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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
Attributed to Pierre-Jean Hellemans, Brussels 1787 – 1845, Oil on oak panel
Attributed to Pierre-Jean Hellemans, Brussels 1787 – 1845, Oil on oak panel

Attributed to Pierre-Jean Hellemans, Brussels 1787 – 1845, Oil on oak panel

Located in Knokke, BE

Hellemans Pierre-Jean Brussels 1787 – 1845 Belgian Painter A Summer Landscape Signature: Attributed to Hellemans Pierre-Jean Medium: Oil on oak panel Dimensions: Image size 62 x 78 cm, frame size 72,50 x 92,50 cm Biography: Hellemans Pierre-Jean was born on November 21, 1787, in Brussels. He was a Belgian pre-romantic painter of landscapes. He was married with his niece, Jeanne Marie-Joséphine Hellemans (1796-1837). She was a painter of still lifes with flowers and fruits. Hellemans studied at the Acade...

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19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

19th Century Romantic Coastal Marine Scene Oil, Eduard Schmidt
19th Century Romantic Coastal Marine Scene Oil, Eduard Schmidt

19th Century Romantic Coastal Marine Scene Oil, Eduard Schmidt

Located in Berlin, DE

This atmospheric 19th-century Romantic coastal scene depicts fishermen gathering by a rowboat along a peaceful shore, with sailing vessels anchored on calm waters and half-timbered c...

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19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Located in Cotignac, FR

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in a landscape, Mid century oil on wood panel. This vibrant and charming painting vividly portrays a whimsical forest scene featuring Snow White and ...

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Mid-20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux
Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Vue du châteaux de Chenonceaux Lithograph, 1843 Letterpress signature lower left corner Signature of the printer lower right corner After Pierre Justin Ouvrié (1806-1879) Published b...

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1840s Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Search' — Australian Romanticism
'Search' — Australian Romanticism

'Search' — Australian Romanticism

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Thomas Balfour Garrett, 'Search', monotype in colors, c. 1910, a unique impression. Signed and titled in pencil. A superb, painterly impression with fresh colors on off-white, wove p...

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1910s Romantic Art

Materials

Monotype

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...

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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

The Blue Dress, Girl Portrait , Signed Romantic Pastel, 1922
The Blue Dress, Girl Portrait , Signed Romantic Pastel, 1922

The Blue Dress, Girl Portrait , Signed Romantic Pastel, 1922

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

An enchanting oval portrait capturing a young girl, curled up in an oversized Louis XIV armchair. She wears a deep blue dress, her dark hair neatly arranged and held in place by two ...

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1920s Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Fragility

Fragility

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

Romantic Scene Pastel Drawing Attributed to Josep Simont
Romantic Scene Pastel Drawing Attributed to Josep Simont

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...

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20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Pastel

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....

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1830s Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Son of Man. 1998. Oil on canvas. 72x54cm. Signed
Son of Man. 1998. Oil on canvas. 72x54cm. Signed

Son of Man. 1998. Oil on canvas. 72x54cm. Signed

By Igor Maikov

Located in Riga, LV

Igor Maikov (1966) Education: 1981 - 1984 The Academy of Art 1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School Exhibitions: 1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia 1995 - ...

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1990s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Glasses
Vintage Glasses

Vintage Glasses

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper From the series The Whispering Dark Sarah Hadley is a Los Angeles based artist whose narrative work focuses on issues of female identity and memory. Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo...

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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Ivy
Ivy

Ivy

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper From the series The Whispering Dark Sarah Hadley is a Los Angeles based artist whose narrative work focuses on issues of female identity and memory. Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo...

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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

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...

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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Cattle, Romantic Watercolor, Mid-19th Century, Framed
Landscape with Cattle, Romantic Watercolor, Mid-19th Century, Framed

Landscape with Cattle, Romantic Watercolor, Mid-19th Century, Framed

Located in DEVENTER, NL

This beautifully excecuted landscape with cattle in watercolor was made by Abraham Hendrik Winter (1800-1861). Winter was born in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 1800 and was a teacher ...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Italian Landshaft"
"Italian Landshaft"

"Italian Landshaft"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"Italian Landscape at Sunset" Materials & Technique Medium: Oil on canvas Framed Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm Painting Dimensions: 20 x 15 cm Frame: Giltwood with intricate decorative ...

