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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
Heart

Jim DineHeart, 1983

$186Sale Price|20% Off

Heart

By Jim Dine

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Color offset lithograph Made for an exhibition at the Galerie Maeght Paris, 12 April - 20 May 1983. Image in great condition, marginal defects

Category

1980s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

#1919
#1919

#1919

By Hiro Yokose

Located in Phoenix, AZ

encaustic on canvas Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky a...

Category

1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic

Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860

Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860

Located in Soquel, CA

Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Tuileries Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Ionic Column Capital
Ionic Column Capital

Ionic Column Capital

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Ionic Column Capital Graphite, wash, gouache and gum arabic, 4 Fev 57 (Feb 4 1857) Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Ionic columns are a classical architectural style characte...

Category

1850s Romantic Art

Materials

Gouache

Le cochon gentilhomme - Figurine en bronze humoristique, 19e siècle
Le cochon gentilhomme - Figurine en bronze humoristique, 19e siècle

Le cochon gentilhomme - Figurine en bronze humoristique, 19e siècle

Located in Ixelles, BE

Anonyme, entourage de Christophe Fratin "Le cochon gentilhomme" Bronze à patine brune H. : 13 cm ; L. : 5,5 cm ; P. : 5 cm Au XIXe siècle, la caricature connaît un essor considérabl...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Bronze

Children Flying Kites
Children Flying Kites

Children Flying Kites

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Children Flying Kites" 1963, is an oil painting on hardboard by noted Haitian artist Bourmont Byron, 1920-2004. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Spanish Romantic Couple Mantilla Portrait Figurative Oil
Mid Century Spanish Romantic Couple Mantilla Portrait Figurative Oil

Mid Century Spanish Romantic Couple Mantilla Portrait Figurative Oil

By Jose Puyet

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mid Century Spanish Romantic Couple Mantilla Portrait Figurative Oil Artist: José Puyet Padilla Title: Majos Medium: Oil on canvas Period: Mid-20th century Dimensions: 51 × 72 cm (20 × 28.3 in) Signature: Signed lower right Inscription: Titled Majo on the reverse Frame: Unframed Condition: Very good overall condition. Stable pictorial surface with visible expressive brushwork consistent with the artist’s technique DESCRIPTION Elegant Mid-Century figurative composition by José Puyet Padilla depicting a romantic Spanish couple in close interaction, rendered with the artist’s characteristic expressive brushwork and atmospheric palette. The female figure, wrapped in a luminous white mantilla, leans gently toward her companion in an intimate gesture that recalls the refined tradition of Spanish costumbrista portraiture reinterpreted through a modern painterly language. The soft transitions of light across the veil contrast with the deep reds and greens of the surrounding composition, creating a strong visual balance typical of Puyet’s mature style. The painting demonstrates the artist’s distinctive handling of facial modeling and fabric textures, especially visible in the treatment of the mantilla and the subtle tonal structure of the background. Works of this type belong to the elegant figurative tradition of Mid-Century Spanish painting, where portraiture and social atmosphere merge into decorative compositions particularly appreciated in international interiors. A refined example of José Puyet’s romantic Spanish figuration with strong decorative presence and collector appeal. ARTIST BIO José Puyet Padilla (1922–2004) was a Spanish painter known for his refined portraits and elegant figurative compositions inspired by Spanish cultural themes and society imagery. Trained under the influence of his grandfather, painter José Padilla, he developed an internationally recognized career with exhibitions in Spain, the United States, Canada, Germany and Italy. His work combines expressive brushwork with a luminous palette and a distinctive interpretation of traditional Spanish subjects. In 1988 he was elected member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Telmo in Málaga. His paintings are held in numerous private collections in Europe and North America. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION This painting belongs to the tradition of modern Spanish figurative portraiture that revisits historical costume and romantic themes through a painterly Mid-Century language. Comparable decorative and atmospheric resonances can be found in the society portrait tradition of Ignacio Zuloaga, the expressive elegance of Ricardo Macarrón, and the refined figurative interpretations of Spanish identity developed by 20th-century portrait painters working between Madrid and Andalusia. The mantilla motif remains one of the most recognizable visual symbols of Spanish portraiture and continues to hold strong appeal among collectors of European figurative painting. jose puyet painting spanish romantic painting mantilla portrait painting mid century spanish painting spanish figurative oil romantic couple painting...

Category

1960s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Making Hay - Russian School Mid Century Figurative Landscape

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...

