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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FEREY Snow landscape sunset hut hunters French wood panel 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard FEREY (middle of the 19th century) Oil on wood panel 19 x 35 cm (34 x 40 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "E. Ferey" Nice 19th century frame in gilded wood
Oil
Untitled #10 Female antique Bust painted and adorned. Infortunios De La Virtud
By Armando de la Garza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled #10 (female bust), 2016 from Los Infortunios De La Virtud series Antique porcelain bust with the intervention of oil, gold, silver, lea...
Stone, Gold
$584Sale Price|50% Off
Mother and Child oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Rosendo González Carbonell Title: Mother and Child Technique: Oil on canvas Style: Figurative with elements of Romanticism and Reali...
Canvas, Oil
$982Sale Price|40% Off
Early 20thC Oil on Canvas Still Life, Autumn Harvest, Oranges, Hops and Flowers
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on canvas still life of oranges, hops and flowers signed E Pritchard and dated 1904 bottom left, presented in period gilt ...
Canvas, Oil
Romantic French Painting Still life Dragon Bordeaux 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Marguerite JACQUELIN Valogne, 1850 – Bordeaux, 1941 Still Life with Dragon Oil on canvas 41 x 37.5 cm (51 x 47 cm with frame) Dated and signed lower right "Jacquelin / 1882" Beautifu...
Oil
Teal Rustic Flowers Mixed Media Canvas 60W X 40H" IN love with spring 3.
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Teal Rustic Flowers One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed ...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,097Sale Price|30% Off
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) Family Portrait, 1826 Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) A Family Portrait, 1826 pencil on paper Signed lower right and dated 1826 19.5 x 27 cm in a beautiful carved oak frame: 4...
Pencil
$5,702Sale Price|35% Off
Notte. Vicino al Bosco Oil Painting, Romantic, Framed, Circa 1899
Located in Torino, IT
Opera molto suggestiva Firmato in basso a sinistra Notturno Magico Atmosfera magica Ernst Liebermann (1869 – 1960) è stato un pittore, grafico e illustratore tedesco. Nel 1893 vi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,310Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionist Beach Scene, Perranporth, Cornwall
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on paper of a Cornish beach scene by Oliver Bedford. Signed bottom right. Titled and located on a trade label for The Rowley Gallery, Kensington, London. Presented in cus...
Paper, Watercolor
Stony Pasture, Romantic Etching by Luigi Lucioni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luigi Lucioni, American (1900 - 1988) - Stony Pasture, Year: 1943, Medium: Etching, signed in pencil, Image Size: 7.75 x 11 inches, Frame Size: 15.75 x 18.5 inches
Etching
Portrait Alfred de MUSSET cigar French Romantic Painting 19th POTTIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri POTTIN Paris, 1820 - Paris, 1864 Presumed Portrait of Alfred de Musset Oil on canvas 33 x 25 cm (45 x 36 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "h. Pxxxin / 1844" Inscri...
Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
The Wrath of Elihu: 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid.'
Located in Plano, TX
The Wrath of Elihu. 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid'. 1823-25. Engraving. .Binyon catalog 117 state ii, Bindman catalog 632. Image 7 7/8 x 5 15/16; plate 8 ...
Engraving
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...
Acrylic, Board
$1,269Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Bonnet with Basket Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Picking Roses French School, late 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition
Oil
Illustration for W. S. Kenilworth-Lithograph by Camulle Roqueplan-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Camulle Roqueplan (1803-1855) to illustrate Walter Scott's Kenilworth. Very good condition.
Lithograph
$14,973Sale Price|20% Off
Countryside Scene near Geneva with a view of Mont Blanc
Located in Genève, GE
Signed and dates 1849 A superb painting by Frégevize, the renowned enamel artist and painter, depicting a lively scene in the Geneva countryside. In the foreground, villagers in trad...
Oil, Canvas
$290Sale Price|43% Off
1930s French Barbizon School Watercolour, Village and Bridge by a River, Dinard
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Barbizon School watercolour on paper view of a French village and stone bridge by a river by Henri Clamen. The painting is dated, 1939, and titled, 'Dinard' to the back of the...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$21,056
Interior of a Church - Oil Painting by Hermann Corrodi, late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a Church is an original painting realized by Hermann Corrodi. Original oil on canvas with a contemporary wooden frame included. Hermann David Salomon Corrodi...
Oil
Ballet Dancer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ballet Dancer" 1989 is a color offset lithograph by American artist Robert Olson. It is hand signed and numbered 140/1275 in gold felt pen. ...
Lithograph
Cottage and Harvesters
Located in Plano, TX
Cottage and Harvesters (after a watercolor by Peter De Wint, 1784-1849). 1907. Mezzotint. Hardie 88. 6 5/8 x 10 11/16 (sheet 14 x 19 1/4). Edition 100. Housed in a 16 x 20 mat. A ver...
