parents. He returned to France at a young age living in the region of Alsace. He signed up and served in the French army during the First World War and afterwards moved to Paris where he continued to live until his death. Boris O Klein became an artist and cartoonist and is best known for his hand coloured etchings of dogs getting up to mischief. They have become known as the ‘Dirty Dogs of Paris...
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Romantic animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic animal prints 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including James Ward, John Constable, John Frederick Herring Sr., and Sir Frank Short. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Engraving 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 animal prints, so small editions measuring 8.07 inches across are also available. Prices for animal prints 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 $396 and tops out at $4,500, while the average work sells for $1,800.

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