Category

1960s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait d'Homme Barbu German School oil on pannel
Portrait d'Homme Barbu German School oil on pannel

Portrait d'Homme Barbu German School oil on pannel

Located in Pasadena, CA

Pretty portrait representing a portrait of an old shepherd from the German school in Dusseldorf . Oil on pannel

Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Roman Facade, Italy (Exquisite 19th-c. Original Watercolor, Signed)
Roman Facade, Italy (Exquisite 19th-c. Original Watercolor, Signed)

Roman Facade, Italy (Exquisite 19th-c. Original Watercolor, Signed)

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sorry for the reflections on the glass, but I didn't want to take this lovely frame apart. The close-ups are much better. This is a highly accomplished, superbly detailed watercolor of a the facade of a building in Rome, depicting Corinthian columns, a frieze and a free-standing tributary sculpture above. Image area itself is 10.5" x 6.25", framed size is 19.5" x 14". Matted and presented in a pretty antique wood frame that has some flaws from an apparently long history but is perfectly serviceable, as you can see. Exquisite detail, so hard to accomplish with watercolor. Came from august Houston...

Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor

French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor
French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor

French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor

Located in Paris, FR

French school 19th century, An italian bandit, 1864, watercolor on paper On the reverse of the sheet (now under the back of the frame) an annotation, "Rome 1864" 25,5 x 21.5 cm (v...

Category

1860s Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor

Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion, Romantic Drawing, Mid-19th Century
Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion, Romantic Drawing, Mid-19th Century

Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion, Romantic Drawing, Mid-19th Century

By Eugène Delacroix

Located in New York, NY

Étude pour une chasse au lion by Eugene Delacroix (1789-1863) Catalogue raisonne reference: Alfred Robalt 733. Description: Eugene Delacroix was a famous French Romantic painter whose career is seen to this day as imperative in the shaping of the French Romantic school. He studied at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand and Lycee Pierre Corneille. He was inspired by Baroque painters like Peter Paul Rubens, incorporating the extravagance of early Flemish painting into his work. He was often seen as in direct opposition to the established French Neoclassical school which included artists like Ingres and David. Nevertheless, Delacroix maintained his career as an artist through history paintings and later political paintings such as "Liberty Leading the People...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Woman with an umbrella sitting on a bench"
"Woman with an umbrella sitting on a bench"

"Woman with an umbrella sitting on a bench"

By Unidentified

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Unidentified Artist (1929) "Woman with an Umbrella Sitting on a Bench" This elegant 1929 oil painting on canvas presents a refined portrait of a fashionable woman seated on a park be...

Category

20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Dutch Country Scene with Girl
Vintage Dutch Country Scene with Girl

Vintage Dutch Country Scene with Girl

Located in San Francisco, CA

This twentieth-century oil on canvas painting depicts a traditional Dutch country genre scene complete with a quiet waterway, cottage, and windmill against a pale sky. A young girl s...

Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Australian Gum Trees Landscape
Australian Gum Trees Landscape

Australian Gum Trees Landscape

By John Sharman (b.1947)

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful landscape of gum trees by listed Australian artist John Sharman (Australian, b. 1947), c.1990. These lovely iconic trees appear in the foreground, while the Australian landscape sprawls out into the distance. Signed "John Sharman" lower right. Displayed in a silver tone giltwood frame. Image size, 21"H x 23"L. Born in Sydney in 1947, John Sharman turned to full time professional art practice in 1980. He became part of a group of artists that included Bob Simpson, Doug Sealy, Robert Wilson, Warwick Fuller...

Category

1980s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

French Romantic School, 19th Century,  Manly head of bearded man, oil on canvas
French Romantic School, 19th Century,  Manly head of bearded man, oil on canvas

French Romantic School, 19th Century, Manly head of bearded man, oil on canvas

Located in Paris, FR

French Romantic School 19th Century Manly head of bearded man oil on canvas 46 x 37.8 cm In fairly good condition, some inpaintings visible under UV light, mainly in the backgrounds ...

Category

1850s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Entwined

Entwined

By Sal Taylor Kydd

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Edition of 10 Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; co...

Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me 1860s Romantic French Oil Painting
I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me 1860s Romantic French Oil Painting

I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me 1860s Romantic French Oil Painting

By Charles Zacharie Landelle

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Charles Zacharie Landelle. French ( b.1821 - d.1908 ). “Je Te Demande Une Caresse Et Tu Me Chatouilles”. (“I Ask You For A Caress And You Only Tickle Me”). Oil On Panel. Signed Lower...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

PLAINS OF JUPITER Signed Lithograph, 1988, Romantic Landscape 26x29"
PLAINS OF JUPITER Signed Lithograph, 1988, Romantic Landscape 26x29"

PLAINS OF JUPITER Signed Lithograph, 1988, Romantic Landscape 26x29"

By Harold Hitchcock

Located in Union City, NJ

PLAINS OF JUPITER is a hand drawn color lithograph by the British painter Harold Hitchcock printed using hand lithography on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. In the dreamy, roma...

