A Surprise Visit
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 32 x 45 inches Framed size: 35.5 x 50 inches Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Max Volkhart
People Also Browsed
PLAYBOY BUNNY
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Polymer
Jean-Pierre CassigneulL'Hortensia by Jean Pierre Cassigneul, 20th Century
$188,500
H 41.25 in W 33.75 in D 1.88 in
L'Hortensia by Jean Pierre Cassigneul
By Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French L'Hortensia (The Hortensia) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower right) Oil on canvas Jean Pierre Cassigneul’s L'Hortensia captures an elegant woman se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cartier Gold Minute Repeater
By Cartier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This minute repeater carriage clock by the esteemed Cartier is a masterpiece of luxury and craftsmanship created circa 1900. Finished in gold, diamonds and cabochon moonstone with an...
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks
Materials
Agate, Gold, Enamel
Elkington Beverage Service Eight-Piece
By Elkington & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the leading English silversmith firm of the 19th century, this rare and beautifully executed beverage service by Elkington & Co. is a fantastic example of the company'...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Otto EerelmanNewfoundland with a Kitten by Otto Eerelman, Late 19th Century
$168,500
H 43.75 in W 61.5 in D 2 in
Newfoundland with a Kitten by Otto Eerelman
By Otto Eerelman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Otto Eerelman 1839-1926 Dutch Newfoundland with a Kitten Oil on canvas Signed “O. Eerelman” (lower right) This monumental painting is by the celebrated Dutch artist Otto Eerelman...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Gilt Bronze and Glass Cave a Liqueur, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular case with bevelled glass sides and top, flanked to each angle by a female caryatid. the mirror interior fitted with a gilt silver mounted removable glass tray holding...
Category
Antique 1870s French Barware
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Napoleon III Lacquer Commodes À Vantaux by by Winckelsen
$316,311
H 40.16 in W 70.87 in D 16.15 in
Pair of Napoleon III Lacquer Commodes À Vantaux by by Winckelsen
By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Napoléon III Gilt-Bronze, Chinese Lacquer And Ebonised Side Cabinets By Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen, Paris. Signed 'Chles WINCKELSEN 21 Rue St Louis', Paris. Each ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Russian 19th Century Silver Icon of Christ Pantocrator
Located in London, GB
Russian 19th century silver icon of Christ Pantocrator Moscow, 1883 Height 50cm, width 41.5cm, depth 3cm The piece, steeped in Russian Orthodox tradition, portrays Christ Pantocrato...
Category
Antique 1880s Russian Religious Items
Materials
Silver
James Jebusa ShannonPortrait of Kitty and Silver Ship - British Edwardian Impressionist oil painting, Circa 1909
$89,392
H 52 in W 42 in D 2 in
Portrait of Kitty and Silver Ship - British Edwardian Impressionist oil painting
By James Jebusa Shannon
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning, large British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted portrait painter James Jebusa Shannon. Painted circa 1909 the sitter is his eldest daughter, Ki...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Vendanges
By Georges d'Espagnat
Located in Sheffield, MA
Georges d'Espagnat French, 1870 - 1950 Les Vendanges Signed gdE (lower left) Oil on canvas 67 by 43 in. W/frame 71 by 47 in. Born at Melun on 14th August 1870, Georges d’Espagnat...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
John Ford ClymerSaturday Evening Post cover, August 29, 1959. - Americana, 1958
$315,000
H 33.5 in W 26.5 in
Saturday Evening Post cover, August 29, 1959. - Americana
By John Ford Clymer
Located in Miami, FL
This classic Post cover combines the vastness of the American West landscape with the intimacy of iconic Americana: two kids swimming in a rural water hole. The permanence of the maj...
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vito PardoItalian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love", Circa 1890-1900
$174,500Sale Price|36% Off
H 121 in W 28 in D 25 in
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Norman RockwellYoung Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration, 1949
$550,000
H 23.25 in W 21.5 in
Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow. A young girl holds a freshly-picked bouquet of flowers as she strolls alongside a boy who carries he...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Alessandro La VolpeView of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 19th Century Italian, 1883
$60,000
H 29.5 in W 52.5 in
View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 19th Century Italian
By Alessandro La Volpe
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alessandro La Volpe (Italian, 1820-1887) View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 1883 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 29.5 x 52.5 inches 39 x 62 inches...
Category
1880s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Au Jardin
By Georges d'Espagnat
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Elegant figures in a spring garden with mother and child. Colors are pure and fresh. Has everything that one would want in a D'espagnat . A top 2 % work by this artist .. Signed ...
Category
1910s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grocery Line, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1948
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 13, 1948 The Post described, “Artist Stevan Dohanos felt like a baseball coach who had everything he needed excep...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Max Volkhart", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
A Close Look at Romantic Art
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.
Find a collection of romantic paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Figurative-paintings for You
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.
More Ways To Browse
Charles Haigh Wood
Charles James Lewis On Sale
Charles West Cope
Christian Jereczek
Chuck Oberstein
Cyprien Eugene Boulet
Dennis Burlingame
Don Snell
Doris Rohr
Dorothea Casady
Durer Jerome
Earl Graham Douglas
Edmond Vandercammen
Eduard Niczky
Edward William Wyon
Efrain Recinos
Egbert Modderman
Egbert Van Heemskerck