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Romantic Art

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
L'ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu'il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateurs
Located in Fairlawn, OH
L'ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu'il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateurs dans la salle ..... faut-il commencer ? . . . . LE DIRECTEUR .- Et encore un des trois est le vendeu...
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1850s Romantic Art

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Lithograph

Adrien Moreau, Woman with Picked Flowers in a Basket Resting by the Sea
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful watercolor by Adrien Moreau (1843-1906) showing a woman with freshly picked flowers in a basket resting in the grass by the sea. The colors are strong and it is mounted i...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Coral brooch. Naples. XIX century
Located in Firenze, IT
Antique Italian Coral brooch. Naples.
 XIX century. Total weight 5,60gr. Size 4,2 cm FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Coral engraved and carved in the shape of a flower and leaves, each elem...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Gold

A Rural Landscape With Cows and Horses
Located in Stockholm, SE
This watercolor by Hilding Linnqvist who was a Swedish artist born in 1891 and passed away in 1984. Linnqvist, known for his association with the Naïvist movement, often described as...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Girl With a Pearl Earring
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite portrait by Gunnar Hallström, titled "Portrait of a Girl with a Pearl Earring" invites viewers into a moment of quiet introspection. Painted in the 1920s, the subject ...
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1920s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting by the artist Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) is a mesmerizing depiction of a spring sunset. Crafted in 1952, this piece stands as one of Lindberg's final paintings...
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1950s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Un plaideur auquel manquent malheureusement
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Un plaideur auquel manquent malheureusement les pieces les plus importantes, les pieces de cent sous. (A litigant who unfortunately doesn't have the most important details to succes...
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1860s Romantic Art

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Lithograph

Portrait of Charlotte Shore, Daughter of 1st Lord Teignmouth. Early 19th Century
By Arthur William Devis
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Arthur William Devis. English ( b.1762 - d.1822 ). Portrait of Charlotte Shore, Daughter of the 1st Lord Teignmouth 1790 - 1864. Oil on Canvas. Oval Image size 26.2 inches x 20.5 in...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Memory of Santorini, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
from the series “Houses on the waterâ€
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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Boat off the coast of Fécamp (Normandy)
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles-Louis VERBOECKHOVEN (attributed to) Warneton, 1802 - Brussels, 1889 Boat off the coast of Fécamp (Normandy) Painting, oil on cardboard Unsigned Painting: 39 x 29 cm Beautiful...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil

Portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Sistine moodâ€
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2010s Romantic Art

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Oil

Early 20th Century Landscape with Figures
Located in New Orleans, LA
Early 20th Century Landscape with Figures attributed to Continental School framed: 53.7h x 42.5w inches
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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Cattle Grazing in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Landscape with Cattle Grazing in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beauti...
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1990s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Anna's Aroma, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on panel canvas :: Painting :: Romanticism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: No :: :: Canvas ...
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2010s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Huge 19th century Victorian oil landscape - Summer in the Highlands
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century English countryside landscape "Summer in the Highlands" This peaceful painting depicts an Highlands countryside scenery during a sunny summerday. In the foreground two ...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Marine painting sea shore smugglers boat scotttish 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
William ANDERSON (1757- 1837) Oil on wooden panel ​25.5 x 34.5 cm (40x50cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "W. Anderson / 1817" Collector's stamp on the back Scottish painte...
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1810s Romantic Art

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Oil

Ceiling of the Paris Opera House
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Ceiling of the Paris Opera House The value is in the beautiful framing. Please note the shipping cost as the piece is very large (frame is 47" x 47"). In 1960, the Minister of ...
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20th Century Romantic Art

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Ink, Paper

Italian earrings. 19th century
Located in Firenze, IT
19th century Italian Coral earrings.u2028 Gold with French hallmarks (head of eagle=750 gold).u2028 Nineteenth century. Height 2.1cmu2028 Length 2.1cm Earrings in good condition.u202...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Gold

Portrait of a child with flowers
Located in PARIS, FR
Léon Bénouville Paris, 1821 - Paris, 1859 Portrait of a child with flowers Painting, oil on oval canvas Signed "L. Bénouville" and dated 1845 in the middle left Painting: 41 x 51.5 c...
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1840s Romantic Art

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Oil

Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
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1960s Romantic Art