Category

1980s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

1852 oval Portrait of Marie Potonie (Sievers), Oil Painting
1852 oval Portrait of Marie Potonie (Sievers), Oil Painting

1852 oval Portrait of Marie Potonie (Sievers), Oil Painting

Located in Berlin, DE

Ornate, decorative oil painting. Illustration of Marie Potonie (born Sievers). Marie was the daughter of the royal Prussian court painter Johannes Sievers. Extremely fine painting....

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream- Etching-J.P. Simon After J.H. Fussli-1796
Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream- Etching-J.P. Simon After J.H. Fussli-1796

Shakespeare's Midsummer-Night's Dream- Etching-J.P. Simon After J.H. Fussli-1796

By Johann Heinrich Fussli (After)

Located in Roma, IT

Midsummer-Night's Dream is an original etching engraved by Jean Pierre Simon after the iconic romantic painting by Heinrich Füssli in 1790. Titled on plate: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: A wood - Titania, Queen of the fairies, Bottom, fairies attending Mint conditions with little tears along the margin, and a glued tear in the center. Some light little foxings. The original oil painting is displayed at Tate Britain in London. It was commissioned for the Boydell Shakespeare...

Category

1790s Romantic Art

Materials

Etching

Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Jamaican Waterfall
Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Jamaican Waterfall

Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of a Jamaican Waterfall

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Transporting 18th century hand colored engraving with a "Beautiful view of the remarkable cascade on the White river in Jamaica" as seen by the artist. Presented under glass in a gil...

Category

18th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Engraving

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt
The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt

By Francis Frith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt Original gold toned albumin photograph, c. 1862 Unsigned as is usual From: Upper Egypt and Ethiopia, c. 1862, Vol 1, (36 plates) Published by Wi...

Category

1860s Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers
Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers

Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers

By Francis Wheatley

Located in Harkstead, GB

A really charming, early 19th century portrait of a young maiden carrying a basket of flowers. The face is beautifully painted with a slight blush to her cheeks and striking touches ...

Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Pencil

Romantic painting Portrait woman with flowers French mid 19th
Romantic painting Portrait woman with flowers French mid 19th

Romantic painting Portrait woman with flowers French mid 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

French school around 1850 Oil on oil 41 x 33 cm (54 x 47 cm with frame) Inscription on the back “Lefevre” Based on the model's hairstyle, the portrait can be dated around 1850. The ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.
Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.

Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.

Located in Soquel, CA

Expressive depiction of Christ being aided by Simon of Cyrene by an unknown artist, Italiante School style of 17th-century Northern European painters principally Dutch, c.1700s-1800s. This piece is composed of oil on linen, laid down on fiberboard. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 42"H x 33"W. Italianate painters, group of 17th-century northern European painters, principally Dutch, who traveled in Italy and, consciously adopting the style of landscape painting that they found there, incorporated Italian models and motifs into their own works. Chief among the Italianates were Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Andries and Jan Both, Nicolaes Berchem, and Jan Asselijn...

Category

18th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Fiberboard

An Autumn Landscape
An Autumn Landscape

An Autumn Landscape

By Arnold Marc Gorter

Located in Sheffield, MA

Arnold Marc Gorter Dutch, 1866-1933 An Autumn Landscape Oil on canvas 26 ¼ by 33 ¾ in, w/ frame 35 ¾ by 43 ¼ in Signed "A.M. Gorter" lower right Inventory Number: 01927 Arnold Mar...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Landscape Painting"
"Landscape Painting"

"Landscape Painting"

By Unidentified

Located in Edinburgh, GB

19th-Century Landscape Painting – Pastoral River Scene Artist: Unidentified Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 47 cm Artwork: 25 x 38 cm Style: Romanticism / Pastoral Lan...

Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Rare neoclassical historical figurative painting Roman antiquity of the 19th century
Rare neoclassical historical figurative painting Roman antiquity of the 19th century

Rare neoclassical historical figurative painting Roman antiquity of the 19th century

By Luigi Ademollo

Located in Florence, IT

Oil painting on canvas ( 43 x 53.5 cm; with 59 x 70 cm with gilt wood frame), Title: King Amulius, in the presence of Rea Silvia, orders to kill Romulus and Remus as children Ancien...

Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SERRA AUQUE Portrait spanish girl romantic painter costume 19th
SERRA AUQUE Portrait spanish girl romantic painter costume 19th

SERRA AUQUE Portrait spanish girl romantic painter costume 19th

By Enrique Serra y Auque

Located in PARIS, FR

Enrique SERRA AUQUE Barcelona, 1859 - Rome, 1918 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left “ENRIQUE SERRA/ 1892 ” 40 x 33 cm (45 x 38 cm with frame) Nice old frame in wood Enrique S...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

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