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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$1,184Sale Price|20% Off
Cattle with Windmills (Large Framed 20th Century Antique Watercolor Landscape)
Located in New Orleans, LA
I apologize for the reflections in the glass of this watercolor. At any rate, it's a large scene of cattle grazing in a field, presumably in Holland, with windmills in the distance. ...
Watercolor
$12,838
Pompeian Scene 19th century Painting Oil on Canvas Signed Egisto Sarri
By Egisto Sarri
Located in Rome, IT
Egisto Sarri "Pompeian scene" Oil on canvas, measure: cm 30 x 48 with a filly carved gilt - wood frame cm 46 x 64 Signature in the lower left-hand corner: "E. Sarri Egisto Sarri (F...
Oil
$25,677
Portrait of a Newfoundland dog, William Smith, British Painting, 1838, Pets Art
Located in Greven, DE
The works of William Smith were regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1813 and 1859. Yet little is known about this artist. He lived in Shropshire and was active...
Canvas, Oil
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) ...
Masonite, Oil
Romantic Oil Portrait of Woman and Child, Late 19th Century
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Edwin Howland Blashfield was born in New York and as he grew up, he prepared for a life as an engineer: studying at Harvard, Boston, and MIT. He later grew into a love of art and beg...
Oil, Canvas
Steamboat on the River
By Charles Fournier
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charles Fournier French, 1803-1854 Steamboat on the River Oil on canvas 18 by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 28 ¾ by 37 in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01512
Canvas, Oil
$900Sale Price|25% Off
Angel woke up, 90x80cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Angel woke up 90x80 cm
Canvas, Acrylic
Romantic Scene Pastel Drawing Attributed to Josep Simont
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Beautiful pastel drawing depicting a romantic scene of great delicacy, confidently attributed to Josep Simont. The composition portrays a couple in an intimate setting with a distinc...
Pastel
Portrait. 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 female in nude. She is sitting on the beach, there is sea and cliff behind her...
Canvas, Oil
$14,400Sale Price|20% Off
Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome man and a beautiful woman are depicted in a rapturous pose. Their bodies are intertwined with each other and with the surrounding floral elements. This masterfully render...
Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting Charming figurative genre painting of a Dutch family in the forest by an unknown artist. The painting is skill...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl – Original Oil on Canvas by Guy Seradour
By Guy Seradour
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this exquisite original oil on canvas, French artist Guy Seradour portrays a young girl with a masterful and sympathetic eye. The subject’s youthful innocence and quiet grace are ...
Canvas, Oil
Quiet Afternoon by the Stream, Watercolor on Paper, Signed, 1881
Located in Stockholm, SE
Quiet Afternoon by the Stream from 1881 portrays a tranquil riverside moment in which two men clad in brown monastic robes engage in the simple pastime of fishing. One figure sits at...
Paper, Watercolor
Self-portrait in Indonesian Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Abraham Johannes Romswinckel (1810-1856) Self-portrait in Indonesian landscape Inscribed Abr. Joh. Romswinckel, geb. Batavia 17 Oct. 1810, overl...
Canvas, Oil
“She struggled until she heard him telling her to be quiet.”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Tin Crown” by Rex Beach for Cosmopolitan, published February 1933, page 61. Battling writer's block, songwriter Bertram Berry relies on the hidden talents of...
Board, Pencil, Watercolor
$3,667
19th Century English Pastoral Landscape Painting with Cattle and Cottage at Suns
Located in GB
A beautifully atmospheric 19th-century English pastoral landscape depicting cattle resting peacefully within an expansive rural setting at sunset. Rich in warmth, light, and idyllic ...
Canvas, Oil
Boats on the Nile, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned, Circa 1920
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful seascape oil painting of boats sailing on the Nile, showing the city in the background by an unknown artist, c.1920. A serene river scene with sailboats gliding across ca...