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

Antique portrait of a woman, French romantic oil painting, female portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique portrait of a young woman with a book. Romantic French 1800's oil painting on canvas. A demure young woman stands for the artist holding a ...
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1840s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Italian Brigands in the Roman Countryside fighting with Papal Dragoons.
Located in Firenze, IT
Brigands in the Roman countryside fighting with papal dragoons. 19th century. Characteristic technique among foreign and German traveling painters: oil on metal plate, probably zin...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Rare Southern Painting of the French Broad River, North Carolina ca 1890
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an unsigned, but rare, late 19th century oil on canvas of a view of the French Broad River in North Carolina. It is amongst the world’s oldest rivers. The scene depicted is m...
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1880s Romantic Art

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Oil

Hand-Me-Downs - Street Children - Waif - Cockney Gutter Imps.
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Street Art - British children's book author and illustrator Edith Farmiloe depicts a waif-like girl - Cockney Gutter Imp - who is disheveled. The artist draws her i...
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Early 1900s Romantic Art

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Paper, Ink, Pen

ADAM Marine tempest rescue boats romantic french painting ISABEY 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Hippolyte Benjamin ADAM Paris, 1808 – 1853 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm (61 x 80 cm with frame) Signed lower left “h. Adam" 19th century black wooden frame Hippolyte Adam is a painter o...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil

Miniature Pastoral Landscape 19th century Romanticism Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pastoral Landscape with distant river valley in haze, flock, cattle watering and figures in lightly wooded foreground - Idyllic scene painted in oils by unknown professional mid-19th...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Woman Bathing at Moonlight, Original Oil on Canvas, French Romantic School
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame This enigmatic French painting, likely from the early 20th century, exhibits a mysterious and evocative atmosphere characteristic of the Romantic movem...
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Early 1900s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Seated Female Nude (two studies)
By Pierre Saint-Ange Poterlet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Recling Female Nude Charcoal on tan paper Signed: Poterlet bottom center (see photo) Provenance: Alfred Barrion, Lugt 76 lower right recto (see photo) Eric G. Carlson, 1985 Very good...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Charcoal

German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, pencil on paper 25.7 x 16 cm (view) Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm The style and execution are v...
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1850s Romantic Art

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Pencil

Nostalgy. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures female in nude. She is sitting on the beach, there is sea and cliff behind her...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Melancholy... Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Subtle Female, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Katarzyna Szydlowska. Painting pictures two females in nude- one is covering herself and the other one is holdind bouq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Camel Rider. Egypt.American Orientalist.Watercolor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Egypt. Watercolor. Monogram Lower Right. Image size 5.1 inches x 8.3 inches ( 13cm x 21cm ). Frame size...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique Oil Painting of Washington’s Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa ca 1890’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This unsigned late 19th century painting portrays the property used by George Washington as his headquarters during the American Revolution. Known as the Isaac Potts House, it was bu...
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1890s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Une Affection Tacite - 19th Century Romantic Oil Painting Girl & Loving Admirer
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Une Affection Tacite’ by Adèle Kindt (1804-1893). The painting – which depicts a young woman and her ardent admirer – is signed by the artist and dated 1862. Born into a family o...
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1860s Romantic Art

Materials

Oil

Twilight Landscape with Windmill and Church, 1891
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Twilight Landscape with Windmill and Church" is a captivating work by Swedish artist Albert Larsson, painted in 1891 when Larsson was 22 years old. The painting captures a landscape...
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1890s Romantic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Natural yellow sappire not heated not treated 3.5 carat
Located in Lagos, NG
Natural yellow sappire not heated not treated pure stone weight 3.5 caratsThis stunning 3.5 carat yellow sapphire is a must-have for any jewellery collection. The pear-shaped gemston...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Precious Stone

Les Mille et Une Nuits. French Orientalism School of the Late 19th Century. 1892
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
A. Lesueur French 19ème siècle Les Mille et Une Nuits – One Thousand and One Nights, 1892 Charcoal on paper heightened with white. Signed & dated 1892 lower right. Image size 23.6 i...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

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Paper, Charcoal

Spaniels Chasing Pheasant
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Charming oil painting on canvas by renowned genre artist George Armfield (1808-1893), of two dogs chasing a pheasant. The expression of sheer dog happiness in the chase. and the phe...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil, Canvas

Napoleon at the Head of His Grande Armée, His Generals and the Prussian Hussars
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour depiction of Napoleon at the head of his generals by French artist Jean Ducel. The work is signed bottom right. A bold and graphic depiction of Napoleo...
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Late 20th Century Romantic Art

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Watercolor, Chalk, Crayon, Cardboard, Pencil

