Romantic 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
Crows, Brush, Watercolour on Paper, Set of 14 works by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Dipen Bose
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dipen Bose
Brush & Watercolour on paper
7.5 x 5 inches, 1961-64 (each)
Paintings on both sides of the paper.
Extraordinary and Unique.
(Set of 7 Reversible Works) - Recto - Verso
(F...
Category
1960s Romantic Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
“Lady of the Lake”
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,600 Sale Price
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Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 – 1870, Dutch Painter, Summer Landscape by a Ruin
By Andreas Schelfhout
Located in Knokke, BE
Schelfhout Andreas
Dutch Painter
The Hague 1787 – 1870
Summer Landscape by a Ruin
Signature: Attributed to Schelfhout Andreas
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: Image size 32 x 36...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid Century Ghost Town, Sepia Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody landscape in neutral sepia tones of a deserted western ghost town by Joseph Bodner (American, 1925-1982). Signed "Bodner" in block letters in the l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
"Portrait of Marie Louise"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist (19th Century)
"Portrait of Marie Louise"
This exquisite 19th-century miniature portrait depicts a refined young woman, identified as Marie Louise, dressed in a...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
1920
s Boats on the Nile Landscape
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. Unsigned. Rustic frame.
Board size: 18.5"H x 42.25"W.
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Figurative, Horse Painting, Landscape, French Art, Western n°18 by Swan Scalabre
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°18"
Oil on Wood
10 x 8 in.
13 x 11 in. Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the silent gaze ...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Pietro Fragiacomo Italian Period Venetian Landscape
By Pietro Fragiacomo
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful oil on panel painting representing Venetian landscape.
The luminosity of this evocative view combined with the impressionistic style of brushwork, make this important paint...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hiding Away
, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, approximately 16â€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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 leaf...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fort Nago on Lake Garda"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
19th-Century Landscape Painting – "Fort Nago on Lake Garda" (1842)
Unidentified Artist
Medium: Oil on wood
Framed Dimensions: 25 x 37 cm
Canvas Dimensions: 13 x 24 cm
This exquisite ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Orientalist Oil Painting of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem by Macco
By Georg Macco
Located in London, GB
Orientalist oil painting of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem by Macco
German, Early 20th Century
Frame: Height 66cm, width 84cm. depth 8cm
Canvas: Height 42cm, width 59cm
Imagined and brought to life by German artist and illustrator, Georg Macco (1863-1933), this captivating Orientalist oil-on-canvas painting showcases the vibrant scene at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
Depicting a bustling thoroughfare, the canvas is alive with the energy of traders and their vibrant market stalls lining either side of the street. Amidst this animated marketplace are animals like goats and chickens, adding a further layer of authenticity to the scene, and showcasing the artist’s masterful range. A focal point is an elderly man, clad in warm shades of brown and beige, complemented by a vivid head scarf, as he ambles towards the viewer. Adjacent to him, a woman is immersed in a negotiation with a market vendor for an array of fruits and vegetables.
Further in the backdrop, a colourful assemblage of individuals can be seen, swathed in a rainbow palette of red, yellow, brown, and blue. Their activities range from strolling towards the viewer, moving into the distance, or engaged in lively discussions.
The painting's left side offers a more serene ambiance, with fewer market stalls and people. It features a female figure seated beside a stack of brown bags...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Card Game", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER
Spanish, 1817 - 1879
THE CARD GAME
signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla - 1849." (lower left)
oil on ...
Category
1840s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pharaohs hunting. 2001. Oil on linen, 70x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Pharaohs hunting. 2001. Oil on linen, 70x100 cm
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$7,178 Sale Price
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Alain Pontecorvo "Les Raisins" Hand Reaching for Bowl of Grapes Still Life
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Les Raisins" is an 18.25x22 original oil painting by renowned artist Alain Pontecorvo. Featured is a still life of a black bowl of a bunch of red grapes on a table with green grape...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Romantic Genre Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Karl Schindler (1821–1842) – Romantic Genre Scene
Artist: Karl Schindler
Period: Early 19th Century
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 28 cm Artwork: 21 x 16 cm
St...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Musa II. Beautiful woman playing instrument. Still life on abstract background
Located in Segovia, ES
Musa II. Beautiful woman playing an instrument and still life
was painted by Goyo in 1997. Date and signature appear in the lower left corner. It is done with acrylics in a 122 x 6...