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19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Rabbit and The Cat
The Rabbit and The Cat

The Rabbit and The Cat

Located in Cotignac, FR

Pair of drawings on paper of a rabbit and a cat by Margaret Lisel. They are both signed bottom right and dated for 1934. The drawings are presented as a pair in plain gilt frames. A...

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1930s Romantic Art

Materials

Crayon, Pencil

Daydreams

Daydreams

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper From the series In Between Days Sarah Hadley is a Los Angeles based artist whose narrative work focuses on issues of female identity and memory. Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo...

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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935
Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935

Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935

Located in Stockholm, SE

Birger Hjelm – Våreldar ("Spring Fires"), c. 1935-1938 Oil on board unframed 80 x 84.5 cm (31 ½ x 33 ¼ in) framed 82 x 87 cm (32 ¼ x 34 ¼ in) Signed “Birger Hjelm” lower right; titl...

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1930s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Palm Trees in Mist, Los Angeles

Palm Trees in Mist, Los Angeles

By Sarah Hadley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Archival pigment print Hand printed by Sarah Hadley on Canson Baryta Photo paper Hadley's photographs have been exhibited at the Milan Photo Fair (Italy)...

Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Homage

Homage

By Sal Taylor Kydd

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These images are available as hand-pulled polymer photogravures, made with bone black and warm sepia inks on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper. Edition of 109 7 x 9 photopolymer gravure Signed numbered and dated by the artist. The photographs and poem that evolved into this series of photographs and the accompanying book “Yesterday” were made during the summer of 2020. Although much of the country was in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, on this remote island off the coast of Maine, we still felt free from much of the toll that Covid was taking. Able to spend time outside, in nature, we had the illusion of safety, of normalcy almost, whilst at the same time being painfully aware of how the virus was increasingly touching everyone's lives. By then we all knew of people who had died, or become ill and we were managing the stress of futures shifting and plans that had been derailed, fearing what would come with the change of the seasons. That summer represented a pause in time, a moment where life could feel normal, when we were still holding on to a world of yesterdays. Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Taylor Kydd’s fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including Barcelona, San Miguel De Allende, Portland, Boston and Los Angeles; and she has been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand magazine. She has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Taylor Kydd’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020. Taylor Kydd is also a veteran workshop leader and educator and has led workshops and conducted portfolio reviews throughout the country and internationally with Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops, Palm Beach Photography...

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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Photogravure

French 18th century bucolic scene, soft ground etching, style of Boucher, c1770,

French 18th century bucolic scene, soft ground etching, style of Boucher, c1770,

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

Fine soft ground etching printed in a orange / red ink on laid paper. A French etching in the manner of Boucher. A shepherd and shepherdess rest by water among sheep, goats a donkey ...

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Late 18th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Etching

Boats on the Nile, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned, Circa 1920
Boats on the Nile, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned, Circa 1920

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...

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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...

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Early 2000s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period
One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period

One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

A. Lesueur French 19ème siècle Les Mille Et Une Nuits – One Thousand & One Nights, 1892 Charcoal on paper heightened with white. Signed & dated 1892 lower right. Image size 23.6 inc...

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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Offered
Offered

Offered

By Sal Taylor Kydd

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These images are available as hand-pulled polymer photogravures, made with bone black and warm sepia inks on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper. Edition of 109 7 x 9 photopolymer gravure Signed numbered and dated by the artist Framing options available The photographs and poem that evolved into this series of photographs and the accompanying book “Yesterday” were made during the summer of 2020. Although much of the country was in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, on this remote island off the coast of Maine, we still felt free from much of the toll that Covid was taking. Able to spend time outside, in nature, we had the illusion of safety, of normalcy almost, whilst at the same time being painfully aware of how the virus was increasingly touching everyone's lives. By then we all knew of people who had died, or become ill and we were managing the stress of futures shifting and plans that had been derailed, fearing what would come with the change of the seasons. That summer represented a pause in time, a moment where life could feel normal, when we were still holding on to a world of yesterdays. Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Taylor Kydd’s fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally, including Barcelona, San Miguel De Allende, Portland, Boston and Los Angeles; and she has been featured in numerous publications, including Shots Magazine, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Diffusion Annual and The Hand magazine. She has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, The Peabody Essex Museum and the Maine Women Writer’s Collection at the University of New England. Taylor Kydd’s latest book “Yesterday”, produced by Datz Press, is a limited edition book of poems and photographs that explores our sense of loss around the pandemic of 2020. Taylor Kydd is also a veteran workshop leader and educator and has led workshops and conducted portfolio reviews throughout the country and internationally with Maine Media, Santa Fe Workshops, Palm Beach Photography...

