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Romantic Art

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
Portrait of a Young Woman, Romantic Oil, Circa 1850
Portrait of a Young Woman, Romantic Oil, Circa 1850

Portrait of a Young Woman, Romantic Oil, Circa 1850

By Sir Thomas Lawrence

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1850. Oil on antique English millboard, panel measures 20 x 24 inches. Excellent condition with surface stress cracking and paint shrinkage consisten...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Liebeserklärung (Declaration of Love), 1896
Liebeserklärung (Declaration of Love), 1896

Liebeserklärung (Declaration of Love), 1896

Located in Stockholm, SE

Thomas Theodor Heine was a central figure in German fin de siècle culture, best known as one of the leading illustrators of the satirical magazine Simplicissimus, where his sharply o...

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1890s Romantic Art

Materials

Gouache

Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype
Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype

Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Lovely scene of a hidden pond in a Scandinavian forest. Details: + Title: Scandinavian Enchanted Forest + Year: 2026 + ...

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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype, Photogram

Gibraltar, Landscape Painting, 19th Century Marine Oil Painting on Canvas
Gibraltar, Landscape Painting, 19th Century Marine Oil Painting on Canvas

Gibraltar, Landscape Painting, 19th Century Marine Oil Painting on Canvas

By Laurits Bernhard Holst

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

This atmospheric marine painting, Twilight in Gibraltar, is a characteristic work by the Danish artist Lauritz (Laurits) Bernhard Holst (1848–1934), whose oeuvre is closely associate...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Swedish Oil Painting 1883 Alfred Thörne Lake Landscape
Antique Swedish Oil Painting 1883 Alfred Thörne Lake Landscape

Antique Swedish Oil Painting 1883 Alfred Thörne Lake Landscape

Located in Stockholm, SE

Alfred Thörne was born in 1850 in Horn, Östergötland, and belongs to a generation of Swedish painters whose formation was grounded in the academic tradition but increasingly shaped b...

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1880s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Frosterly Limestone Quarry, Limited Edition Landscape Colour Photographic Print
Frosterly Limestone Quarry, Limited Edition Landscape Colour Photographic Print

Frosterly Limestone Quarry, Limited Edition Landscape Colour Photographic Print

By David George

Located in London, GB

An ethereal landscape of lush cliffs and gentle waters, bathed in the soft, greenish glow of an impending nightfall... A serene dusk scene captures the gentle flow of a river cutting...

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2010s Romantic Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pigment, Color, Archival Pigment, Ph...

The Fair Skipper: boating on a mountain lake ca 1830 the Swiss Alps painting
The Fair Skipper: boating on a mountain lake ca 1830 the Swiss Alps painting

The Fair Skipper: boating on a mountain lake ca 1830 the Swiss Alps painting

Located in Norwich, GB

Here is an almost two hundred year old painting which is so irresistibly charming that it's crazy! You may have seen painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes - but how many pretty...

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1830s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Painting of Farm with Geese in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Painting of Farm with Geese in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist

Painting of Farm with Geese in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist

By James Wright

Located in Preston, GB

Painting of Farm with Geese in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage Series No.111 Art measures 10 x 8 inches (approx.) Frame measures 15 x 13 inches (approx.) James Wright was born in Peterborough in 1935 and now lives in Lincolnshire. James is a self-taught artist and a leading exponent of the traditional English landscape style. His early work concentrated on the busy fishing villages around the coast of Norfolk, Cornwall and Sussex. More recently, his traditional landscapes mainly feature the East Anglian and Lincolnshire countryside. About the English Heritage Collection From the most powerful to the most humble, from Bronze Age axes...

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1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Orientalist European painter - 19th century Arab city street with caravan
Orientalist European painter - 19th century Arab city street with caravan

Orientalist European painter - 19th century Arab city street with caravan

Located in Varmo, IT

Orientalist painter (19th century) - View of an Arab city with caravan. 57 x 47 cm (unframed) - 71 x 62 cm (framed). Original oil on canvas, in a contemporary 19th-century carved a...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Standing Stones on Machrie Moor, Scotland, Solstice, 19th Century oil on canvas
Standing Stones on Machrie Moor, Scotland, Solstice, 19th Century oil on canvas

Standing Stones on Machrie Moor, Scotland, Solstice, 19th Century oil on canvas

By John Macwhirter

Located in Hillsborough, NC

Sweeping Scottish landscape of Solstice with the famous Celtic Standing Stones over the Moor of Machrie, The stone silhouettes rise up over the marsh in a dramatic sunset by Scottish...

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19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moonlight Coastal Landscape with Reflections, 1909 – Elias Muukka
Moonlight Coastal Landscape with Reflections, 1909 – Elias Muukka

Moonlight Coastal Landscape with Reflections, 1909 – Elias Muukka

Located in Stockholm, SE

Elias Muukka (1853–1938) Finland Månsken vid stranden (Moonlight by the Shore), 1909 signed and dated 09 oil on canvas unframed 31 × 40.5 cm (12.2 × 15.9 in) framed 44 × 54 cm (17....