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$18,185 Sale Price
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P Deltour (?), An artist and his models in the workshop, 1879, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
P Deltour (?) French school of the 19th century
The artist with his model and friend in his workshop
Oil on canvas
Signed "P Deltour" (?) and dated 1879 on the lower, an indistinct i...
Category
1870s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life With Wagtails. 2011. Oil on linen, 40X45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life With Wagtails. 2011. Oil on linen, 40X45 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$2,392 Sale Price
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The Flowers Bed. 1998. Oil on linen, 50x60.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The Flowers Bed. 1998. Oil on linen, 50x60.5 cm
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$2,632 Sale Price
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Napoleon III Child Portrait Boy with Dog French School Paul Martin Workshop
By Paul Martin
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding painting depicts a small boy with a serene face and mischievous gaze, holding a ball in one hand while, with the other, he strokes or holds a large dog, probably a Saint ...
Category
1880s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait d
Homme Barbu German School oil on pannel
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pretty portrait representing a portrait of an old shepherd from the German school in Dusseldorf . Oil on pannel
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
My sister and me, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Family portraitsâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastel Toned Romantic Realistic Coastal Landscape of a Martello Tower
By William Sadler
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel coastal landscape painting attributed to Irish painter William Sadler. The work features a Martello tower, a kind of defensive fort that can be f...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angel woke up, 90x80cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Angel woke up
90x80 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$900 Sale Price
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Seeing is Believing, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sara Brogdon
Located in Yardley, PA
This was painted from my photos and memory of the top of Mt. Ranier, WA, with added house and three of my goats. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official cert...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Departing Caravan
Located in New York, NY
C. Calusd (1860-1936)
Signed lower right
An American painter specializing in Marine night paintings and Orientalist Scenes, he lived in Constantinople and had a studio at 225 5th Ave...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In Praise Of Solitude, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas, approximately 16â€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fresh Start Rustic Flowers Painting Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fresh Start Rustic Flowers Painting Embellished Giclee on Canvas 40H X 60W
State-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED ∽ MUSEUM QUALITY ∽ DISPLAY READY Giclee Reproduction
Each limited edit...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Jesus and Ponce Pilate
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas mounted on panel depicting a study from JP Laurens painting.
According to the Gospels, Pilate ordered the execution and crucifixion of this Jewish preacher at the end o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Religious figurative painting male nude 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas 120 x 96 cm, with gilded and carved wooden frame 140 x 116 cm) is signed and dated at lower right in italics "G. Giordanello 1846"
Little is known about ...
Category
1840s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dancers in a Courtyard", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaq. Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER
Spanish, 1817 - 1879
DANCERS IN A COURTYARD
signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla 1849." (lower right)...
Category
1840s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a young Girl with a Doll, Basile de Loose, Belgium, 19th, Romantic
By Basile de Loose
Located in Greven, DE
Basile de Loose
Portrait of a Child
signed and dated „1861“
Basile De Loose (17 December 1809 – 24 October 1885) was a Belgian painter.
He was born in Zele, East Flanders, United K...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mother and Children”, Dutch interior family scene, oil on canvas, circa 1930
Located in Naples, Florida
This is an original unique oil painting by the artist. Bernard Pothast was born on 30th November, 1882 in Hal, Belgium. He studied painting at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam between ...
Category
20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Fishermen’s Cove with two fishing boats on the beach’ by Johan Hendrik Meijer
By Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer
Located in Knokke, BE
Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer
Amsterdam 1809 – 1866 Utrecht
Dutch Painter
‘Fishermen’s Cove with two fishing boats on the beach’
Signature: signed lower right ‘L Meijer’
Medium: oil o...
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hippolyte Roques (active 1838-1864)
Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl
Oil on grey wove paper, c. 1850
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Shepherd Galle...
Category
1850s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elizabeth Chalmers, Lady Cottage in Nottgrove, Cotswold Art, English Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Elizabeth Chalmers
Lady Cottage in Nottgrove
Watercolour on paper
Size: H 21 x W 30cm
Signed by the artist
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Located in London, GB
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
English, 1842
Frame: height 92cm, width 128cm, depth 6.5cm
Canvas: height 77cm, width 122cm
This superb marine ...
