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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
Color:  Blue
Romantic Landscape of Scandinavian Enchanted Forest, Large Lake Print Cyanotype
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: 2022 + Edition Size: 50 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size + All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE? The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's. Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun. Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in direct sunlight for several minutes using a photo negative to get the best image quality. Finally, the print is washed and fixed with water to stop the reaction and prevent fading. What you get is an amazing, royal blue image...
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2010s Romantic Art

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Emulsion, Photogram, Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, ...

Nostalgia I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In "Nostalgia" a 21st -century Nigerian painter uses an impressionist technique the brushwork clearly visible —to evoke the haziness between wakefulne...
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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, ABS

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 Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fairy tale Blue Duck Glides on a Magical Blue Pond
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk brings the compositional ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Gusts Of Wind
By Lachezar Yavrukov
Located in Sofia, BG
"Gusts of Wind" is a romantic art line painting by the Bulgarian Lachezar Yavroukov, The painting is unframed. “The impressions of Lachezar Yavroukov's paintings on the viewer is...
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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Green and blue French landscape. Sheila Querre oil on canvas Romantic style
Located in Segovia, ES
"Green and blue landscape" oil on canvas by French artist Sheila Querre Dimension: 65 cm H x 92 cm W x 3 cm D The colours of the original work are lighter than those on the photo. T...
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1990s Romantic Art

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Oil, Canvas

Blue dreams. Cloudy landscape in blue. Oil/canvas Sheila Querre Romantic style
Located in Segovia, ES
"Blue dreams" oil on canvas, romantic style by Sheila Querre The colours of the original work are a bit lighter than those on the photo. The picture is in good condition despite its...
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1980s Romantic Art

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Oil, Canvas

The Little House. Sheila Querre oil on canvas green and blue romantic landscape
Located in Segovia, ES
"The Little House" oil on canvas by French artist Sheila Querre Dimension: 65 cm H x 92 cm W x 3 cm D The colours of the original work are lighter than those on the photo. The pictur...
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1990s Romantic Art

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Oil, Canvas

Build me a Dream, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of, Build Me a Dream (Silhouette Special Edition series) by Pat Warren, Silhouette Books, 1989 A young man holding a young w...
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1980s Romantic Art

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Oil, Board

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The three wheat bales
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Romantic art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic art 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. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hiro Yokose, Francisco Goya, Leo Primavesi, and Dipen Bose. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $119 and tops out at $1,300,000, while the average work sells for $2,213.

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