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Early 1900s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nach dem Regen Oil Painting, Landscape with Figures, Signed 1873
Nach dem Regen Oil Painting, Landscape with Figures, Signed 1873

Nach dem Regen Oil Painting, Landscape with Figures, Signed 1873

Located in Stockholm, SE

signed and dated Otto Sinding Karlsruhe 1873 lower right oil on relined canvas framed 59 × 101 cm (23.2 × 39.8 in) unframed 41 × 83.5 cm (16.1 × 32.9 in) Provenance: The collection ...

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1870s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegant Chinese Beauties, after Chen Yifei (1946–2005)
Elegant Chinese Beauties, after Chen Yifei (1946–2005)

Elegant Chinese Beauties, after Chen Yifei (1946–2005)

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a recreation of a famed "Romantic Realism" composition by the renowned Chinese master Chen Yifei (1946–2005). The striking piece replicates one work in Chen Yifei's renow...

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Late 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cherubs and Beauty, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, 18th Century
Cherubs and Beauty, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, 18th Century

Cherubs and Beauty, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, 18th Century

Located in Cotignac, FR

I8th century allegorical oil on canvas, a female figure and cherubs. The work is not signed and is probably an overdoor or trumeau from a larger decorative room scheme. It is present...

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18th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900
Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900

Rocky Landscape at Sunset, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Circa 1900

Located in Stockholm, SE

This sunset landscape by Hans Agersnap presents a quiet and ccontemplative view of the Danish countryside at the close of day. The composition is dominated by undulating hills, bathe...

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Early 1900s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French painting mid 19th Equestrian Portrait Amazone Horse Dogs After DE DREUX
French painting mid 19th Equestrian Portrait Amazone Horse Dogs After DE DREUX

French painting mid 19th Equestrian Portrait Amazone Horse Dogs After DE DREUX

By Alfred de Dreux

Located in PARIS, FR

After Alfred de Dreux Paris, 1810 – Paris, 1860 Portrait of a Horsewoman Side-saddle with her Dogs Oil on mahogany panel 50.5 x 38 cm (58 x 45.5 cm with frame) Napoleon III period fr...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Early 19th-Century Austrian School, Portrait Of A Gentleman
Early 19th-Century Austrian School, Portrait Of A Gentleman

Early 19th-Century Austrian School, Portrait Of A Gentleman

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This fine early 19th-century Austrian oil painting depicts a dapper gentleman in half-length format against a softly animated sky. Shown turned slightly toward the viewer, his postu...

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1820s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boys Playing Dice - Mid Century Figurative in Oil on Masonite
Boys Playing Dice - Mid Century Figurative in Oil on Masonite

Boys Playing Dice - Mid Century Figurative in Oil on Masonite

By R. Hauslar

Located in Soquel, CA

Exceptional detail in this painting of boys playing dice by R. Hauslar (German, 20th Century). A Hausler interpretation of a work by the famous Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1650) ...

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1950s Romantic Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Venus
Venus

Venus

By Richard Westall

Located in London, GB

Richard Westall, R.A. (1765-1836) Venus signed and dated ‘R. Westall 1794’ (lower right) pencil and watercolour, with white heightening image 11 ⅞ x 15 ¼ in. (30.2 x 38.7 cm.) frame 22 ⅛ x 26 in. (56.3 x 66.1 cm.) Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Venus (1794) was produced during a highly creative and defining period of Richard Westall’s career and artistic development, when from 1790-95 the ambitious young artist was sharing a house at 57 Greek Street, Soho, with his friend Sir Thomas Lawrence, the future President of the Royal Academy. Whilst lodging together, Lawrence became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1791, Westall the following year, and both were elected full-members in 1794 – the year Lawrence was appointed Painter-in-Ordinary to His Majesty King George III. Westall was to become Queen Victoria’s first Drawing Master, before her ascension to the throne. It was in this very year, 1794 - as the two young artists became Royal Academicians - that the present watercolour was executed, and it is exciting to speculate that Lawrence would have examined and given his thoughts on the work. Highly comparable to The Wallace Collection’s Nymph and cupids (c.1793, cat. P757), acquired by Francis Seymour-Conway (1777-1842), 3rd Marquess of Hertford, (who hung it in his bedroom), the mid-1790s saw Westall exhibiting and returning to similar subject-matter on a number of occasions. Two works with titles that could be applied to the present picture were exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1794 (no. 341 Nymph and Cupids) and 1795 (no. 620, A Wood–nymph and Cupids). However, a print after the watercolour, engraved by F. Screen, entitles the piece Venus. Westall is regarded as a great virtuoso watercolourist, and Venus is evidence of the young artist’s mastery of the medium. Indeed, it is unusual to find a watercolour of comparable age so well preserved, and retaining such vibrancy - the superb condition providing an insight into his exceptional brushwork and use of colour. Venus languishes luxuriously on her woodland bed, the trunk of a tree resembling a curtain, while three winged putti play beside her, seeming to gesture to someone in the woods. Cupid draws back his bow and aims an arrow of love, perhaps about to pierce the heart of a hunting nobleman, or unsuspecting woodcutter. The striking contrast between the almost luminescent nymph, with the deep, rich, luxuriant forest, gives the glade an alluring sense of mystery – perhaps an allusion to the mysteries of the heart, a pre-occupation with Romanticism, central to the emerging thought of the time. Westall can be classified as one of the great Romantic artists, and even painted Lord Byron’s portrait...