Category
1840s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man and Woman
Located in Austin, TX
Painting by Peter Plonkin (b. 1879)
32 x 46 inches
Oil on Canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Old Man XIX Oil on canvas
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil painting on panel probably depicting an Orthodox priest of Russian origin.
Dated 1872. Signed but not legible signature
Category
19th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring .Tulips
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this painting, I embraced the beauty of resilience and renewal found in nature. The acrylic and oil pastel blend to weave a dance of colors, capturing the subtle textures...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Moonlit Coastal Landscape, 1936
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking coastal landscape by Bertel Bertel-Nordström captures the solemn beauty of a moonlit night along the Nordic shoreline. The composition is dominated by a dramatic interp...
Category
1930s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
#3671
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas over panel
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of ligh...
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
$2,500
Decorative, romantic oil painting by Heinrich Hartung "Dinner in the Park".
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative, romantic oil painting Heinrich Hartung "Dinner in the Park" oil on canvas
Very good original condition.
Signed lower right. Dimensions w...
Category
20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with horse. 2004. Oil on canvas, 65x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with horse. 2004. Oil on canvas, 65x75 cm
Category
Early 2000s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$6,460 Sale Price
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Major. (from series Music) 2011. Oil on linen, 70 x 80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Major. (from series Music) 2011. Oil on linen, 70 x 80 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Linen
$9,212 Sale Price
20% Off
#1909
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on canvas
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky a...
Category
1990s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic
$2,500
Swing Time, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This diptych explores a playground at dusk, when the swings and riding toy are abandoned waiting for the children to return. This time of day has always be...
Category
20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coast
Located in Deddington, GB
Coast by Rosemary Houghton [2020]
original
Oil
Image size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:90 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm
Frame Size: H:93 cm x W:93 cm x D:5cm
Sold Fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in the garden. Romantic Oil Blue Landscape with beautiful female figure.
Located in Segovia, ES
Woman in the garden. Romantic and full of light landscape with beautiful female figure by the Spanish artist Manuel García Blázquez.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
Unframed: (H) 89 x (W) 116 (D) 2 cm. / 35.04 x 45.67 x 0.79 in.
Framed: (H) 109 x (W) 136 (D) 4 cm. / 42.91 x 53.54 x 1.57 in.
Light is the protagonist in this landscape with female figure by Manuel García Blázquez; an intense and soft light that interacts with color, and the impressionist technique that defines the work of this painter.
The beautiful silhouette of a woman dressed in white and the reflections of the water in the pond at the back of the garden give the scene a certain luminous dreaminess, which contrasts with the strength of the color of the flowers in the foreground. The background landscape, so timeless and lyrical, serves as the setting for a female portrait with classical reminiscences.
The work is executed along the lines...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailing the Nile
Located in New York, NY
D. Vassiliou (Early 20th Century)
Sailing the Nile
watercolor on paper
Signed bottom right
6x9in / 18 x 14 in framed
DAVID VASSILIOU was a prolific painter at mid 20th century, most...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
red flowers, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Botany’s notebookâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sendung
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper
Titled (verso)
44cm × 23cm (56cm × 39cm framed)
Emil Block completed an apprenticeship as a painter in Leipzig, then working in the studio of church painter Richar...
Category
1920s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Puppets, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Childhood memories. Oil on thick paper, 2022. :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
red flowers II, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Botany’s notebookâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto figurativo impressionista fiorentino ritratto femminile del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il dipinto è firmato e datato in alto a destra MGordigiani 78 e le misure senza cornice sono 58 x 73 cm
Raffigura una fanciulla con lo sguardo incantato, la bocca socchiusa e la test...
Category
1870s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
tattooed body, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Tattooed bodiesâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
boy with flowers in the hair, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series “Imaginary portraitsâ€
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Coffee-Beans. 2011. Oil on linen, 45X50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life with Coffee-Beans. 2011. Oil on linen, 45X50 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$2,632 Sale Price
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J J A Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) An oriental street, oil sketch
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923)
An oriental street
oil on canvas
11.5 x 14 cm
no signature
In good condition, canvas without stretcher,...
Category
1890s Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romantic paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Romantic paintings 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 paintings 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hiro Yokose, Dipen Bose, William Oxer F.R.S.A., and Sheila Querre. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 4.5 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings 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 $178 and tops out at $1,300,000, while the average work sells for $3,061.