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Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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
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 Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pencil

France 19th century, The Bohème artist in his workshop, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1850 The Bohème artist in his workshop Watercolor on paper 15.5 x 21.5 cm In good condition except a small tear (visible on the photographs) on the upper right border. I...
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1840s Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Watercolor by Female Artist Ella Waldenström Depicting A Sewing Woman, 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ella Waldenström (1863–1955) Sweden A Sewing Woman, 1900 watercolor on paper signed and dated E.W 23/2 1900 visible image 21 x 12 cm (8 ¼ x 4 ¾ in.) framed 29 x 20 cm (11 ½ x 7 ¾ ...
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Early 1900s Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Carnations
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid 20th century watercolour on paper of carnations in a bowl by French artist J Savigny. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period patinated and gilt wood and ...
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Mid-20th Century Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Carnations
The Carnations
$403 Sale Price
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French Romantic School, View of a roman atrium, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school circa 1850 An antique Roman Atrium signed lower right (illegible) Ink, Ink wash and white gouache heightenings 20 x 13 cm Framed : 35.5 x 27 cm The signatu...
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1850s Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"Interior Scene" Dutch 19th century signed watercolor
By Herman ten Kate
Located in New York, NY
Herman Frederick Ten Kate 1822 - The Hague - 1891 Interior Scene Watercolor on paper 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.4 x 33.6 cm) Framed: 17 x 21 ½ inches (43 x 54.6 cm) Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, USA Herman Ten Kate spent most of his life in The Hague although he did occasionally travel to Amsterdam and Haarlem. He was a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam in 1847. He was a student of Cornelis Krusemans from 1837 to 1841. Ten Kate generally depicted friendly genre scenes as well as scenes with soldiers inspired by the 80 years war. His work is generally of watercolor and lithographs. Our sheet offers a quiet scene in which two gentlemen are featured, each sporting the extravagant hats, vests and tall boots typical of the 19th century, inspired by the 17th century Guardroom scenes. One man rests against the back of a chair, his face marked with a serious expression, his left hand gesturing toward the other man seated at the table. The seated figure wears a rather bemused expression as he composes a letter, apparently taking delight in his endeavor. The two figures are surrounded by various objects cluttering the room, which Ten Kate employs for the specific means of compositional balance. The various interior elements -- a long wooden table...
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19th Century Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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Interior Design - Drawing by Victor Courtray - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
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19th Century French School, Studies of horses and small scenes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
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Located in Paris, FR
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19th century Italian figure paintings - Cupid putti - Oil on paper Roman signed
Located in Varmo, IT
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Interior Genre Scene Painting, Le Salon Français.
By Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky
Located in Cotignac, FR
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Romantic interior drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic interior drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor 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 interior drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 5.32 inches across are also available. Prices for interior drawings and watercolors 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 $707 and tops out at $1,272, while the average work sells for $800.

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