Mezzotint
$5,670
Artists and their muses
Located in London, GB
Playboy School, 20th Century Artists and their muses: Titian and Violante; Sir Peter Lely and Nell Gwyn; Francois Boucher and Louise O’Murphy; Hogarth, Nell...
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
A portrait - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
A subtle miniature portrait of a girl in light delicate colours KATARZYNA SZYDLOWSKA (born in 1969) Katarzyna Szydlowska studied at the European Academy of Arts under prof. Jerzy Du...
Canvas, Oil
$2,149Sale Price|35% Off
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright. Signed, vintage original, oil on heavy grain linen, reframed in a high qu...
Canvas, Oil
$350
Paris, Interieur Notre Dame, Romantic Etching by Franz Xaver Wolf
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Xaver Wolf, Austrian (1896 - 1990) - Paris, Interieur Notre Dame, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50/300, Image Size: 16.5 x 1...
Etching, Aquatint
Pilgrims in Sight of Rome, Romantic Engraving by Charles Lock Eastlake
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Lock Eastlake, After by Charles William Sharpe, British (1793 - 1865) - Pilgrims in Sight of Rome, Portfolio: New Gallery of British Art, Year: 1882, Medium: Engraving, I...
Engraving
The Crown of Hops, Romantic Engraving after William Frederick Witherington
Located in Long Island City, NY
William Frederick Witherington, After by Herbert Bourne, English (1785 - 1865) - The Crown of Hops, Portfolio: New Gallery of British Art, Year: 1882, Medium: Engraving, Image Si...
Engraving
Twilight In The Wood, Romantic Engraving after John Samuel Raven
By John Samuel Raven
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Samuel Raven, After by Charles Cousen, English (1829 - 1877) - Twilight In The Wood, Portfolio: New Gallery of British Art, Year: 1882, Medium: Engraving, Image Size: 10.75...
Engraving
The White Cockade, Romantic Engraving after Robert Alexander Hillingford
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Alexander Hillingford, After by George Greatbach, English (1828 - 1904) - The White Cockade, Portfolio: New Gallery of British Art, Year: 1882, Medium: Engraving, Image Siz...
Engraving
$1,637Sale Price|22% Off
Goyesque Man Oil on Canvas Painting, Romantic Style, Circa 1980s
By Jose Puyet
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) - Goyesque man - Oil on canvas Oil measures 100x79 cm. Frameless. Slight paint chips Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was the grandson of Professor...
Canvas, Oil
Venus of the Grotticella Fountain, Giambologna, Mid 19th Century
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Signed: Morrow '65 (Lower, Right) " Venus of the Grotticella Fountain ", 1865 Oil on Paper 14 1/2" x 10" Housed in a 2 3/4" Ornamented Frame Overall Size: 19 1/2" x 15" The f...
Oil, Paper
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape Mid Century figurative landscape of old-fashioned hay making in the countryside by Russian artist Volodymyr Erlich (Russ...
Canvas, Oil
$393Sale Price|28% Off
Mid-20th Century Framed Watercolor of Carnations in Romantic Style
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid 20th century watercolour on paper of carnations in a bowl by French artist J Savigny. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period patinated and gilt wood and ...
Watercolor, 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...
Canvas, Oil, ABS
Saint Francis of Assisi Drawing, Romantic Style, 19th Century, Framed
Located in GB
The drawing depicts Saint Francis of Assisi at the moment of receiving the stigmata, rendered in a restrained and devotional manner characteristic of the German school. Francis kneel...
Gold Leaf
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
Figurative, Horse Painting, Landscape, French Art, Western n°16 by Swan Scalabre
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre "Western n°16" Oil on Wood 10 x 8 in. 13 x 11 in. Framed Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze ...
Wood, Oil
$8,500
Quran Teacher With Pupils, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Anton Chotka
By Anton Chotka
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anton Chotka, Austrian (1881 -1955) - Quran Teacher With Pupils, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Cold painted Bronze sculpture, stamped Austria, Size: 4.5 x 8 x 5 in. (11.43 x 20.32 x 1...
Bronze
$168Sale Price|20% Off
Sailing Away. Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
An oil on panel idyllic seascape by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom right. An idealised seascape scene, boats under sail on a tranquil sea moving away from a rocky outcrop wit...
Oil, Board
$1,687Sale Price|25% Off
'Stonehenge at Sunset', Royal Academy, RSBA, Benezit, Wiltshire, Druid, Celtic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'R. Gallon' for Robert Gallon (English, 1845-1925) and painted circa 1880. This well-listed landscape and seascape painter maintained a studio in St John's Wood, ...
Watercolor, Illustration Board
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Lithograph
Muse Terpsichore: Framed Hand-colored 19th C. Engraving after 17th C. Painting
Located in Alamo, CA
"Dessine par Gallier" is a hand-colored engraving and etching by Pierre Laurent (1739-1809) and Pierre Audouin (1768-1822) after a painting by Eustache Le Sueur...