Canvas, Oil
"Elegant Figures Seated in a Park" 19th Century Oil on Panel by M. Alonso Pérez
Located in Madrid, ES
MARIANO ALONSO PÉREZ Spanish, 1857 - 1930 ELEGANT FIGURES SEATED IN A PARK signed, located and dated "Alonso Pérez, Paris ´91" (lower right) oil o...
Oil, Wood Panel
$24,450
Late 19th Century antique Orientalist oil painting of a young woman
Located in London, GB
Late 19th Century antique Orientalist oil painting of a young woman Frame: height 146cm, width 86cm, depth 7cm Canvas: height 132cm, w...
Canvas, Oil
Dark Fire, Paperback Cover
By Ron Lesser
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Paperback Cover Cover of "Dark Fire," Harlequin Books Signed Lower Right Man and Woman holding each other
Board, Oil
$1,793
Ebb & Flow 8, 2025 - Wakeboarding Bodyboarding Dorset Cornish Coastal Landscape
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 8 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 8 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 Artist Pr...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$1,775
Ebb & Flow 10, 2025 - Twilight Landscape Cornish Coastline Dorset Harbour Coast
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 10 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 10 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$12,838
Pompeian Scene 19th century Painting Oil on Canvas Signed Egisto Sarri
By Egisto Sarri
Located in Rome, IT
Egisto Sarri "Pompeian scene" Oil on canvas, measure: cm 30 x 48 with a filly carved gilt - wood frame cm 46 x 64 Signature in the lower left-hand corner: "E. Sarri Egisto Sarri (Figline val d'Arno 1837 - Florence 1901) Sarri studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Enrico Pollastrini, and was one of Antonio Ciseri...
Oil
'Flower maidens, ' a large oil-on-canvas painting by Émile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in London, GB
'Flower maidens,' a large oil-on-canvas painting by Émile Eisman-Semenowsky French/Polish, Late 19th Century Frame: height 72.5cm, width 111cm, depth 9cm Canvas: height 54cm, width 9...
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
"La Nuit" The Night Bronze Female Figural Statue of Psyche
Located in New York, NY
Female figural bronze by Etienne Henry Dumaige (1830-1888) of Psyche with lit Oil Lamp, perched on a stump. Her gaze is incredibly striking, commanding the eye of the viewer. The lam...
Bronze
From the, The Barcelona Suite
By Sunol Alvar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos (Spanish, born 1935) Title: From Barcelona Suite Year: 1979 Medium: Color lithograph with embossing Edition: Numbered 1...
Lithograph
$1,793
Ebb & Flow 4, 2025 - Cornwall Heather Natural Grasses Blue Sea Coastal Water
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 4 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 4 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Friends
By William Etty
Located in Miami, FL
The Condition is fair. work has been slightly over-cleaned. A heavy layer of glossy varnish. The surface of the canvas is undulated and most apparent from extreme side view . Yet in...
Oil, Canvas
$2,186
Miniature Portrait of 18th Century Lady, Gouache, Belle Epoque, Signed
Located in Cotignac, FR
Miniature portrait, gouache and watercolour, from the Belle Epoque period of a fine 18th century lady, probably Madame Sophie Fille de Louis XV after Jean Marc Nattier, by noted port...
Gouache, Watercolor
$2,574
Travellers With Camels At Sundown Near Pyramids American Orientalist Watercolor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). Travellers By A River Nile Tributary At Sundown. Watercolor On Paper. Monogram Lower Left. Image size 6.7 inches x 11 inches ( 17cm x...
Paper, Watercolor
Ebb & Flow 1, 2025 - Natural Landscape Storm Horizon Blue Seas Ocean Breeze
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 1 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 1 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
Marble, Bronze
French Romantic School, Portraits of young men and other studies, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School, mid 19th Century Portraits of young men, studies black chalk on paper 24 x 28, 5 cm Framed in a mat The work is executed in black chalk on paper, the preferr...
Ink
“Forest landscape with herd of cattle”
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Attributed to Friedrich Voltz (1817–1886) – Bucolic Cattle Scene Artist: Attributed to Friedrich Voltz Period: 19th Century Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 40 cm Artw...
