Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
Charon
s Ferry - Early 19th Century Scottish Romantic watercolour by David Scott
By David Scott
Located in London, GB
DAVID SCOTT, RSA
(British 1806-1849)
Charon’s Ferry
Signed with initials and indistinctly inscribed l.l.
Watercolour
Unframed, in mount only
29 by 40.5 cm., 11 ½ by 16 in.
(mount size 40.5 by 55.5 cm., 16 by 22 in.)
Provenance:
William Bell Scott, London;
Mrs Balton;
Private collection.
David Scott was born in Edinburgh. He studied art under his father, the engraver, Robert Scott. He exhibited his first picture oil painting, Hopes of Early Genius Dispelled by Death in 1828, becoming a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1832 he visited Italy. He specialised in large canvases of historical or symbolist subjects, being much influence by William Blake. From the mid 1830s he became absorbed in a series of designs and illustration for Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, Bunyan’s Pilgrim...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Ariccia, a preparatory drawing by Achille Bénouville (1815 - 1891)
Located in PARIS, FR
This very modern drawing presents a view of Ariccia, a small town 25 kilometres south-east of Rome. The Palazzo Chigi (in which the film-maker Luchino Visconti would film a large part of The Leopard a century later) and the adjoining church are seen from the bottom of the ravine that surrounds the town. This drawing is a moving testimony to the attraction of the city for artists of the Romantic period, who established in Ariccia a vivid artists' colony.
1. Achille Bénouville...
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1850s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Honey, I cry to, 2017, (Série I CRY TO)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Mountainous Riverlandscape with resting Wanderers, German, Aquatint, old master
Located in Greven, DE
German or Swiss School, probably Circle of Christoph Nathe (1753-1808)), around 1800; beautiful old master drawing/ aquatint, inscribed "P 50/ 1871 gekauf...
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19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Theatre Scene, Opera, Old Master Drawing, Griselidis, Mallet, French Art
Located in Greven, DE
Unknown Artist, French School 18th Century, Circle of Mallet? Scene taken from the Decamerone.
Old Master Drawing
Category
18th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
$1,424 Sale Price
20% Off
Landscape by Moonlight, Waterfall, Monthelier, French Romantic Art, Christmas
Located in Greven, DE
Fine Watercolour Drawing by Alexandre Jules Monthelier. He was a French Artist who worked in France and created many drawings of famous landscape and sceneries (e.g. the cathedral of...
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19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Neoclassical figurative drawing ancient Greek literature Iliad 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Drawing Graphite, pen and brown and black ink, gray and sepia watercolor, white lead elevations on ivory virgin paper. (440 x 610 mm)
Title: Achilles' sorrow over the death of Patroc...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen, Graphite
WOP 2 - 00655
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.75 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00642
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00643
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00648
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00649
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00647
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00653
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22.5 x 30.25 inches
signed, dated and titled on lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
WOP 2 - 00639
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
signed lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated wi...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
WOP 2 - 00641
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper
image size: 7.25 x 13.25 inches
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Historical figurative drawing of 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The subject illustrated here is one of the moments that mark the centuries-long history of Genoa's glorious Maritime Republic, when the ashes of St. John the Baptist, one of the city...
Category
1860s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
Disegno italiano, ritratto di signora con cuffia, matita su carta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno in questione è molto probabilmente uno studio dal vivo per un ritratto da riportare successivamente in pittura, come si può notare dall'intensità dello sguardo e dall'alta...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - KA-E-RU
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenage...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Charcoal
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Forgiveness
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil on paper mounted on panel
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Ephemeral
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil on paper
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It was the beau...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Gaze up to the Sky
Located in Paris, IDF
Paper, pencil, charcoal on styrene board pasted on matte paper
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent i...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Charcoal
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - See Through Everything
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencils on paper
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It was the be...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Charm
Located in Paris, IDF
Multigrade pencils on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel - dyptich
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had ...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Panel, Pencil
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Chimi Moryo
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencils & acrylic on paper
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It w...
Category
2010s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Acrylic
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