Engraving, Etching
Le Vieux Chalet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Vieux Chalet" is an original serigraph by Russian artist Liudmilia Kondakova, born 1956. It is signed and numbered 90/100 in in white pencil by the artist. Th...
Other Medium
Petit Fille, Bronze Sculpture with Patina
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture by Auguste Moreau is a beautiful work from the Romanticism period. Auguste was the third son of sculptor and painter ...
Bronze
The Lake House - Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry Green Red Beige White Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
The lake house - Landscape Wiehler Handmade Gobelin Tapestry by Maestro Vera Petrova - Sapundjieva, Bulgarian artist 1912 - 1985 About the artwork TECH...
Tapestry
"Smoldering Reflections
Located in Zofingen, AG
The ember of the cigarette still glows, but her gaze is already elsewhere – in a world where thoughts smolder slowly. Shadows slide across her face, breaking it into light and doubt,...
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Songbird
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Strawberies" 1990 is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 45/485 in pencil by ...
Lithograph
Venetian School of the 19th Century – Oil on Canvas – “Venice Lagoon”
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Venetian School of the 19th Century. "Venice Lagoon." Oil on canvas. The painting is unsigned Dimensions: 34 x 79 cm; 53 x 98 cm (frame). Romantic view of the Venetian lagoon, wrapp...
Oil
Peaches
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Peaches" 1996 is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 548/950 in pencil by the artist. Published by Masters Publishing INC, New York. The image size is 17.5 x 21 inches, sheet size is 23.5 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...
Lithograph
Ceremony - Figurative Oil Painting Colors Brown Red Orange Black Pale
By Sertap Yegin
Located in Sofia, BG
"Ceremony" is a painting by Maestro Sertap Yeğin. About the painting: Style and Technic: Romantic, Contemporary, oil on canvas About the artwork: Edition...
Canvas, Oil
$1,403Sale Price|20% Off
BADER valley CHARMEY Switzerland landscape mountain Swiss painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Augustin BADER (active between 1830 and 1860) Oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm (51.5 x 59.5 cm with the frame) Signed lower left "Bader" Old stamp on the verso "Par Augustin Bader / à Fribur...
Oil
$2,500
#5175
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas over wood panel signature on verso Hiro Yokose paints images of nature composed in subtle, sensuous palettes. Playing with the viewer’s perceptions, his work c...
Canvas, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$3,275Sale Price|20% Off
"Slovak Boy Selling Onion"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Franz Eybl (1806–1880) "Slovak Boy Selling Onions" (1839) This captivating oil painting on paper board by Franz Eybl, dated 1839, is a remarkable example of 19th-century genre paint...
Oil, Paper
Lady Stanhope - Original Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
John Raphael SMITH (1752-1812) Lady Stanhope Original etching after a painting of Joshua Reynolds Unsigned On vellum 51.5 x 37 cm (c. 20,27 x 14.56 in) Very good condition, little...
Etching
Pair of 2 European cityscapes, each signed below the image, circa 1870
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Pair of 2 European cityscapes, each signed below the image, circa 1870 Each signed illegibly at the bottom right Size each: 38.5 x 27 cm Frame each: 53 x 41.2 cm Presumably cityscap...
Watercolor
Standing one. 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 nude female seen from the back. There is landscape in the backround. Painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$920Sale Price|20% Off
French Countryside Pastoral Landscape Early 20th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century French Countryside Pastoral Landscape Beautiful early 20th century Romantic period European landscape by an unknown artist, circa 1900. This pastoral scene featur...
Canvas, Oil
Scenography for Nutcracker. 1950s. Gouache, tempera, paper, 40x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painted in Soviet Latvia presumably for the State opera. The Scenography and the artist is not known.
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
An Alpine valley "La Conca del Breuil" signed
Located in Genève, GE
A serene Alpine landscape by L. Roda, La Conca del Breuil captures the poetic calm of mountain life — misty hills, grazing herds, and a small church nestled in the valley. A beautifu...
Oil, Canvas
$561Sale Price|46% Off
Limited Edition Signed Romance Photography Print on Archival Paper
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition 10. Print, signed by the author.
Archival Paper
$2,245Sale Price|20% Off
A Rural Landscape With Cows and Horses, Watercolor by Hilding Linnqvist
Located in Stockholm, SE
This watercolor by Hilding Linnqvist who was a Swedish artist born in 1891 and passed away in 1984. Linnqvist, known for his association with the Naïvist movement, often described as...
Watercolor
Watercolor On Paper "Hauptmarkt Trier" British Romantic Artist Signed Dated 1886
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Samuel John Hodson London 1835 - 1908 Main Market in Trier, 1886 Watercolor Signed and dated lower right Size: 50 x 67 cm Frame: 60 x 77 cm Viewing and pickup by appointment Auth...
Watercolor