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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
Glory hole between two buildings, Vriesendorp surrealism, blue and green
Glory hole between two buildings, Vriesendorp surrealism, blue and green

Glory hole between two buildings, Vriesendorp surrealism, blue and green

Located in Carballo, ES

Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Timber Raft on the Rhine
Timber Raft on the Rhine

Timber Raft on the Rhine

By Sir Frank Short

Located in Plano, TX

Timber Raft on the Rhine (after the watercolor by J.M.W. Turner in the National Gallery). 1898. Mezzotint. Hardie 66. 8 1/4 x 11 11/16 (sheet 10 5/16 x 13 1/2). Edition 100. A rich, ...

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1890s Romantic Art

Materials

Mezzotint

Winter in Palos (Three)

Winter in Palos (Three)

Located in Phoenix, AZ

sepia toned silver gelatin print Framed dimensions 21.5 x 17.5 inches Paul Kozal has been photographing for over 25 years. His award-winning photographs have been exhibited in numer...

Category

1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Recruits on a March
Recruits on a March

Recruits on a March

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Recruits on a March Ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on support Unsigned Condition: watercolor sheet laid down on paper, moderately faded Original Ackermann frame and matting Ima...

Category

Early 1800s Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor

Ebb & Flow 14, 2025 - Full Moon Glow Romantic Landscape Cornish Dorset Coast

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 13, 2025 - Coastal Water Cornwall Dorset Blue Water Sunset Glow

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 12, 2025 - Early Morning Sunrise English Coastal Landscape Photograph

Ebb & Flow 12, 2025 - Early Morning Sunrise English Coastal Landscape Photograph

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Ebb & Flow 12 by Ellie Davies is a Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte Paper Ebb & Flow 12 is available in this size of 67.5cm x 90cm from a Limited Edition of 7 + ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Ebb & Flow 5, 2025 - Cornish Coastline Coastal Waters Ancient Rock Formation

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

fish tank, blue color study, surreal skyscraper, oil painting, Vriesendorp
fish tank, blue color study, surreal skyscraper, oil painting, Vriesendorp

fish tank, blue color study, surreal skyscraper, oil painting, Vriesendorp

Located in Carballo, ES

Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Statue of Liberty kissing a duck in a movie theater, purple lighting
Statue of Liberty kissing a duck in a movie theater, purple lighting

Statue of Liberty kissing a duck in a movie theater, purple lighting

Located in Carballo, ES

Ventura A. Pérez (1992) is one of the most seductive artists on the contemporary Spanish scene. After earning a doctorate in contemporary art from the University of Vigo, he moved to...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Parvati
Parvati

Parvati

By Allan Clark

Located in Long Island City, NY

A bronze sculpture by Allan Clark originally casted in 1927. A nude figure sculpture of Parvati, the Hindu goddess of love. Artist: Allan Clark (after), American (1896 - 1950) T...

Category

1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Bronze

River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School
River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School

River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School

Located in Valladolid, ES

Amazing oil painting on panel, “River Landscape,” of French origin and created in the late 19th century. This small work depicts a river landscape. In the foreground, the rocky bank...

Category

1880s Romantic Art

Materials

Wood

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

“Lady of the Lake”
“Lady of the Lake”

“Lady of the Lake”

By Jean Beauduin

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas. Condition is very good. Signed lower left. Inscribed Paris and dated 1904. Overall with gold leaf over wood frame frame 28 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches. There is a second f...

Category

Early 1900s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape Watercolour, Lake and View to the Mountains
Landscape Watercolour, Lake and View to the Mountains

Landscape Watercolour, Lake and View to the Mountains

Located in Cotignac, FR

Watercolour landscape of a lake and surrounding mountains by Nano. The painting is signed bottom left and presented in a fine period gilt frame under glass. This painting portrays a...

Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)

Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Horse Study "Heads, Hooves and Rump, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874) Pencil on paper Signed and Dated "W Verschuuur 1838" 10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action. He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens. Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae. His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle* in Paris. The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...

Category

1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)

Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Horse Study "Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874) Pencil on paper Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838" 10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action. He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens. Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae. His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...

Category

1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860

Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860

Located in Soquel, CA

Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860 Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Rue de la Paix 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

Woman in profile with fan oil on board painting
Woman in profile with fan oil on board painting

Woman in profile with fan oil on board painting

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Frame size 71x62 cm. Biography of Gumersindo Vila Full Name: Gumersindo Vila Date of Birth: April 14, 1950 Place of Birth: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Nationality: Spanish Artist...

Category

Early 2000s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

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...

Category

1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal
Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal

Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal

Located in Soquel, CA

Greek Classical Scene of "Death of Agamemnon" Oil on metal Beautifully detailed oil painting with classical scene with romantic-esque brushwork and details by unknown artist. Painti...

Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Metal

Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard with a Bull, Sheep & Goat circa 1860, France
Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard with a Bull, Sheep & Goat circa 1860, France

Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard with a Bull, Sheep & Goat circa 1860, France

By Christophe Fratin

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard Scene (Cow, Sheep & Goat) Christophe Fratin (France, 1801-1864) Sand cast bronze 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches Highly refined and sensitively modeled miniature bronze representing a small herd of cattle, sheep and cattle on the terrace. Despite its small size, this bronze offers a complete view of a small herd of livestock: a bull is lying in a landscape near a sheep and a goat climbing a tree above a rocky mound. Here we find the skillful hand of the animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin (French, 1801-1864), immensely famous in the 19th century for his thoughtfully crafted animal...

Category

1840s Romantic Art

Materials

Bronze

FEREY Snow landscape sunset hut hunters French wood panel 19th
FEREY Snow landscape sunset hut hunters French wood panel 19th

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

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

James Ward The Fisherman's Family
James Ward The Fisherman's Family

James Ward The Fisherman's Family

By James Ward

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

Precious Watercolor attributed to James WARD (1769-1859) - England, 1830-1840. The Fisherman' S Family. Measurements : View : 20"x14.6" (51x37 cm), With frame : 26.6"x21.5" (67.5x54....

Category

1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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