Canvas, Oil
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
Southern Landscape, Ships, Old Master Drawing, 19th Century, by Von Stengel
Located in Greven, DE
Southern Landscape with View of a Castle and Ships passing by Pen and brush in brown and black over pencil, brown and grey wash, 17,5 x 22,7cm Plain black moulding with golden pearl ...
Paper, Gouache
$1,291Sale Price|20% Off
Early 1800's Italian Oil Painting Romantic Light Landscape Figure by River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Riverside Pathway Italian School, early 1800's period oil painting on paper laid on board, unframed size: 12.75 x 17.5 inches condition: overall very good for age, a few very sma...
Oil
"Woman feeding birds"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Woman Feeding Birds" – Antique Oil on Canvas An evocative 19th-century oil painting depicting a rustic pastoral scene, where a woman tenderly feeds a goose in a lush countryside setting. This charming composition is framed in an ornate gilded frame, adding to its elegance and historical appeal. Details: Artist: Unidentified Title: Woman Feeding Birds Medium: Oil on canvas Framed Dimensions: 54 x 39 cm Flat Dimensions: 35 x 20 cm Backside Details: Sticker present (further information upon request) Condition: The painting shows signs of age and patina, with surface wear consistent with its historical character. The richly decorated frame enhances its authentic antique aesthetic, making it a striking decorative piece for classical interiors or art collections. Historical Context: This piece is reminiscent of European genre paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, which often depicted idyllic rural life and intimate moments of everyday existence. The soft brushstrokes, naturalistic color palette, and delicate attention to fabric and form reflect a traditional Romantic or Rococo-inspired style, suggesting an influence from French and Italian genre painters of the period. A wonderful acquisition for collectors of antique European oil...
Canvas, Oil
$7,640
Portrait of a young Girl with a Doll, Basile de Loose, Belgium, 19th, Romantic
By Basile de Loose
Located in Greven, DE
Basile de Loose Portrait of a Child signed and dated „1861“ Basile De Loose (17 December 1809 – 24 October 1885) was a Belgian painter. He was born in Zele, East Flanders, United K...
Canvas, Oil
"Playing hide and seek", 19th Century Oil on Panel by Vicente Palmaroli, Spanish
Located in Madrid, ES
VICNTE PALMAROLI y GONZÁLEZ Spanish, 1834 - 1896 PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK signed "V. Palmaroli" (lower right) oil on mahogany panel 17-3/4 x 13-1/2 inches (45 X 34 cm.) framed: 25-1/4 X 21-1/4 inches (64 X 53.7 cm.) PROVENANCE Leslie Hindman Inc., Auctionners Private Collector, Madrid Oil on table by Vicente Palmaroli...
Oil, Wood Panel
French Marine Romantic Painting 19th Circle of KUWASSEG Boat Sea Port Channel
Located in PARIS, FR
French School, mid-19th century Ship Approaching the Port Oil on canvas 33 x 46 cm (53 x 66 cm with frame) Collector's label on the back "Ronarch" (Admiral Pierre Alexis Ronarc'h (18...
Oil
Dipinto figurativo impressionista fiorentino ritratto femminile del XIX secolo
By Michele Gordigiani
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato e datato in alto a destra MGordigiani 78 e le misure senza cornice sono 58 x 73 cm Raffigura una fanciulla con lo sguardo incantato, la bocca socchiusa e la test...
Canvas, Oil
Geraniums and Flowers on a Cottage Staircase, French Mid Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Cotignac, FR
Geraniums and flowers. French Mid Century oil on canvas view of flowers and a cottage by Edouard Le Saout. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a custom wood frame. ...