Waiting for the memories to come, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
„Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.“ The work of art is painted in the oil technique, with the application of relief details an...
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2010s Romantic Art

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Oil

La Port De Cannes, 1930. Vieux Port, French Riviera. Côte d'Azur. Paul Delvaux.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Paul Delvaux. Belgian ( b.1897 - d.1994 ). La Belle Anna, La Port De Cannes, 1930 Watercolor, Bodycolor & Pastel on Woven Paper. Signed & dated 1930 lower left. Image size 15.7 inch...
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Early 20th Century Romantic Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Waiting for the memories to come, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
„Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.“ The work of art is painted in the oil technique, with the application of relief details an...
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2010s Romantic Art

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Oil

Moonlight Sonata - Romantic Oil Landscape Painting, 2023
Located in Boston, MA
Moonlight Sonata 47.0 x 32.0 x 1.5, 7.0 lbs Oil Paint Hand signed by artist Description: An original oil painting by Lee Campbell. This Romantic style ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Oil

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 Art

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Pencil, Paper

James Ward The Fisherman's Family
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

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Paper, Watercolor

THOMASSIN Attributed Austrian landscapes romantic pair painting Brazil 19th
By Desiré Thomassin
Located in PARIS, FR
Désiré THOMASSIN (Attributed to) Vienna, 1858 – Munich, 1933 Oil on panel 32 x 50 cm (42 x 60 cm with frame) Inscription on the back “Thomassin / Braz...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil

Natural Sri Lanka corn flower blue sapphires pair 3 carats
Located in Lagos, NG
Ñatural Sri Lanka corn flower blue sapphires pair for your earrings not treated not heated
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21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Art

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Bluestone

'Stonehenge at Sunset', Royal Academy, RSBA, Benezit, Wiltshire, Druid, Celtic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'R. Gallon' for Robert Gallon (English, 1845-1925) and painted circa 1880. This well-listed landscape and seascape painter maintained a studio in St John's Wood, ...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Art

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Illustration Board, Watercolor

The Daily Tasks of Rural Life, c. 1860, Romanticism Oil Painting.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This serene landscape painting is by James Howe Carse, a Scottish-Australian artist whose lineage and mentorship are deeply rooted in the artistic traditions of his time. Carse's wor...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Oil, Canvas

GRANDJEAN romantic landscape painting fishermen italian lake french 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Charles GRANDJEAN Active between 1833 and 1857 Oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm (46 x 54 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower right “Grandjean / 1835” Beautiful Restoration period fram...
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1830s Romantic Art

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Oil

19th Century Danish Drawing and Watercolour Study of a Tree at Indelluket
By Thorald Læssøe
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing and watercolour study of a tree by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed bottom left and there is an annotation in the ...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Landscape with cattle in watercolor
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

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Watercolor, Paper

Watercolor Interpretation of the The Raft of the Medusa After Théodore Géricault
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on paper interpretation of the Raft of the Medusa by English artist Derek Carruthers. The work is signed and titled to the back of the paper. A vivid and engaging interp...
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Late 20th Century Romantic Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Lady, 1830 Era, Portrait With Micromosaic Bracelet.
Located in Firenze, IT
Lady, 1830 era, portrait with micromosaic jewelry. A richly detailed portrayal of 1830s fashion, this rare testament to jewelry history vividly ca...
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1830s Romantic Art

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Canvas, Oil

Girl In Red Dress Looks At The Sea - Graceful Illustrative Romantic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Aleksandra (Ola) Pawlikowska born 1988, Warsaw, student of the Faculty of Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the years 2007-2012 she studied Art History at the Univer...
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2010s Romantic Art

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Acrylic, Board

Primrose and Foal: A Brood-Mare, late the Property of his Grace the Duke of Graf
Located in Boston, MA
From Celebrated Horses, Grundy 24. A fine chine applique impression in fine condition with full margins. A proof before letters. Exhibited at the Marietta/Cobb Museum in the "Celebr...
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19th Century Romantic Art

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Lithograph

19th Century Architectural Danish Drawing & Watercolour of Frederiksborg Castle
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing of Frederiksborg Castle by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed to the back of the paper where there is another drawin...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Art

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Pencil, Watercolor, Paper

French Romantic School, 19th Century, Portrait of a man, oil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School, 19th Century Portrait of a man, a selfportrait ? oil on paper 17.5 x 12 cm oval Framed under glass : 43 x 34.5 cm This rather mysterious portrait is perhaps ...
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1860s Romantic Art

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Oil

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