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1790s Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Mid-19th-Century Munich School, Nocturnal Alpine Scene With Woman Resting
Mid-19th-Century Munich School, Nocturnal Alpine Scene With Woman Resting

Mid-19th-Century Munich School, Nocturnal Alpine Scene With Woman Resting

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This calm and reflective mid-19th-century German oil painting depicts a woman reclining, her hand on a zither, before moonlit Alpine scenery. Gazing outwards across the rooftops and...

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1860s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Romantic Italian painter - 19th century oil painting, Portrait of a Lady
Romantic Italian painter - 19th century oil painting, Portrait of a Lady

Romantic Italian painter - 19th century oil painting, Portrait of a Lady

Located in Varmo, IT

Romantic painter (second half of the 19th century) - Portrait of a Lady in Medieval Costume. 45,5 x 31 cm (without frame) - 74 x 60 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a carved wood...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist
Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist

Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist

By James Wright

Located in Preston, GB

Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage...

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1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boats in Moonlight Watercolor on Paper, Swedish Coastal Scene, 1904
Boats in Moonlight Watercolor on Paper, Swedish Coastal Scene, 1904

Boats in Moonlight Watercolor on Paper, Swedish Coastal Scene, 1904

Located in Stockholm, SE

Boats in Moonlight (1904) is a watercolor on paper measuring 25.5 × 55 cm (10 × 21.7 in). It depicts a Swedish coastal scene under a luminous moonlit sky., Along the quiet shoreline,...

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Early 1900s Romantic Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Cheval de Marly, Bronze Equestrian Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou
Cheval de Marly, Bronze Equestrian Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou

Cheval de Marly, Bronze Equestrian Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou

By Guillaume Coustou

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: After Guillaume Coustou, French (1677-1746) Title: Cheval de Marly Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 22 x 19 x 9 in. (55.88 x 48.26 x 22.86 cm) This be...

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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

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Bronze

French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922
French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922

French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Landscape Le Pont ⬅️ ⏩It is signed possibly J Siverton⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ watercolor on paper ⭐Technique: ⭐Watercolor painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐33x41cm / 12.9x16.1 ...

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1920s Romantic Art

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Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Stretcher Bars

“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863)
“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863)

“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863)

By Émile Jean-Horace Vernet

Located in SANTA FE, NM

“Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man” Half-length, turned to the left, oval Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863) Circa 1830s Watercolor heightened with touches of white on paper Sig...

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1830s Romantic Art

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Watercolor

"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874)
"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874)

"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874)

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874) Monogrammed "EG" on right side. Oil on cradle board 26 x 21 (36 x 31 frame) inches Stunning example and un...

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1850s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952
A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952

A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952

By Otto Lindberg

Located in Stockholm, SE

This exquisite painting by the artist Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) is a mesmerizing depiction of a spring sunset. Crafted in 1952, this piece stands as one of Lindberg's final paintings...

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1950s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape French Romantic Mountains River Scotland 19th
Landscape French Romantic Mountains River Scotland 19th

Landscape French Romantic Mountains River Scotland 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

Alexandre Thomas FRANCIA Calais, 1815 – Brussels, 1884 Mountain landscape with a river, a fisherman, and his dog Oil on wood panel 20 x 28.5 cm (36.5 x 45.5 cm with frame) Signed low...

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19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil

Show and Tell
Show and Tell

Show and Tell

By Pati Bannister

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Show and Tell" 1999, is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 476/950 in pencil by the artist. Published by Masters Publishing INC, New York. The image size is 17.5 x 21 inches, sheet size is 23.25 x 26 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Pati Bannister was born in Highgate, England, overlooking London in 1929. Growing up, both of her parents were artists. Her mother painted watercolor landscapes, while her father painted portraits. To help further her natural talents, she took art lessons as a young girl and ultimately went to work for J. Arthur Rank, the movie maker, as an animator.​ At 22 years old, she came to the United States as a governess for a family in Connecticut. Later she became a flight attendant in Florida where she met her future husband, Glynn. Little did she know, he would become the strongest influence in her life as he inspired her to pursue and share her artistic abilities with the public. ​In 1958, Pati and Glynn moved to New Orleans and she started painting portraits in Jackson Square. Eventually, she opened two art galleries located in the French Quarter. In the late 1960's, they moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast...

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Late 20th Century Romantic Art

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Lithograph

Golden Sunrise on the Maas – Arthur J. Meadows’ Tranquil Masterpiece (1884)
Golden Sunrise on the Maas – Arthur J. Meadows’ Tranquil Masterpiece (1884)

Golden Sunrise on the Maas – Arthur J. Meadows’ Tranquil Masterpiece (1884)

By Arthur Joseph Meadows

Located in Stockholm, SE

A Golden Dawn on the Maas In this refined marine painting, Arthur Joseph Meadows captures a tranquil sunrise on the river Maas just below the historic city of Dordrecht (“Dort”). The...

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1880s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

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