Category

2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Photogravure

A Cart Race
A Cart Race

A Cart Race

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Fairlawn, OH

A Cart Race Hand colored etching & aquatint, 1788 Signed in the plate (see photo) Published by William Hollande, London Inscribed in the plate with title, artist's name and publication line 'Rowlandson. 1788./ London. Pubd 1789 by Wm Holland No 50. Oxford Street.' Reference: M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) British Museum Satires 7607 Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 260, Grego II.392 Provenance: Chris Beetles Ltd., London (label), 2003 Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (label) Fursten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Lugt 2715a, verso (see photo) Condition: Excellent Printed on 18th century laid paper Archival framing by Chris Beetles Ltd., London Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35 The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314 Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286 Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10 Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the church... Note: The British Museum has two impressions, one trimmed the other full sheet as this example. Accession Number: 1868,0711.35 The Metropolitan Museum has an impression: Accession number 59.533.314 Fitzwilliam Museum: Accession number: 34.14-286 Cleveland Museum of Art accession number: 1958.10 Image description per BM: Three ramshackle two-wheeled carts drawn by wretched horses race (right to left) against a background formed by the clouds of dust which they have raised, with a row of gabled houses (right) inscribed 'St Giles', terminating in a church spire (left), and probably representing Broad St. Giles. The occupants of the carts are Irish costermongers typical of St. Giles. The foremost horse gallops, urged on by the shouts of a standing man brandishing a club. The other occupants, two women and a man, cheer derisively the next cart, whose horse has fallen, one woman falling from it head-first, another lies on the ground. The driver lashes the horse furiously. The third cart, of heavier construction, is starting. The horses are partly obscured by the clouds of dust, but denizens watch from casement windows and a door. Two ragged urchins (right) cheer the race; a dog barks. "It was said that the amount of copper Thomas Rowlandson etched would sheathe the British Navy. An inveterate gambler, for much of his life Rowlandson had to produce a flood of his comic prints to stay ahead of financial losses.A wealthy uncle and aunt raised Rowlandson after his textile-merchant father went bankrupt. His career developed quickly. He entered London's Royal Academy Schools in 1772, visited Paris in 1774, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775, and won a silver medal in 1777. He left school in 1778 to set up in business. Rowlandson's depictions of life in Georgian England exposed human foibles and vanity with sympathy and rollicking humor. During the 1780s he consolidated the delicate style he used for his coarse subjects. He worked mainly in ink and watercolor, his rhythmic compositions, flowing line, and relaxed elegance inspired by French Rococo art...

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1780s Romantic Art

Materials

Aquatint

Christmas Tree In The Snow. Oil on Board.
Christmas Tree In The Snow. Oil on Board.

Christmas Tree In The Snow. Oil on Board.

By Boggio

Located in Cotignac, FR

An oil on panel view of a Christmas tree in a landscape heavy with snow by Boggio. The painting is signed bottom left. A charming view of a snow scene, a Christmas tree its branches...

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Mid-20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

19th Century Dutch Romantic Coastal Dune Scene Oil, Monogrammed
19th Century Dutch Romantic Coastal Dune Scene Oil, Monogrammed

19th Century Dutch Romantic Coastal Dune Scene Oil, Monogrammed

Located in Berlin, DE

This luminous 19th-century Dutch Romantic coastal oil painting depicts a tranquil dune landscape along the North Sea, featuring thatched fisherman's cottages, a beached fishing boat ...

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19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Birds
Woman with Birds

Woman with Birds

By Sunol Alvar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Alvar Title: Woman with Birds Year: c.1980 Medium: Color lithograph Paper: Wove Image size: 18.5 x 24.5 inches Framed size: 26.5 x 32.65 inc...

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Late 20th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting
Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting

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...

Category

1930s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.