Canvas, Oil
WOP 2 - 00625
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light i...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"Conversando", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Artsit Ángel María Cortellini
Located in Madrid, ES
ÁNGEL MARÍA CORTELLINI Spanish, 1819 - 1887 CONVERSANDO signed "Cortellini" (lower right) oil on canvas 13-1/4 x 11 inches (33.5 x 28 cm.) framed: 17-1/4 x 15 (44 x 38 cm.) Ángel María Cortellini. Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), 27.09.1819 – Madrid, 1887. Painter. Ángel María Cortellini was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 27, 1819, to an Italian father and a Spanish and Sanlúcar mother. Contrary to family opinion, he decided to dedicate himself to painting and already, at the age of nine, he was enrolled in a drawing academy in his hometown. They soon sent him to Seville, where he was a disciple of Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer...
Canvas, Oil
$2,200
Half Dome in Winter - Early 20th Cent. Yosemite Landscape with Deer by Wm Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
Half Dome in Winter - Early 20th Cent. Yosemite Landscape with Deer Beautiful large scale landscape of Yosemite with Half Dome and El Capitan above the Merced River by William Lemos...
Oil, Linen
Romantic Alpine Landscape with Stone Bridge and Mazots near Stalden, Zermatt
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 58 x 49,5 x 5 cm. A highly atmospheric Swiss Alpine landscape depicting traditional wooden mazots and mountain chalets dramatically perched above a rushing ri...
Canvas, Oil
$7,992Sale Price|20% Off
Gottfried Seelos, Antique Oil painting "Home of Walther von der Vogelweide"
Located in Berlin, DE
Gottfried Seelos, antique oil painting, home of Walther von der Vogelweide. Signed and dated. According to an antique note on the back, the painting come...
Oil, Wood Panel
The Joyous Sprites, Romantic Engraving after Gustave Dore
By Gustave Doré
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gustave Dore, After by George C. Finden, French (1832 - 1883) - The Joyous Sprites, Portfolio: Guinevere, Year: 1867, Medium: Engraving, Image Size: 9.5 x 7.25 inches, Size: 16...
Engraving
Thanksgiving
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Thanksgiving" 1995 is a color off set lithograph by British/American artist Pati Bannister, 1929-2013. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 587/950 in pencil by the artist. Published by Masters Publishing INC, New York. The image size is 17.75 x 21 inches, sheet size is 23.75 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
“The Showman” after Abraham Le Blond
Located in San Francisco, CA
This itinerant showman, with his drum and what appears to be a peep show, met a real need. What’s offered definitely engages the man in the group, but the woman pawing at his shoulde...
Oil, Board
$1,775
Ebb & Flow 6, 2025 - Coastal Water Full Moon Romantic Landscape Honeymoon Sea
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 6 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 6 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$61,125
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Located in London, GB
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A. English, 1842 Frame: height 92cm, width 128cm, depth 6.5cm Canvas: height 77cm, width 122cm This superb marine ...
Canvas, Oil
On the Lagoon, from Lost Venice
By Sarah Hadley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 7 Printed on archival pigment paper by the artist Signed on Verso Lost Venice highlights the Renaissance past of a city that Hadley visited often as a child and where sh...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Women with Dove and Flowers
By Sunol Alvar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sunol Alvar Title: Women with dove and Flowers Year: c.1980 Medium: Colors lithograph with embossing Edition: Numbered 28/195 in pencil Paper: Arches Image size: 16.75 x 21...
Lithograph
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) Dona Clarice, 1828 drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) Dona Clarice, 1828 Titled in pencil at the top: “Destouches, the Ambitious and the Indiscreet, Act 3, Scene 9” Signed and dated at the bottom, “Deveria 18...
Ink
Ebb & Flow 13, 2025 - Coastal Water Cornwall Dorset Blue Water Sunset Glow
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 13 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 13 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$1,793
Ebb & Flow 5, 2025 - Cornish Coastline Coastal Waters Ancient Rock Formation
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 5 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 5 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2 A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
"The Card Game", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 THE CARD GAME signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla - 1849." (lower left) oil on ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,793
Ebb & Flow 14, 2025 - Full Moon Glow Romantic Landscape Cornish Dorset Coast
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Ebb & Flow 14 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 14 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + 2...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital